Laptop buyers should be careful - GeForce RTX 3070 Max-P is faster than Max-Q by 31%

Not so long ago, the announced mobile video cards NVIDIA of the GeForce RTX 30 series will soon delight their lucky owners who intend to acquire a brand new laptop, but some buyers may be disappointed, because the level of performance of mobile video cards in different variations can differ significantly.

As you know, NVIDIA mobile video cards can be produced in both Max-Q and Max-P versions, differing in the TGP level, which ultimately affects the clock frequencies. Despite the fact that representatives of the “green team” are trying to force laptop manufacturers to explicitly indicate TGP values and clock frequencies in the technical characteristics of devices, not all companies agree to make concessions, and the end user may be the victim

So, at the disposal of the resource VideoCardz The results of tests of two MSI laptops almost identical in equipment, which were in the hands of the GenTechPC YouTube channel specialists: both models are equipped with an Intel Core i7-10870H processor and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 mobile video card, but the GE66 Raider model is equipped with a Max-P version graphics adapter, characterized by a TGP value of 115 W and a frequency of 1620 MHz in Boost mode, while the GS66 Stealth is a Max-Q video adapter (80 W, 1290 MHz). It should be noted that this information is given without taking into account the use of Dynamic Boost technology.

Naturally, such differences in the technical characteristics of video adapters could not but affect the level of performance: for example, in the popular 3DMark Fire Strike test suite, the mobile graphics adapter GeForce RTX 3070 performed by Max-Q received 21337 points (Graphics Score), and the Max-P version was able to win 27940 points, overtaking her “younger tribe” by 31%.

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Unfortunately, not all laptop manufacturers describe in detail the technical characteristics of a particular product, so potential buyers have to either buy a pig in a poke or study the test results from third-party specialists.