GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q Refresh vs 610M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1155 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 4.36 | no data |
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | GF119 | TU106B |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 December 2011 (12 years ago) | 16 June 2020 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 48 | 2304 |
| Core clock speed | 738 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 900 MHz | 1125 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 292 million | 10,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 115 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 5.904 | 162.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1417 TFLOPS | 5.184 TFLOPS |
| Video decoders | H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 64 |
| TMUs | 8 | 144 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 288 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 36 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Bus support | PCI Express 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1375 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | Up to 14.4 GB/s | 352.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | - |
| Maximum VGA resolution | Up to 2048x1536 | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Optimus | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 API | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2 |
| CUDA | + | 7.5 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 December 2011 | 16 June 2020 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 115 Watt |
GeForce 610M has 858.3% lower power consumption.
RTX 2070 Max-Q Refresh, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 610M and GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q Refresh. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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