GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q vs Radeon Vega 3 Embedded

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated169
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data18.89
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameRavenN18E-G2 MAX-Q TU106
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date6 September 2018 (5 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Current price$745 $1311

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

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 cores1922304
Core clock speed300 MHz885-1080 MHz
Boost clock speed1001 MHz1185-1305 MHz
Number of transistors4,940 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt80-90 Watt
Texture fill rate12.01170.6

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon Vega 3 Embedded and GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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 sizeno datalarge
InterfaceIGPPCIe 3.0 x16
WidthIGPno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared8 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared12000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data384.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 outputsNo outputs
G-SYNC supportno data+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDAno data7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 September 2018 6 January 2019
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 80 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon Vega 3 Embedded and GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon Vega 3 Embedded is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon Vega 3 Embedded
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