NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

TU106GPU NameGA104
TU106-400A-A1Model numberGA104-775-A1
TuringArchitectureAmpere
TSMCFoundrySamsung
12 nmProcess Size8 nm
10,800 millionTransistors17,400 million
445 mm²Die Size392 mm²

Graphics Card

Oct 17th, 2018Release DateJan 12th, 2021
GeForce 20FamilyGeForce 30 Mobile
ActiveProductionActive
GeForce 10PredecessorGeForce 20 Mobile
PCIe 3.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16

Memory

8 GBMemory Size8 GB
GDDR6Memory TypeGDDR6
256 bitMemory Bus256 bit
448.0 GB/sBandwidth384.0 GB/s

Performance

103.7 GPixel/sPixel fillrate119.5 GPixel/s
233.3 GTexel/sTexture fillrate239.0 GTexel/s
14.93 TFLOPS (2:1)FP16 (half) performance15.30 TFLOPS (1:1)
7.465 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance15.30 TFLOPS
233.3 GFLOPS (1:32)FP64 (double) performance239.0 GFLOPS (1:64)

Clock Speeds

1410 MHzBase Clock780 MHz
1620 MHzBoost Clock1245 MHz
1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1500 MHz
12 Gbps effective

Render Config

2304Shading Units6144
144TMUs192
64ROPs96
36RT Cores48
64 KB (per SM)L1 Cache128 KB (per SM)
4 MBL2 Cache4 MB
36SM Count48
288Tensor Cores192

Board Design

175 WThermal design power (TDP)80 W
1x DVI
1x HDMI
2x DisplayPort
1x USB Type-C
Display ConnectorsNo outputs
1x 8-pinPower ConnectorsNone

API support

12 Ultimate (12_2)DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL3.0
1.2Vulkan1.2
6.6Shader Model6.6
7.5CUDA8.6