GeForce RTX 3070 and GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3070
GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name
Ampere GA104
TU106B
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
September 2020
January 2019
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1725 MHz
1200 MHz
Core clock speed
1500 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
12 nm
Number of transistors
17,400 million
10,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
5888
1920
Power consumption (TDP)
220 Watt
115 Watt
Texture fill rate
317.4
144.0
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
10824 MHz
Memory bandwidth
448.0 GB/s
259.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
No outputs
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.5
7.5
OpenCL
2.0
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.5
Vulkan
1.2
1.2.140