NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
- Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1620 MHz
- Around 56% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2304
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
- Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 175 Watt
- Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17107 vs 16112
- Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 819
- Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 299.369 vs 251.703
- Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4021.382 vs 3742.063
- Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 28.778 vs 27.153
- Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 188.944 vs 153.341
- Around 25% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1961 vs 1569
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 12 Jan 2021 vs 17 October 2018 |
| Boost clock speed | 1777 MHz vs 1620 MHz |
| Pipelines | 3584 vs 2304 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm vs 12 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 170 Watt vs 175 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 17107 vs 16112 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 971 vs 819 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 88251 vs 88096 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 299.369 vs 251.703 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 4021.382 vs 3742.063 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 28.778 vs 27.153 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 188.944 vs 153.341 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3356 vs 3350 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3356 vs 3350 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1961 vs 1569 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
- Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1410 MHz vs 1320 MHz
- 7.5x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
- Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1304.365 vs 1152.664
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22615 vs 22495
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22615 vs 22495
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 1410 MHz vs 1320 MHz |
| Memory clock speed | 14000 MHz vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 1304.365 vs 1152.664 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 22615 vs 22495 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3718 vs 3717 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 22615 vs 22495 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3718 vs 3717 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
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| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 17107 | 16112 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 971 | 819 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 88251 | 88096 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 299.369 | 251.703 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 4021.382 | 3742.063 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 28.778 | 27.153 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 188.944 | 153.341 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 1152.664 | 1304.365 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 22495 | 22615 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3717 | 3718 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3356 | 3350 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 22495 | 22615 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3717 | 3718 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3356 | 3350 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1961 | 1569 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Ampere | Turing |
| Code name | GA106 | TU106 |
| Launch date | 12 Jan 2021 | 17 October 2018 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $329 | $499 |
| Place in performance rating | 134 | 151 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Price now | $499.99 | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 42.76 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1777 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1320 MHz | 1410 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 12 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64) | |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1) | |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 12.74 TFLOPS | |
| Pipelines | 3584 | 2304 |
| Pixel fill rate | 85.30 GPixel/s | |
| Texture fill rate | 199.0 GTexel/s | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 170 Watt | 175 Watt |
| Transistor count | 13250 million | 10,800 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Form factor | Dual-slot | |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 242 mm (9.5 inches) | 229 mm |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 450 Watt | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 12-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Width | 112 mm (4.4 inches) | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.0 (12_1) |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | |
| Memory bandwidth | 360 GB/s | |
| Memory bus width | 192 bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) | 14000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
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