GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q: specs and benchmarks

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GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q provides good gaming and benchmark performance at 30.22% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 4090.

Summary

NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q sales 29 January 2019. This is a laptop graphics card based on a Turing architecture and made with 12 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers. 8 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 1.5 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 384.0 GB/s.

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

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking184
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Power efficiency26.26of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)
GPU code nameTU106B
Market segmentLaptop
Release date29 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q's specs 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 cores2304of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed885 MHzof 2610 MHz (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed1185 MHzof 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors10,800 millionof 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology12 nmof 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)80 Wattof 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate170.6of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power5.46 TFLOPSof 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090)
ROPs64of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs144of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Tensor Cores288of 1216 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Ray Tracing Cores36of 170 (GeForce RTX 5090)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GBof 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width256 Bitof 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed1500 MHzof 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth384.0 GB/sof 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs
G-SYNC support+

Supported 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 compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.5
OpenGL4.6
OpenCL1.2
Vulkan1.2.131
CUDA7.5

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. 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.

RTX 2070 Max-Q 30.22

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RTX 2070 Max-Q 11659

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 2070 Max-Q 22089

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RTX 2070 Max-Q 48510

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 2070 Max-Q 17335

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 2070 Max-Q 106564

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 2070 Max-Q 413114

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

RTX 2070 Max-Q 6661

Gaming performance

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.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD98
1440p60
4K39

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 50−55

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 71
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 73
Battlefield 5 110
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 60−65
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
Far Cry 5 85
Far Cry New Dawn 113
Forza Horizon 4 204
Hitman 3 81
Horizon Zero Dawn 130−140
Metro Exodus 143
Red Dead Redemption 2 75−80
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 148
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 118
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 61
Battlefield 5 100
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 74
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
Far Cry 5 68
Far Cry New Dawn 77
Forza Horizon 4 191
Hitman 3 81
Horizon Zero Dawn 130−140
Metro Exodus 120
Red Dead Redemption 2 85
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 100−110
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 54
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 57
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
Far Cry 5 52
Forza Horizon 4 98
Hitman 3 72
Horizon Zero Dawn 105
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 100−110
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 64
Watch Dogs: Legion 51

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 84

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 61
Far Cry New Dawn 50

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 33
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
Far Cry 5 36
Forza Horizon 4 176
Hitman 3 35−40
Horizon Zero Dawn 80
Metro Exodus 72
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
Watch Dogs: Legion 160−170

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30
Far Cry New Dawn 28
Hitman 3 24−27
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160
Metro Exodus 35−40
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 20
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
Far Cry 5 20
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27

Closest competitors

GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook graphics cards.


AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q is Radeon RX 7600M XT, which is faster by 13% and higher by 32 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q:

GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q 100
Radeon 890M 71.41

Similar GPUs

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Recommended processors

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