RTX 5000 Ada Generation vs GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated14
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data20.82
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA104AD102
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)9 August 2023 (1 year ago)

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 cores512012800
Core clock speed780 MHz1155 MHz
Boost clock speed1290 MHz2550 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate206.41,020
Floating-point processing power13.21 TFLOPS65.28 TFLOPS
ROPs80176
TMUs160400
Tensor Cores160400
Ray Tracing Cores40100

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 16-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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB32 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth384.0 GB/s576.0 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 outputs4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.68.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 January 2021 9 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 32 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 250 Watt

RTX 3070 Max-Q has 212.5% lower power consumption.

RTX 5000 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q and RTX 5000 Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q is a notebook card while RTX 5000 Ada Generation is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
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