Graphics Vantage vs GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q Refresh

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)	Mach (1992−1997)
GPU code name	TU106B	Mach8
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	16 June 2020 (3 years ago)	1992 (32 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$599
Current price	no data	$153 (0.3x MSRP)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2304	no data
Core clock speed	no data	10 MHz
Boost clock speed	1125 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	10,800 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	800 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	162.0	no data

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	ISA 16 Bit
Width	MXM Module	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	GDDR6	DRAM
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	32 Bit
Memory clock speed	11 GB/s	10 MHz
Memory bandwidth	352.0 GB/s	40 MB/s

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

1x VGA

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	N/A
Shader Model	6.5	no data
OpenGL	4.6	N/A
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2	N/A
CUDA	7.5	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 MB
Chip lithography	12 nm	800 nm

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