NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q: specs and benchmarks
- Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
- Core clock speed
- Max video memory 8192 MB
- Memory type GDDR6
- Memory clock speed 12 Gbps
- Maximum resolution
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q sales 4 January 2021. This is Ampere architecture notebook card based on 8 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 8 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 12 GB/s are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 320.0 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 80 Watt.
We have no data on GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q benchmark results.
General info
Of GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q's architecture, market segment and release date.
| Place in performance rating | not rated | |
| Architecture | Ampere | |
| GPU code name | GN20-E5 GA104 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Release date | 4 January 2021 (less than a year ago) |
Technical specs
GeForce RTX 3070 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 3070 Max-Q's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 5120 | of 15360 (Radeon RX 7900 XT) |
| Boost clock speed | 1290 MHz | of 2903 (Radeon Pro W6600) |
| Number of transistors | 17,400 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | of 5 (Apple M1 GPU) |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 80 Watt | of 900 (Tesla S2050) |
| Texture fill rate | 237.4 | of 779.2 (Radeon RX 6900 XTX) |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on GeForce RTX 3070 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 4.0 x16 | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce RTX 3070 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 | 12 GB/s | of 19500 (GeForce RTX 3090) |
| Memory bandwidth | 320.0 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
| Shared memory | - |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce RTX 3070 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 | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | |
| HDMI | + |
API support
APIs supported by GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | |
| CUDA | 8.6 |
AMD equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q from AMD is Radeon RX 6800M.
Similar GPUs
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