Component comparison

GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 3070

GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 3070 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 3060
  • + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
  • + Die size (mm²) (+116 mm²)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+2580)
B GeForce RTX 3070
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+88 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+45 W)
  • + Transistors (M) (+5,400M)
  • + CUDA cores (+2048)
  • + TMUs (+64)
  • + ROPs (+48)
  • + RT cores (+16)
  • + Tensor cores (+64)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+9.37 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+80.30 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+118.40 GTexel/s)
  • + Energy efficiency (+4.7)
  • + 3DMark Time Spy (+1397)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+3789)
  • + Geekbench OpenCL (+35228)
  • + Geekbench Vulkan (+31064)
  • + Normalized score (+5.9)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 3060
 Component B
GeForce RTX 3070
Release year 2021 2021
VRAM (GB) 12 GB (+4 GB) 8 GB
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory clock (MHz) — 1750 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 125 W (+45 W)
Lithography (nm) 8 nm 8 nm
Transistors (M) 12,000M 17,400M (+5,400M)
Die size (mm²) 276 mm² (+116 mm²) 392 mm²
Base clock (MHz) — —
Boost clock (MHz) — —
CUDA cores 3,840 5,888 (+2048)
TMUs 120 184 (+64)
ROPs 48 96 (+48)
RT cores 30 46 (+16)
Tensor cores 120 184 (+64)
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 10.94 TFLOPS 20.31 TFLOPS (+9.37 TFLOPS)
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 85.30 GPixel/s 165.60 GPixel/s (+80.30 GPixel/s)
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 199.00 GTexel/s 317.40 GTexel/s (+118.40 GTexel/s)
Energy efficiency 18.5 23.2 (+4.7)
PassMark (overall) 16,944 (+2580) 14,364
3DMark Time Spy 8,222 9,619 (+1397)
3DMark Fire Strike 21,689 25,478 (+3789)
Geekbench OpenCL 88,251 123,479 (+35228)
Geekbench Vulkan 89,918 120,982 (+31064)
Normalized score 72.5 78.5 (+5.9)

