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).