Component comparison

GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 2070

GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 2070 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 3060
  • + Release year (+3)
  • + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
  • + Transistors (M) (+1,200M)
  • + Die size (mm²) (+169 mm²)
  • + CUDA cores (+1536)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+5.48 TFLOPS)
  • + Energy efficiency (+1.4)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+881)
  • + 3DMark Time Spy (+1561)
  • + Geekbench Vulkan (+6510)
  • + Normalized score (+2.0)
B GeForce RTX 2070
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+88 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
  • + TMUs (+24)
  • + ROPs (+16)
  • + RT cores (+6)
  • + Tensor cores (+168)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+18.40 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+34.30 GTexel/s)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+1497)
  • + Geekbench OpenCL (+186)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 3060
Component B
GeForce RTX 2070
Release year 2021 (+3) 2018
VRAM (GB) 12 GB (+4 GB) 8 GB
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory clock (MHz)
Bandwidth (GB/s) 360 GB/s 448 GB/s (+88 GB/s)
Memory bus (bit) 192 bit 256 bit (+64 bit)
TGP / TDP (W) 80 W 80 W
Lithography (nm) 8 nm (-4 nm) 12 nm
Transistors (M) 12,000M (+1,200M) 10,800M
Die size (mm²) 276 mm² (+169 mm²) 445 mm²
Base clock (MHz)
Boost clock (MHz)
CUDA cores 3,840 (+1536) 2,304
TMUs 120 144 (+24)
ROPs 48 64 (+16)
RT cores 30 36 (+6)
Tensor cores 120 288 (+168)
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 10.94 TFLOPS (+5.48 TFLOPS) 5.46 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 85.30 GPixel/s 103.70 GPixel/s (+18.40 GPixel/s)
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 199.00 GTexel/s 233.30 GTexel/s (+34.30 GTexel/s)
Energy efficiency 18.5 (+1.4) 17.0
PassMark (overall) 16,944 (+881) 16,063
3DMark Time Spy 8,222 (+1561) 6,661
3DMark Fire Strike 21,689 23,186 (+1497)
Geekbench OpenCL 88,251 88,437 (+186)
Geekbench Vulkan 89,918 (+6510) 83,408
Normalized score 72.5 (+2.0) 70.5

Only in component A

ReBAR

In both

CUDA DLSS

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 3060 GeForce RTX 2070 Delta
Anno 1800 80 FPS 69 FPS +15.9% (A)
Apex Legends 135 FPS 128 FPS +5.5% (A)
Assassin´s Creed Valhalla 57 FPS 69 FPS 21.1% (B)
Battlefield 5 110 FPS 92 FPS +19.6% (A)
Borderlands 3 84 FPS 71 FPS +18.3% (A)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS
Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War 60 FPS 81 FPS 35% (B)
Civilization 6 149 FPS 130 FPS +14.6% (A)
Control 78 FPS 68 FPS +14.7% (A)
Counter-Strike 2 170 FPS 150 FPS +13.3% (A)
Crysis Remastered 61 FPS 71 FPS 16.4% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 103 FPS 60 FPS +71.7% (A)
Cyberpunk 2077 1.0 58 FPS 62 FPS 6.9% (B)
Days Gone 95 FPS 101 FPS 6.3% (B)
Death Stranding 99 FPS 115 FPS 16.2% (B)
Dirt 5 77 FPS 69 FPS +11.6% (A)
Doom Eternal 149 FPS 149 FPS
Dota 2 131 FPS 127 FPS +3.1% (A)
F1 2020 138 FPS 146 FPS 5.8% (B)
F1 2021 119 FPS 139 FPS 16.8% (B)
FIFA 21 121 FPS 211 FPS 74.4% (B)
Far Cry 5 112 FPS 103 FPS +8.7% (A)
Far Cry New Dawn 89 FPS 91 FPS 2.2% (B)
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 55 FPS 77 FPS 40% (B)
Flight Simulator 2020 63 FPS 49 FPS +28.6% (A)
Fortnite 140 FPS 122 FPS +14.8% (A)
Forza Horizon 4 110 FPS 121 FPS 10% (B)
Forza Horizon 5 120 FPS 85 FPS +41.2% (A)
GRID 2019 95 FPS 104 FPS 9.5% (B)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS
GTA V 120 FPS 127 FPS 5.8% (B)
Hitman 3 111 FPS 124 FPS 11.7% (B)
Horizon Zero Dawn 76 FPS 85 FPS 11.8% (B)
Hunt Showdown 93 FPS 101 FPS 8.6% (B)
Immortals Fenyx Rising 81 FPS 72 FPS +12.5% (A)
Mafia Definitive Edition 86 FPS 90 FPS 4.7% (B)
Metro Exodus 81 FPS 61 FPS +32.8% (A)
Need for Speed Heat 102 FPS 84 FPS +21.4% (A)
Outriders 86 FPS 94 FPS 9.3% (B)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS
Rage 2 116 FPS 103 FPS +12.6% (A)
Red Dead Redemption 2 63 FPS 66 FPS 4.8% (B)
Resident Evil 4 Remake 124 FPS 65 FPS +90.8% (A)
Resident Evil Village 129 FPS 126 FPS +2.4% (A)
Rise of the Tomb Raider 133 FPS 92 FPS +44.6% (A)
Serious Sam 4 75 FPS 71 FPS +5.6% (A)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 116 FPS 149 FPS 28.4% (B)
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order 99 FPS 92 FPS +7.6% (A)
Star Wars Squadrons 178 FPS 228 FPS 28.1% (B)
The Division 2 115 FPS 94 FPS +22.3% (A)
The Witcher 3 142 FPS 122 FPS +16.4% (A)
The Witcher 3 81 FPS 116 FPS 43.2% (B)
Valorant 190 FPS 180 FPS +5.6% (A)
Watch Dogs Legion 62 FPS 82 FPS 32.3% (B)
X-Plane 11.11 62 FPS 72 FPS 16.1% (B)
Yakuza Like a Dragon 105 FPS 96 FPS +9.4% (A)

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

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 3060 wins 12 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).