NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q: specs and benchmarks

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.
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 type and release date.
Place in performance rating
not rated
Architecture
Ampere
Code name
GN20-E5 GA104
Type
Laptop
Release date
4 January 2021
Technical specs
GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core 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.
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
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 5600M.