Component comparison

GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 3070

GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 3070 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 3050
  • + Die size (mm²) (+192 mm²)
B GeForce RTX 3070
  • + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
  • + Memory clock (MHz) (+250 MHz)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+256 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+128 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+50 W)
  • + Transistors (M) (+8,700M)
  • + CUDA cores (+3840)
  • + TMUs (+120)
  • + ROPs (+64)
  • + RT cores (+30)
  • + Tensor cores (+120)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+14.81 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+122.62 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+231.45 GTexel/s)
  • + Energy efficiency (+6.2)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+2486)
  • + 3DMark Time Spy (+5122)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+13529)
  • + Geekbench OpenCL (+60014)
  • + Geekbench Vulkan (+58818)
  • + Normalized score (+15.4)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 3050
 Component B
GeForce RTX 3070
Release year 2021 2021
VRAM (GB) 4 GB 8 GB (+4 GB)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory clock (MHz) 1500 MHz 1750 MHz (+250 MHz)
Bandwidth (GB/s) 192 GB/s 448 GB/s (+256 GB/s)
Memory bus (bit) 128 bit 256 bit (+128 bit)
TGP / TDP (W) 75 W 125 W (+50 W)
Lithography (nm) 8 nm 8 nm
Transistors (M) 8,700M 17,400M (+8,700M)
Die size (mm²) 200 mm² (+192 mm²) 392 mm²
Base clock (MHz) 1065 MHz —
Boost clock (MHz) 1343 MHz —
CUDA cores 2,048 5,888 (+3840)
TMUs 64 184 (+120)
ROPs 32 96 (+64)
RT cores 16 46 (+30)
Tensor cores 64 184 (+120)
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 5.50 TFLOPS 20.31 TFLOPS (+14.81 TFLOPS)
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 42.98 GPixel/s 165.60 GPixel/s (+122.62 GPixel/s)
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 85.95 GTexel/s 317.40 GTexel/s (+231.45 GTexel/s)
Energy efficiency 17.0 23.2 (+6.2)
PassMark (overall) 11,878 14,364 (+2486)
3DMark Time Spy 4,497 9,619 (+5122)
3DMark Fire Strike 11,949 25,478 (+13529)
Geekbench OpenCL 63,465 123,479 (+60014)
Geekbench Vulkan 62,164 120,982 (+58818)
Normalized score 63.1 78.5 (+15.4)

Only in component B

CUDA DLSS ray_tracing

In both

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FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 3050 GeForce RTX 3070 Delta
Assassin's Creed Mirage 55 FPS 101 FPS 83.6% (B)
Avatar Frontiers of Pandora 32 FPS 61 FPS 90.6% (B)
Baldur's Gate 3 45 FPS 102 FPS 126.7% (B)
Battlefield 5 93 FPS 120 FPS 29% (B)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
Counter-Strike 2 170 FPS 241 FPS 41.8% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 66 FPS 119 FPS 80.3% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 46 FPS 67 FPS 45.7% (B)
Dota 2 118 FPS 130 FPS 10.2% (B)
F1 2021 105 FPS 66 FPS +59.1% (A)
F1 22 86 FPS 171 FPS 98.8% (B)
Far Cry 5 68 FPS 119 FPS 75% (B)
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 44 FPS 28 FPS +57.1% (A)
Fortnite 110 FPS 150 FPS 36.4% (B)
Forza Horizon 4 90 FPS 189 FPS 110% (B)
Forza Horizon 5 87 FPS 159 FPS 82.8% (B)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
GTA V 95 FPS 58 FPS +63.8% (A)
Metro Exodus 49 FPS 97 FPS 98% (B)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Resident Evil 4 Remake 50 FPS 140 FPS 180% (B)
Returnal 34 FPS 93 FPS 173.5% (B)
The Witcher 3 81 FPS 170 FPS 109.9% (B)
The Witcher 3 71 FPS 122 FPS 71.8% (B)
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 56 FPS 103 FPS 83.9% (B)
Valorant 150 FPS 210 FPS 40% (B)
X-Plane 11.11 62 FPS 12 FPS +416.7% (A)

Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 3070 wins 21 of the comparable criteria. The choice depends on your use case.

🤔 How to choose

Universal advice for any use case.

  • Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
  • Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
  • Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).
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