Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
113
67
58
41
76
45
36
19
The Witcher 3
125
97
72
40
67
53
36
19
Counter-Strike 2
181
136
95
47
113
78
56
21
Far Cry 6
92
85
67
36
58
55
38
21
Hogwarts Legacy
67
54
41
19
36
29
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
79
71
49
33
46
38
25
16
Ghost of Tsushima
63
47
38
21
35
27
21
11
Cyberpunk 2077
69
63
35
16
40
36
20
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
106
100
69
37
67
61
40
19
Avg FPS
1080p High9960
1080p Ultra8047
1440p Ultra5832
4K Ultra3216
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
8493
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
4911
Time Spy90864880
Solar Bay3982521611
Port Royal5193552
Fire Strike2320912529
Night Raid9218853232
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
97923
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
58733
Background Blur200 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Face Detection106.8 frames/s57.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.73 Gpix/sec2.53 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.57 Gpix/sec3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.84 Gpix/sec2.55 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.07 Gpix/sec0.76 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching452 Gpix/sec256.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics11141.9 fps7465.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
16119
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
9502
G2D Mark819486
DirectX 11129 fps73 fps
DirectX 1260 fps46 fps
GPU Compute6446 Ops/s3851 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
100.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
61.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)538.5 fps360.1 fps
Car Chase455.5 fps318.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)405.2 fps261.5 fps
T-Rex1996.1 fps1272.8 fps
ALU 22485.9 fps1563.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2258.9 fps257.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2579.11731.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 17, 2018 January, 1, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Turing Ampere
Codename TU106 GA107
Price 599 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1410 MHz 712-1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1620 MHz 1057-1740 MHz
Shader Units 2304 2048
TMUs 144 64
ROPs 64 40
Execution Units 36 16
Ray Tracing Cores 36 16
Tensor Cores 288 64
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 104 Gpix/sec 42-70 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 233 GTex/s 68-111 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.5 TFLOPS 4.3-7.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 175 W 35-95 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 12 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 445 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 8.7 billion
Transistor density 22.47 MTr/mm² 43.5 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1500 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
192 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 8.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 the clear winner in this comparison.

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