GeForce RTX 3070 vs Qualcomm Adreno 685

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Qualcomm Adreno 685 with GeForce RTX 3070, including specs and performance data.

Qualcomm Adreno 685
2018
7 Watt
2.54

RTX 3070 outperforms Qualcomm Adreno 685 by a whopping 2183% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking82742
Place by popularitynot in top-10043
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data58.64
Power efficiency24.8818.07
Architectureno dataAmpere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameno dataGA104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date6 December 2018 (6 years ago)1 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data5888
Core clock speedno data1500 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1725 MHz
Number of transistorsno data17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)7 Watt220 Watt
Texture fill rateno data317.4
Floating-point processing powerno data20.31 TFLOPS
ROPsno data96
TMUsno data184
Tensor Coresno data184
Ray Tracing Coresno data46

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data242 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 12-pin

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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data8 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data448.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2
CUDA-8.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

Qualcomm Adreno 685 2.54
RTX 3070 57.99
+2183%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

Qualcomm Adreno 685 979
RTX 3070 22346
+2183%

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.

Qualcomm Adreno 685 1927
RTX 3070 43005
+2132%

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 HD6−7
−2383%
149
+2383%
1440p4−5
−2375%
99
+2375%
4K2−3
−2950%
61
+2950%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data3.35
1440pno data5.04
4Kno data8.18

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−2840%
147
+2840%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−1289%
125
+1289%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 100
Battlefield 5 4−5
−4500%
180−190
+4500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−1457%
100−110
+1457%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−2680%
139
+2680%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−2100%
110−120
+2100%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−1900%
140−150
+1900%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−1623%
220−230
+1623%
Hitman 3 7−8
−1457%
109
+1457%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−948%
220−230
+948%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−7100%
144
+7100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−1867%
118
+1867%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−1842%
230−240
+1842%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−358%
174
+358%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−1233%
120−130
+1233%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 87
Battlefield 5 4−5
−4500%
180−190
+4500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−1457%
100−110
+1457%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−2420%
126
+2420%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−2100%
110−120
+2100%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−1900%
140−150
+1900%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−1623%
220−230
+1623%
Hitman 3 7−8
−1557%
116
+1557%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−948%
220−230
+948%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−7100%
144
+7100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−1800%
110−120
+1800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−2025%
255
+2025%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−764%
120−130
+764%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−368%
178
+368%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−800%
81
+800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 78
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−1457%
100−110
+1457%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−1940%
102
+1940%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−2100%
110−120
+2100%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−1623%
220−230
+1623%
Hitman 3 7−8
−1486%
111
+1486%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−762%
181
+762%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−1758%
223
+1758%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−764%
121
+764%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−124%
85
+124%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−1833%
116
+1833%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
−3025%
120−130
+3025%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−2150%
90−95
+2150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−3300%
68
+3300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−3350%
65−70
+3350%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−6100%
62
+6100%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−2167%
65−70
+2167%
Hitman 3 8−9
−1100%
96
+1100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
−1986%
146
+1986%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−4800%
95−100
+4800%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
−994%
175
+994%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−1800%
114
+1800%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−6400%
65−70
+6400%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−2650%
55−60
+2650%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−2300%
48
+2300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−4200%
43
+4200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−4000%
40−45
+4000%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−3700%
35−40
+3700%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 38

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−1625%
69
+1625%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65
+0%
65
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Metro Exodus 101
+0%
101
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 166
+0%
166
+0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3 52
+0%
52
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%
Metro Exodus 107
+0%
107
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 90
+0%
90
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 30
+0%
30
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 97
+0%
97
+0%

This is how Qualcomm Adreno 685 and RTX 3070 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3070 is 2383% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3070 is 2375% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3070 is 2950% faster in 4K

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

  • in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 3070 is 7100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 3070 is ahead in 57 tests (84%)
  • there's a draw in 11 tests (16%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.54 57.99
Recency 6 December 2018 1 September 2020
Chip lithography 7 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 7 Watt 220 Watt

Qualcomm Adreno 685 has a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 3042.9% lower power consumption.

RTX 3070, on the other hand, has a 2183.1% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 1 year.

The GeForce RTX 3070 is our recommended choice as it beats the Qualcomm Adreno 685 in performance tests.

Be aware that Qualcomm Adreno 685 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3070 is a desktop one.


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Qualcomm Adreno 685
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