GeForce RTX 5070 vs RTX 3070
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
GB205-300
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
GA104
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB with 48 pipelines and 6144 shaders against the 4 years and 3 months older RTX RTX 3070 8 GB that utilizes 46 pipelines and 5888 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 5070
- Performs significantly better (up to 64%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Manufactured using a more efficient 4 nm process technology
- Shows 45% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 128 vs 88 FPS
- 52% higher maximum theoretical performance (30.9 vs 20.3 TFLOPS)
- Includes 4 GB more video memory
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology
- Has 50% higher memory bandwidth: 672 vs 448 GB/s
- Achieves 51% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (190K vs 126K)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 197 140 130 97 |
147 99 86 61 |
| The Witcher 3 | 216 183 131 71 |
168 143 100 54 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 293 210 160 81 |
244 194 137 77 |
| Far Cry 6 | 164 145 128 82 |
132 121 96 54 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 140 117 92 51 |
97 80 62 35 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 178 171 136 89 |
121 113 85 52 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 123 107 89 58 |
89 74 56 31 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 164 144 99 43 |
106 94 59 28 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 253 238 189 98 |
165 153 113 60 |
| 1080p High | 192 | 141 |
| 1080p Ultra | 162 | 119 |
| 1440p Ultra | 128 | 88 |
| 4K Ultra | 74 | 50 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 22708 | 13644 |
| Solar Bay | 107004 | 64452 |
| Port Royal | 14498 | 8312 |
| Fire Strike | 58324 | 34056 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 43879 | 28488 |
| Night Raid | 172064 | 122159 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 254.4 img/sec | 161.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 180.6 img/sec | 117.2 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 7.91 Gpixels/sec | 5.89 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 10.2 Gpixels/sec | 8.05 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 10.7 Gpixels/sec | 6.65 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.84 Gpixels/sec | 1.25 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 975.7 Gpixels/sec | 550.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 27816.5 FPS | 17613.1 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1289 | 1005 |
| DirectX 11 | 279 FPS | 183 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 106 FPS | 84 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 14323 Ops/s | 11007 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 5070
No benchmark results yet
GeForce RTX 3070
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-11-15 (mit) | Cinebench 2024 | 9652 |
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) | 12270 | 7624 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 30237 | 23420 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 35585 | 17898 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 62662 | 40535 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 145190 | 83624 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 4198 | 2724 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 6233 | 4481 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 16709 | 10304 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 58300 | 30418 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 246598 | 180089 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5070 and RTX 3070General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | January 7, 2025 | October 22, 2020 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $549 | $499 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Ampere |
| GPU Codename | GB205-300 | GA104 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 9070 | - Radeon RX 7800 XT |
| Successor | - | - GeForce RTX 5070 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above | - Intel Core i7 12700K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (21st and 44th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 2160 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2512 MHz | 1725 MHz |
| Shading Units | 6144 | 5888 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 192 | 184 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 80 | 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 | 48MB shared | 4MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 201 GPixel/s | 166 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 482 GTexel/s | 317 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 250 W | 220 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 8 nm |
| Die Size | 263 mm² | 392 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 31.1 billion | 17 billion |
| Transistor Density | 118.25 MTr/mm² | 43.37 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 28000 Mbps | 14000 Mbps |
| Bus | 192-bit | 256-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 12.0 | 8.6 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 4 | DLSS 2 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1b | 1.4a |
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