RTX A3000 Mobile vs GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

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General info

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated150
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2022)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameGN20-E5 GA104GA104
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 January 2021 (3 years old)12 April 2021 (2 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 cores51204096
Core clock speedno data1080 MHz
Boost clock speed1290 MHz1560 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt130 Watt (60 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate237.4237.6

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q and RTX A3000 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
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 GB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed12 GB/s14000 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 Model6.56.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.21.2
CUDA8.68.6

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 4 January 2021 12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 130 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q and RTX A3000 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
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NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile
RTX A3000 Mobile

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