NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

31
Place in performance rating
1.25
Value for money (0-100)
Ampere
Architecture
Ampere
GA106
Code name
GA104
Desktop
Type
Laptop
12 January 2021
Release date
04 January 2021
$329
Launch price (MSRP)
$420
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Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

3584
Pipelines
5120
1320 MHz
Core clock speed
780 MHz
1778 MHz
Boost Clock
1290 MHz
13,250 million
Transistor count
17,400 million
8 nm
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
170 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
80 W
198.0
Texture fill rate
206.4 GTexel/s
Floating-point performance
13.21 TFLOPS
8.6
CUDA cores
8.6

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q.

PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface
242 mm 9.5 inches
Length
1x 12-pin (8+4)
Supplementary power connectors
Laptop size
large
PCIe 4.0 x16
Bus support
112 mm 4.4 inches
Width

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR6
12 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
192 bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
360.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
384.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q, the size and number of monitors.

1x
HDMI
3x
DisplayPort support

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q is the additional functionality.

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 Ultimate (12_2)
DirectX
4.6
OpenGL
1.2
Vulkan
3.0
OpenCL

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060

More maximum RAM amount (12 GB vs 8 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

More pipelines (5120 vs 3584)

Less power consumption (80 W vs 170 Watt)

More memory bandwidth (384.0 GB/s vs 360.0 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 .

NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 versus NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

5.0 Out of 2 CpusData Score NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q