GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q Refresh and GeForce RTX 3070 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q Refresh
GeForce RTX 3070
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
TU106B
Ampere GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2020
September 2020
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1125 MHz
1725 MHz
Core clock speed
-
1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
10,800 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2304
5888
Power consumption (TDP)
115 Watt
220 Watt
Texture fill rate
162.0
317.4
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
11 GB/s
14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
352.0 GB/s
448.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
7.5
8.5
OpenCL
1.2
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.5
Vulkan
1.2
1.2