GeForce RTX 3060 and GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q Refresh - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060
GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q Refresh
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name
Ampere GA106
TU106B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2021
June 2020
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
1125 MHz
Core clock speed
1320 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
12 nm
Number of transistors
13,250 million
10,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
2304
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
115 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
162.0
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
15000 MHz
11 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
352.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
No outputs
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
7.5
OpenCL
2.0
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.5
Vulkan
1.2
1.2