GeForce RTX 3070 vs 3060 Ti
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
GA104
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 3070 with 46 pipelines and 5888 shaders against the RTX 3060 Ti that utilizes 38 pipelines and 4864 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
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)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3070
- Performs slightly better (up to 18%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 25% higher maximum theoretical performance (20.3 vs 16.2 TFLOPS)
- Shows 14% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 88 vs 77 FPS
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 147 99 86 61 |
132 88 75 54 |
| The Witcher 3 | 168 143 100 54 |
152 128 92 47 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 244 194 137 77 |
226 169 121 64 |
| Far Cry 6 | 132 121 96 54 |
114 103 83 47 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 97 80 62 35 |
86 73 55 29 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 121 113 85 52 |
107 99 72 47 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 89 74 56 31 |
82 69 48 28 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 106 94 59 28 |
92 81 48 22 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 165 153 113 60 |
139 132 95 53 |
| 1080p High | 141 | 126 |
| 1080p Ultra | 119 | 105 |
| 1440p Ultra | 88 | 77 |
| 4K Ultra | 50 | 43 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 13644 | 11707 |
| Solar Bay | 64452 | 54429 |
| Port Royal | 8312 | 6971 |
| Fire Strike | 34056 | 29571 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 28488 | 24417 |
| Night Raid | 122159 | 109862 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 161.6 img/sec | 185.1 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 117.2 img/sec | 108.4 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 5.89 Gpixels/sec | 5.35 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 8.05 Gpixels/sec | 7.17 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 6.65 Gpixels/sec | 5.54 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.25 Gpixels/sec | 1.15 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 550.6 Gpixels/sec | 478 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 17613.1 FPS | 15183 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1005 | 989 |
| DirectX 11 | 183 FPS | 164 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 84 FPS | 78 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 11007 Ops/s | 9865 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 3070
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-11-15 (mit) | Cinebench 2024 | 9652 |
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
No benchmark results yet
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 7624 | 7384 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 23420 | 19320 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 17898 | 16108 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 40535 | 34615 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 83624 | 74811 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2724 | 2638 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4481 | 4136 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 10304 | 8718 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 30418 | 25946 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 180089 | 153275 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 3070 and 3060 TiGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | October 22, 2020 | December 2, 2020 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | $399 |
| 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 6700 XT |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5070 | - GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i7 12700K or above | - Intel Core i5 12600K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (43rd and 48th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1500 MHz | 1410 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1725 MHz | 1665 MHz |
| Shading Units | 5888 | 4864 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 184 | 152 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 96 | 80 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 46 | 38 |
| Tensor Cores | 184 | 152 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 46 | 38 |
| 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 | 166 GPixel/s | 133 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 317 GTexel/s | 253 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 220 W | 200 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 | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 14000 Mbps | 14000 Mbps |
| Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
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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