Only in component B

ray_tracing

In both

CUDA DLSS ReBAR

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 3060 GeForce RTX 3070 Delta
007 First Light 45 FPS 58 FPS 28.9% (B)
A Plague Tale Requiem 44 FPS 56 FPS 27.3% (B)
ARC Raiders 70 FPS 92 FPS 31.4% (B)
Alan Wake Remastered 82 FPS 79 FPS +3.8% (A)
Anno 117: Pax Romana 45 FPS 56 FPS 24.4% (B)
Anno 1800 80 FPS 35 FPS +128.6% (A)
Apex Legends 135 FPS 143 FPS 5.9% (B)
Assassin's Creed Shadows 37 FPS 39 FPS 5.4% (B)
Assassin´s Creed Valhalla 57 FPS 63 FPS 10.5% (B)
Atomic Heart 75 FPS 89 FPS 18.7% (B)
Back 4 Blood 157 FPS 205 FPS 30.6% (B)
Battlefield 2042 74 FPS 96 FPS 29.7% (B)
Battlefield 5 110 FPS 120 FPS 9.1% (B)
Battlefield 6 68 FPS 81 FPS 19.1% (B)
Black Myth: Wukong 32 FPS 46 FPS 43.8% (B)
Borderlands 3 84 FPS 78 FPS +7.7% (A)
Borderlands 4 23 FPS 40 FPS 73.9% (B)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War 60 FPS 82 FPS 36.7% (B)
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 2022 77 FPS 90 FPS 16.9% (B)
Call of Duty Vanguard 99 FPS 118 FPS 19.2% (B)
Civilization 7 110 FPS 122 FPS 10.9% (B)
Company of Heroes 3 123 FPS 134 FPS 8.9% (B)
Control 78 FPS 70 FPS +11.4% (A)
Counter-Strike 2 170 FPS 241 FPS 41.8% (B)
Crimson Desert 49 FPS 54 FPS 10.2% (B)
Crysis Remastered 61 FPS 63 FPS 3.3% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 103 FPS 119 FPS 15.5% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 1.0 58 FPS 58 FPS ≈
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 42 FPS 67 FPS 59.5% (B)
Days Gone 95 FPS 112 FPS 17.9% (B)
Dead Space Remake 59 FPS 73 FPS 23.7% (B)
Death Stranding 99 FPS 74 FPS +33.8% (A)
Death Stranding 2 52 FPS 57 FPS 9.6% (B)
Deathloop 72 FPS 106 FPS 47.2% (B)
Dirt 5 77 FPS 77 FPS ≈
Doom Eternal 149 FPS 152 FPS 2% (B)
Doom: The Dark Ages 50 FPS 55 FPS 10% (B)
Dota 2 131 FPS 130 FPS +0.8% (A)
Dying Light 2 64 FPS 75 FPS 17.2% (B)
Elden Ring 59 FPS 59 FPS ≈
Elex 2 73 FPS 87 FPS 19.2% (B)
F1 2020 138 FPS 118 FPS +16.9% (A)
F1 2021 119 FPS 66 FPS +80.3% (A)
F1 22 113 FPS 171 FPS 51.3% (B)
F1 24 66 FPS 182 FPS 175.8% (B)
F1 25 127 FPS 138 FPS 8.7% (B)
FIFA 21 121 FPS 148 FPS 22.3% (B)
FIFA 22 161 FPS 272 FPS 68.9% (B)
FIFA 23 72 FPS 120 FPS 66.7% (B)
Far Cry 5 112 FPS 119 FPS 6.3% (B)
Far Cry 6 75 FPS 91 FPS 21.3% (B)
Far Cry New Dawn 89 FPS 80 FPS +11.3% (A)
Farming Simulator 22 120 FPS 139 FPS 15.8% (B)
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 55 FPS 28 FPS +96.4% (A)
Final Fantasy XVI 44 FPS 57 FPS 29.5% (B)
Flight Simulator 2020 63 FPS 42 FPS +50% (A)
Fortnite 140 FPS 150 FPS 7.1% (B)
Forza Horizon 4 110 FPS 189 FPS 71.8% (B)
Forza Horizon 5 120 FPS 159 FPS 32.5% (B)
Forza Horizon 6 240 FPS 48 FPS +400% (A)
GRID 2019 95 FPS 83 FPS +14.5% (A)
GRID Legends 131 FPS 153 FPS 16.8% (B)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
GTA V 120 FPS 58 FPS +106.9% (A)
Ghostwire Tokyo 122 FPS 160 FPS 31.1% (B)
God of War 73 FPS 88 FPS 20.5% (B)
Guardians of the Galaxy 89 FPS 111 FPS 24.7% (B)
Halo Infinite 92 FPS 94 FPS 2.2% (B)
High On Life 99 FPS 124 FPS 25.3% (B)
Hitman 3 111 FPS 121 FPS 9% (B)
Hogwarts Legacy 70 FPS 72 FPS 2.9% (B)
Horizon Zero Dawn 76 FPS 83 FPS 9.2% (B)
Hunt Showdown 93 FPS 98 FPS 5.4% (B)
Immortals Fenyx Rising 81 FPS 73 FPS +11% (A)
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 60 FPS 69 FPS 15% (B)
Mafia Definitive Edition 86 FPS 78 FPS +10.3% (A)
Metro Exodus 81 FPS 97 FPS 19.8% (B)
Monster Hunter Stories 2 143 FPS 143 FPS ≈
Need for Speed Heat 102 FPS 66 FPS +54.5% (A)
Need for Speed Unbound 73 FPS 90 FPS 23.3% (B)
New World 66 FPS 82 FPS 24.2% (B)
Outriders 86 FPS 94 FPS 9.3% (B)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Pragmata 58 FPS 69 FPS 19% (B)
Rage 2 116 FPS 102 FPS +13.7% (A)
Rainbow Six Extraction 155 FPS 171 FPS 10.3% (B)
Red Dead Redemption 2 63 FPS 67 FPS 6.3% (B)
Resident Evil 4 Remake 124 FPS 140 FPS 12.9% (B)
Resident Evil Requiem 57 FPS 80 FPS 40.4% (B)
Resident Evil Village 129 FPS 136 FPS 5.4% (B)
Returnal 85 FPS 93 FPS 9.4% (B)
Riders Republic 86 FPS 106 FPS 23.3% (B)
Rise of the Tomb Raider 133 FPS 139 FPS 4.5% (B)
Senua's Saga Hellblade 2 18 FPS 38 FPS 111.1% (B)
Serious Sam 4 75 FPS 74 FPS +1.4% (A)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 116 FPS 88 FPS +31.8% (A)
Sons of the Forest 66 FPS 73 FPS 10.6% (B)
Spider-Man Miles Morales 80 FPS 101 FPS 26.3% (B)
Stalker 2 16 FPS 53 FPS 231.3% (B)
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order 99 FPS 72 FPS +37.5% (A)
Star Wars Outlaws 24 FPS 38 FPS 58.3% (B)
Star Wars Squadrons 178 FPS 180 FPS 1.1% (B)
Starfield 40 FPS 52 FPS 30% (B)
The Callisto Protocol 56 FPS 79 FPS 41.1% (B)
The Division 2 115 FPS 85 FPS +35.3% (A)
The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered 49 FPS 48 FPS +2.1% (A)
The Last of Us 55 FPS 72 FPS 30.9% (B)
The Outer Worlds 2 47 FPS 65 FPS 38.3% (B)
The Quarry 76 FPS 96 FPS 26.3% (B)
The Witcher 3 142 FPS 170 FPS 19.7% (B)
The Witcher 3 81 FPS 122 FPS 50.6% (B)
The Witcher 3 v4 108 FPS 128 FPS 18.5% (B)
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 95 FPS 103 FPS 8.4% (B)
Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection 65 FPS 77 FPS 18.5% (B)
Valorant 190 FPS 210 FPS 10.5% (B)
Vampire Bloodhunt 157 FPS 226 FPS 43.9% (B)
Watch Dogs Legion 62 FPS 62 FPS ≈
X-Plane 11.11 62 FPS 12 FPS +416.7% (A)
Yakuza Like a Dragon 105 FPS 90 FPS +16.7% (A)

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

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 3070 wins 18 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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