NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

Place in performance rating
29
Value for money (0-100)
40.23
Ampere
Architecture
Turing
GA104
Code name
TU104
Laptop
Type
Desktop
04 January 2021
Release date
2 July 2019 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)
$499
Price now
$1436 (2.9x MSRP)
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Value for money
18.25
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GPU code name
Turing TU104
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Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

5120
Pipelines
2560
780 MHz
Core clock speed
1605 MHz
1290 MHz
Boost Clock
1770 MHz
17,400 million
Transistor count
13,600 million
8 nm
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
80 W
Power consumption (TDP)
215 Watt
206.4 GTexel/s
Texture fill rate
283.2
13.21 TFLOPS
Floating-point performance
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8.6
CUDA cores
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
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Boost clock speed
1770 MHz
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Number of transistors
13,600 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
215 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super.

Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Length
267 mm
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
large
Laptop size
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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 3070 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR6
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
384.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
448.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super, the size and number of monitors.

Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
G-SYNC support
+
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super is the additional functionality.

VR Ready
+
Multi Monitor
+
CUDA
7.5

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_1)
OpenGL
4.6
Vulkan
1.2.131
Shader Model
6.5
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super 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 3070 Max-Q or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super 155 111 95 78 63 37
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super 194 144 133 130 93.7 53.2
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super 305 243 215 153 118 71.4
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super 323.5 234.1 152.8 102.2 78 40.4
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super 245.5 213.5 197.5 194 137.5 72.8
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 3070 Max-Q

More pipelines (5120 vs 2560)

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 12 nm)

Less power consumption (80 W vs 215 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super

More memory bandwidth (448.0 GB/s vs 384.0 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super .

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q versus NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super performance benchmarks comparison

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