NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 79% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 780 MHz
Around 31% higher boost clock speed: 1695 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 244.1 GTexel/s vs 206.4 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 100064 vs 89617
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15799 vs 15500

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 Mar 2023 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Texture fill rate	244.1 GTexel/s vs 206.4 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	100064 vs 89617
PassMark - G3D Mark	15799 vs 15500

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

Around 11% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 4608
Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 650 vs 607

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	5120 vs 4608
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	650 vs 607

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

100064

89617

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

607

650

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15799

15500

Name	NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
Geekbench - OpenCL	100064	89617
PassMark - G2D Mark	607	650
PassMark - G3D Mark	15799	15500
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		449.647
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4619.617
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		36.308
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		181.818
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1410.887
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		24877
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		11471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		13334
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		24877
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		11471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		13334
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		10437

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD106	GA104
Launch date	21 Mar 2023	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	86	80
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	1290 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	4608	5120
Pixel fill rate	81.36 GPixel/s	103.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	244.1 GTexel/s	206.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	22900 million	17400 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		206.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		13.21 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		13.21 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready