Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 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
123
79
68
45
The Witcher 3
125
97
72
40
141
112
83
46
Counter-Strike 2
181
136
95
47
201
153
112
54
Far Cry 6
92
85
67
36
106
92
76
39
Hogwarts Legacy
67
54
41
19
76
63
46
25
COD Modern Warfare 3
79
71
49
33
96
86
60
40
Ghost of Tsushima
63
47
38
21
71
59
44
25
Cyberpunk 2077
69
63
35
16
84
72
45
22
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
106
100
69
37
125
115
83
45
Avg FPS
1080p High99114
1080p Ultra8092
1440p Ultra5869
4K Ultra3238
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
8493
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
10202
Time Spy908610479
Solar Bay3982545677
Port Royal51936250
Fire Strike2320926767
Night Raid9218883274
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
97923
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
118499
Background Blur200 frames/s170.3 frames/s
Face Detection106.8 frames/s113.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.73 Gpix/sec5.59 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.57 Gpix/sec7.94 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.84 Gpix/sec6.19 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.07 Gpix/sec1.16 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching452 Gpix/sec467 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics11141.9 fps15131.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
16119
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
15373
G2D Mark819644
DirectX 11129 fps138 fps
DirectX 1260 fps64 fps
GPU Compute6446 Ops/s6902 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
100.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
121.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)538.5 fps644.4 fps
Car Chase455.5 fps565.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)405.2 fps483.8 fps
T-Rex1996.1 fps2380.5 fps
ALU 22485.9 fps3169.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2258.9 fps246.7 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2579.13511.5

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 17, 2018 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Turing Ampere
Codename TU106 GA104 (GN20-E5)
Price 599 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1410 MHz 780-1215 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1620 MHz 1290-1620 MHz
Shader Units 2304 5120
TMUs 144 160
ROPs 64 80
Execution Units 36 40
Ray Tracing Cores 36 40
Tensor Cores 288 160
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 104 Gpix/sec 103-130 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 233 GTex/s 206-259 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.5 TFLOPS 13.2-16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 175 W 80-150 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 12 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 445 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 17.4 billion
Transistor density 22.47 MTr/mm² 44.39 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1500-1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 12000-14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
448 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

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