NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

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GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER compared with GeForce RTX 3070

	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2070 SUPER	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 3070
Overview
Released
Released	July 2019	October 2020
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Turing	Ampere
Shader cores
Shader cores	2,560	5,888
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,770 MHz (better)	1,730 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	NVIDIA reference/Founders Edition GPU figures; photo shows PNY's stock-clock Dual Fan partner card	GA104; 46 Streaming Multiprocessors. NVIDIA reference specifications; photo shows PNY's stock-clock UPRISING Dual Fan LHR revision, whose cooler and dimensions differ from the Founders Edition.
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	–	Samsung 8 nm 8N NVIDIA custom process; 17.4 billion transistors; 392.5 mm² die
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	First-generation RT Cores	46 second-generation RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	Second-generation Tensor Cores	184 third-generation Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	NVIDIA DLSS super resolution; no DLSS frame generation	NVIDIA DLSS upscaling; no DLSS Frame Generation
Base clock
Base clock	NVIDIA's current comparison rounds the base clock to 1.61 GHz; PNY publishes 1,605 MHz	1.50 GHz; the NVIDIA architecture whitepaper specifies 1,725 MHz boost, rounded to 1.73 GHz on the current specification page
Cache
Cache	–	4,096 KB L2
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	8 GB GDDR6	8 GB GDDR6
Memory bus
Memory bus	256-bit	256-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s	448 GB/s
Memory detail
Memory detail	PNY publishes 14 Gbps GDDR6 and 448 GB/sec bandwidth	14 Gbps GDDR6
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	215 W (better)	220 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 4.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	Pictured PNY Dual Fan has 3 × DisplayPort 1.4 and 1 × HDMI 2.0b. PCWorld's Founders Edition review also documents USB-C; NVIDIA's current comparison table lists only DisplayPort and HDMI for this model.	3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.1; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320; NVIDIA specifies support for four displays	7680 × 4320; HDMI supports 4K 120 Hz HDR or 8K 60 Hz HDR
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 6-pin and 1 × 8-pin	1 × PCIe 8-pin cable through the included adapter to 1 × 12-pin (Founders Edition)
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	NVIDIA specifies 650 W; requirements depend on the system	650 W, based on NVIDIA's Intel Core i9-10900K test system
Slot width
Slot width	Two slots for the Founders Edition and pictured PNY Dual Fan	2-slot (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	NVIDIA reference/Founders Edition is 266.74 × 115.7 mm; pictured PNY Dual Fan is 1.57 × 9.25 × 4.41 inches	242 × 112 mm, 2-slot (Founders Edition)
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	Seventh-generation NVIDIA Encoder and fourth-generation Decoder; PNY specifies PCIe 3.0 x16. NVIDIA specifies NVLink support.	Seventh-generation NVENC, fifth-generation NVDEC; hardware AV1 decode, no AV1 encode