GeForce RTX 3070 Ti vs RTX 3070

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti with 48 pipelines and 6144 shaders against the 8 months older RTX RTX 3070 that utilizes 46 pipelines and 5888 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 GB GDDR6X
VS
8 GB GDDR6
51.5
(Average)
Value Index
96.5
(Very good)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RTX 3070 over RTX 3070 Ti
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
  • Shows 8% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 95 vs 88 FPS
  • Has 36% higher memory bandwidth: 608.3 vs 448 GB/s

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
157
101
93
66
147
99
86
61
The Witcher 3
177
149
104
57
168
143
100
54
Counter-Strike 2
255
203
142
83
244
194
137
77
Far Cry 6
136
127
106
61
132
121
96
54
Hogwarts Legacy
104
85
69
38
97
80
62
35
CoD: Modern Warfare III
129
121
92
58
121
113
85
52
Ghost of Tsushima
96
78
62
34
89
74
56
31
Cyberpunk 2077
113
100
65
32
106
94
59
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
176
167
124
67
165
153
113
60
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 149 141
1080p Ultra 126 119
1440p Ultra 95 88
4K Ultra 55 50
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
15393
14152
Time Spy 14881 13644
Solar Bay 69901 64452
Port Royal 8884 8312
Fire Strike 37242 34056
Wild Life Extreme 31912 28488
Night Raid 134068 122159
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
136096
126195
Background Blur 197 img/sec 161.6 img/sec
Face Detection 128.1 img/sec 117.2 img/sec
Horizon Detection 6.56 Gpixels/sec 5.89 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 8.81 Gpixels/sec 8.05 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 6.47 Gpixels/sec 6.65 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.26 Gpixels/sec 1.25 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 609.3 Gpixels/sec 550.6 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 18205 FPS 17613.1 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
11990
9652

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
23173
22079
G2D Mark 1057 1005
DirectX 11 192 FPS 183 FPS
DirectX 12 90 FPS 84 FPS
GPU Compute 11384 Ops/s 11007 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6]17183 & 38662 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
3735.95
3358.83
Sources: Blender [9], [10]2274 & 4761 samples

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
No benchmark results yet
GeForce RTX 3070
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-11-15 (mit)Cinebench 20249652

Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
22516
19789
GB6 ML Half Precision
36377
33013
GB6 ML Quantized
14215
12443
Image Classification (SP) 8615 7624
Image Segmentation (HP) 24659 23420
Image Super Resolution (Q) 20631 17898
Face Detection (HP) 43834 40535
Pose Estimation (Q) 98347 83624
Text Classification (SP) 3162 2724
Machine Translation (HP) 4911 4481
Object Detection (SP) 11498 10304
Depth Estimation (Q) 34719 30418
Style Transfer (SP) 196833 180089
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 3070 Ti and RTX 3070

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released June 10, 2021 October 22, 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $599 $499
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Ampere
GPU Codename GA104 GA104
Rival Equivalent - Radeon RX 7800 XT - Radeon RX 7800 XT
Successor - GeForce RTX 5070 Ti - GeForce RTX 5070
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i7 12700K or above - Intel Core i7 12700K or above
Desktop GPU rating (36th and 43rd place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1575 MHz 1500 MHz
Boost Clock 1770 MHz 1725 MHz
Shading Units 6144 5888
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 192 184
Render Output Units (ROPs) 96 96
Compute Units (Pipelines) 48 46
Tensor Cores 192 184
Ray-tracing Cores 48 46
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 4MB shared 4MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 170 GPixel/s 166 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 340 GTexel/s 317 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
21.7 TFLOPS
20.3 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 290 W 220 W
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Fabrication Process 8 nm 8 nm
Die Size 392 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor Count 17 billion 17 billion
Transistor Density 43.37 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory Clock 1188 MHz 1750 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 19000 Mbps 14000 Mbps
Bus 256-bit 256-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
608.3 GB/s
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA 8.6 8.6
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 DLSS 2
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a

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Dokucrot May 16, 2025 at 09:20 AM
290 watts for minor improvement? Hell nah.
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Jim Pickens November 9, 2024 at 06:47 AM
3070 is better bang for buck nowadays
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