NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q: specs and benchmarks

Summary

NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q sales 6 January 2019. This is Turing architecture notebook card based on 12 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 8 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 12 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 384.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 80-90 Watt.

General info

Of GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q's architecture, market segment and release date.

Place in performance rating	124
Value for money	10.02
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	N18E-G2 MAX-Q TU106
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	6 January 2019 (3 years ago)
Price now	$1311	of 49999 (A100 SXM4)

Technical specs

GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2304	of 18432 (AD102)
Core clock speed	885-1080 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	1185-1305 MHz	of 2903 (Radeon Pro W6600)
Number of transistors	10,800 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	of 4 (H100 PCIe)
Thermal design power (TDP)	80-90 Watt	of 900 (Tesla S2050)
Texture fill rate	170.6	of 939.8 (H100 SXM5)

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	of 21000 (GeForce RTX 3090 Ti)
Memory bandwidth	384.0 GB/s	of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260)
Shared memory	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.

Display Connectors	No outputs
G-SYNC support	+

Technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

+

API support

APIs supported by GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	6.5
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131
CUDA	7.5

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance of GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

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Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Game benchmarks

Let's see how good GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD	99
1440p	59
4K	38

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	71
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	73
Battlefield 5	92
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40
Cyberpunk 2077	64
Far Cry 5	103
Far Cry New Dawn	93
Forza Horizon 4	121
Hitman 3	117
Horizon Zero Dawn	92
Red Dead Redemption 2	86
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	98
Watch Dogs: Legion	88

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	63
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	61
Battlefield 5	88
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	94
Cyberpunk 2077	53
Far Cry 5	95
Far Cry New Dawn	88
Forza Horizon 4	118
Hitman 3	100
Horizon Zero Dawn	71
Metro Exodus	61
Red Dead Redemption 2	48
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	85
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	122
Watch Dogs: Legion	77

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	54
Battlefield 5	89
Cyberpunk 2077	45
Far Cry 5	90
Far Cry New Dawn	79
Forza Horizon 4	98
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	64
Watch Dogs: Legion	51

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40
Hitman 3	35−40
Horizon Zero Dawn	52
Metro Exodus	35−40
Red Dead Redemption 2	29
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	49
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	26

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	33
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40
Battlefield 5	75
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40
Far Cry 5	66
Far Cry New Dawn	72
Forza Horizon 4	35−40
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40
Hitman 3	35−40
Horizon Zero Dawn	29
Metro Exodus	22
Red Dead Redemption 2	19
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	29
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	20
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40
Battlefield 5	42
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40
Far Cry 5	33
Far Cry New Dawn	40
Forza Horizon 4	35−40
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40

Relative perfomance

Overall GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook video cards.

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