RTX 3060 Mobile vs RTX 3070 Mobile

Combined performance score

RTX 3070 Mobile
37.07
+14.5%

RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms RTX 3060 Mobile by 14% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking119158
Place by popularitynot in top-10075
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2022)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameGN20-E5 GA104GN20-E3 GA106
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 January 2021 (3 years old)4 January 2021 (3 years old)

Technical specs

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 cores51203840
Core clock speed780 - 1100 MHz817 MHz
Boost clock speed1290 - 1620 MHz1702 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 million13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt115 Watt (60 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate287.0171.0

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile and GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile 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 sizelargelarge
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16

Memory

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth320.0 GB/s336.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.21.2
CUDA8.58.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 3070 Mobile 37.07
+14.5%
RTX 3060 Mobile 32.38

RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms RTX 3060 Mobile by 14% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

RTX 3070 Mobile 14364
+14.5%
RTX 3060 Mobile 12550

RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms RTX 3060 Mobile by 14% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RTX 3070 Mobile 77148
+34.6%
RTX 3060 Mobile 57333

RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms RTX 3060 Mobile by 35% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RTX 3070 Mobile 33996
+24%
RTX 3060 Mobile 27419

RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms RTX 3060 Mobile by 24% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RTX 3070 Mobile 25478
+23.6%
RTX 3060 Mobile 20609

RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms RTX 3060 Mobile by 24% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RTX 3070 Mobile 136558
+30.3%
RTX 3060 Mobile 104826

RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms RTX 3060 Mobile by 30% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

RTX 3070 Mobile 510435
+9.5%
RTX 3060 Mobile 466087

RTX 3070 Mobile outperforms RTX 3060 Mobile by 10% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD117
+14.7%
102
−14.7%
1440p77
+11.6%
69
−11.6%
4K49
+19.5%
41
−19.5%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 119
+15.5%
103
−15.5%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65−70
+11.7%
60−65
−11.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 91
+19.7%
76
−19.7%
Battlefield 5 100−110
+10.1%
95−100
−10.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 100−110
+16.1%
85−90
−16.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 107
+24.4%
86
−24.4%
Far Cry 5 119
+6.3%
112
−6.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 112
+19.1%
94
−19.1%
Forza Horizon 4 189
+83.5%
100−110
−83.5%
Hitman 3 148
+23.3%
120
−23.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 93
−3.2%
96
+3.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2 108
+108%
50−55
−108%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140
+32.1%
106
−32.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 89
+9.9%
81
−9.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65−70
+11.7%
60−65
−11.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 76
+18.8%
64
−18.8%
Battlefield 5 134
−5.2%
141
+5.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 100−110
+16.1%
85−90
−16.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 88
+27.5%
69
−27.5%
Far Cry 5 114
+7.5%
106
−7.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 108
+14.9%
94
−14.9%
Forza Horizon 4 188
+82.5%
100−110
−82.5%
Hitman 3 138
+21.1%
114
−21.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 84
+9.1%
77
−9.1%
Metro Exodus 97
+19.8%
81
−19.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2 66
+17.9%
56
−17.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 121
+31.5%
92
−31.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 170
+19.7%
142
−19.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75
+5.6%
71
−5.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65−70
+11.7%
60−65
−11.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 68
+21.4%
56
−21.4%
Battlefield 5 126
−4%
131
+4%
Cyberpunk 2077 74
+19.4%
62
−19.4%
Far Cry 5 107
+5.9%
101
−5.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 96
+11.6%
86
−11.6%
Forza Horizon 4 167
+62.1%
100−110
−62.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 94
+20.5%
78
−20.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60
+30.4%
46
−30.4%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 60−65
+17.3%
50−55
−17.3%
Hitman 3 98
+24.1%
79
−24.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 63
+3.3%
61
−3.3%
Metro Exodus 59
+18%
50
−18%
Red Dead Redemption 2 38
−5.3%
40
+5.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 89
+30.9%
68
−30.9%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
+14.3%
35−40
−14.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 53
+10.4%
48
−10.4%
Battlefield 5 102
−2%
104
+2%
Cyberpunk 2077 47
+20.5%
39
−20.5%
Far Cry 5 91
+8.3%
84
−8.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 91
+7.1%
85
−7.1%
Forza Horizon 4 140
+106%
65−70
−106%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
+20.9%
40−45
−20.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55
+61.8%
34
−61.8%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+22.2%
27−30
−22.2%
Hitman 3 35−40
−32.4%
49
+32.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 17
−17.6%
20
+17.6%
Metro Exodus 37
+19.4%
31
−19.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24
+9.1%
22
−9.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 48
+14.3%
42
−14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 64
+16.4%
55
−16.4%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+19%
21−24
−19%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 33
+200%
11
−200%
Battlefield 5 63
+0%
63
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 22
+46.7%
15
−46.7%
Far Cry 5 51
+27.5%
40
−27.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 58
+16%
50
−16%
Forza Horizon 4 93
+107%
45−50
−107%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27
+42.1%
19
−42.1%

This is how RTX 3070 Mobile and RTX 3060 Mobile compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • RTX 3070 Mobile is 14.7% faster than RTX 3060 Mobile

1440p resolution:

  • RTX 3070 Mobile is 11.6% faster than RTX 3060 Mobile

4K resolution:

  • RTX 3070 Mobile is 19.5% faster than RTX 3060 Mobile

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3070 Mobile is 200% faster than the RTX 3060 Mobile.
  • in Hitman 3, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3060 Mobile is 32.4% faster than the RTX 3070 Mobile.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 3070 Mobile is ahead in 60 tests (88%)
  • RTX 3060 Mobile is ahead in 7 tests (10%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (1%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 37.07 32.38
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 115 Watt

The GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile in performance tests.


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