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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 with Max-Q design is the power saving variant of the mobile RTX 2070 graphics card with reduced clock speeds and power consumption. Therefore, it is suitable for thin gaming laptops. It is based on the same TU106 chip with 2,304 shaders and 8 GB GDDR6 memory connected by a 256 bit interface (12 GHz).

Currently it looks like there will be two variants, a low power 80 Watt variant with 885 - 1185 MHz core clock and a faster 90 Watt variant with 1080 - 1305 MHz core clock). Both clock the memory at 6 GHz versus 7 GHz of the normal RTX 2070 (115 Watt TDP).

The clock is not the only difference compared to the regular GTX 1080 though. The drivers for the Max-Q version were optimized for efficiency (and not performance; only for Max-Q models), there are optimized voltage converters for 1V operation, high-end cooling methods, and a 40 dB limit for the fan noise (with clock adjustments to ensure this at all times).

Features

NVIDIA manufacturers the TU106 chip on a 12 nm FinFET process and includes features like Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) and Real-Time Ray Tracing (RTRT), which should combine to create more realistic lighting effects than older GPUs based on the company's Pascal architecture (if the games supports it). The RTX 20870 is also DisplayPort 1.4 ready, while there is also support for HDMI 2.0b, HDR, Simultaneous Multi-Projection (SMP) and H.265 video en/decoding (PlayReady 3.0).

Performance

The Max-Q version of the RTX 2070 should perform a bit slower than the mobile RTX 2070. Therefore, it should be able to run all demanding games in 2560x1440 with maximum details. Raytracing features however may reduce framerates a lot.

GeForce RTX 2000 Series

NVIDIA Titan RTX compare 4608 @ 1.35 - 1.77 GHz384 Bit @ 14000 MHz
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (Desktop) compare 4352 @ 1.35 - 1.55 GHz352 Bit @ 14000 MHz
GeForce RTX 2080 Super (Desktop) compare 3072 @ 1.65 - 1.82 GHz256 Bit @ 15500 MHz
GeForce RTX 2080 (Desktop) compare 2944 @ 1.52 - 1.71 GHz256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile compare 3072 @ 1.37 - 1.56 GHz256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile compare 2944 @ 1.38 - 1.59 GHz256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
GeForce RTX 2070 Super (Desktop) compare 2560 @ 1.61 - 1.77 GHz256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
GeForce RTX 2070 (Desktop) compare 2304 @ 1.41 - 1.62 GHz256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile compare 2560 @ 1.14 - 1.38 GHz256 Bit @ 14002 MHz
GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q compare 3072 @ 0.98 - 1.23 GHz256 Bit @ 11000 MHz
GeForce RTX 2060 Super (Desktop) compare 2176 @ 1.47 - 1.65 GHz256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile compare 2304 @ 1.22 - 1.44 GHz256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q compare 2944 @ 0.74 - 1.1 GHz256 Bit @ 12000 MHz
GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop) compare 1920 @ 1.32 - 1.62 GHz192 Bit @ 14000 MHz
GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q compare 2560 @ 0.93 - 1.16 GHz256 Bit @ 11000 MHz
GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q 2304 @ 0.89 - 1.19 GHz256 Bit @ 12000 MHz
GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile compare 1920 @ 0.96 - 1.2 GHz192 Bit @ 14000 MHz
GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q compare 1920 @ 0.98 - 1.19 GHz192 Bit @ 11000 MHz
GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile compare 2048 @ 1.48 GHz64 Bit @ 14000 MHz
CodenameN18E-G2 MAX-Q TU106
ArchitectureTuring
Pipelines2304 - unified
TMUs144
ROPs64
Raytracing Cores36
Tensor / AI Cores288
Core Speed885-1080 - 1185-1305 (Boost) MHz
Memory Speed12000 effective = 1500 MHz
Memory Bus Width256 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR6
Max. Amount of Memory8 GB
Shared Memoryno
Memory Bandwidth384 GB/s
APIDirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.6
Power Consumption80-90 Watt
Transistor Count10.8 Billion
technology12 nm
PCIe3.0
FeaturesDLSS, Raytraycing, VR Ready, G-SYNC, Vulkan, Multi Monitor,
Notebook Sizelarge
Date of Announcement06.01.2019

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
21.9 pt (22%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 5989     avg: 6746     median: 6571 (20%)     max: 8236 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 5948     avg: 6745     median: 6661 (18%)     max: 8065 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 359107     avg: 409921     median: 413114 (48%)     max: 452989 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
min: 91578     avg: 187672     median: 149966 (21%)     max: 332234 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 24876     avg: 36143     median: 36551.5 (39%)     max: 51136 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 39014     avg: 94310     median: 106564 (28%)     max: 134255 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 10797     avg: 15754     median: 15494 (5%)     max: 18543 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 11563     avg: 17489     median: 17335 (20%)     max: 21191 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 11076     avg: 171835     median: 152562 (20%)     max: 378191 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 13166     avg: 18984     median: 18964 (27%)     max: 23306 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 14723     avg: 22548     median: 22089 (19%)     max: 27694 Points
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +
3DMark 06
min: 34104     avg: 36162     median: 35284 (49%)     max: 40419 Points
SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 +
specvp12 snx-02 +
specvp12 showcase-01 +
specvp12 mediacal-01 +
specvp12 maya-04 +
specvp12 energy-01 +
specvp12 creo-01 +
specvp12 catia-04 +
specvp12 3dsmax-05 +
SPECviewperf 13 specvp13 sw-04 +
specvp13 snx-03 +
specvp13 showcase-02 +
specvp13 medical-02 +
specvp13 maya-05 +
specvp13 energy-02 +
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 energy-02
min: 15.43     avg: 17.2     median: 17.2 (9%)     max: 19.02 fps
specvp13 creo-02 +
specvp13 catia-05 +
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 catia-05
min: 88.1     avg: 92.7     median: 92.7 (11%)     max: 97.3 fps
specvp13 3dsmax-06 +
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 7870     avg: 8375     median: 8082.5 (6%)     max: 9464 points