Component comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 5070
GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 5070 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 3060
- + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
- + Normalized score (+3.0)
B
GeForce RTX 5070
- + Release year (+4)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+312 GB/s)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+20 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+19,100M)
- + Die size (mm²) (+13 mm²)
- + CUDA cores (+2304)
- + TMUs (+72)
- + ROPs (+32)
- + RT cores (+18)
- + Tensor cores (+72)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+19.93 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+115.70 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+283.30 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+2.8)
- + PassMark (overall) (+2131)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+13260)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 3060
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 5070
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2021 | 2025 (+4) |
| VRAM (GB) | 12 GB (+4 GB) | 8 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR7 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | — | 2000 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 360 GB/s | 672 GB/s (+312 GB/s) |
| Memory bus (bit) | 192 bit | 192 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 80 W | 100 W (+20 W) |
| Lithography (nm) | 8 nm | 4 nm (-4 nm) |
| Transistors (M) | 12,000M | 31,100M (+19,100M) |
| Die size (mm²) | 276 mm² | 263 mm² (+13 mm²) |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | — |
| CUDA cores | 3,840 | 6,144 (+2304) |
| TMUs | 120 | 192 (+72) |
| ROPs | 48 | 80 (+32) |
| RT cores | 30 | 48 (+18) |
| Tensor cores | 120 | 192 (+72) |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 10.94 TFLOPS | 30.87 TFLOPS (+19.93 TFLOPS) |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 85.30 GPixel/s | 201.00 GPixel/s (+115.70 GPixel/s) |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 199.00 GTexel/s | 482.30 GTexel/s (+283.30 GTexel/s) |
| Energy efficiency | 18.5 | 21.3 (+2.8) |
| PassMark (overall) | 16,944 | 19,075 (+2131) |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 8,222 | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 21,689 | 34,949 (+13260) |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 88,251 | — |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 89,918 | — |
| Normalized score | 72.5 (+3.0) | 69.6 |
Only in component B
ray_tracing
In both
CUDA
DLSS
ReBAR
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 3060 | GeForce RTX 5070 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield 5 | 110 FPS | 180 FPS | 63.6% (B) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 170 FPS | 300 FPS | 76.5% (B) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 103 FPS | 170 FPS | 65% (B) |
| Far Cry 5 | 112 FPS | 322 FPS | 187.5% (B) |
| Fortnite | 140 FPS | 300 FPS | 114.3% (B) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 110 FPS | 270 FPS | 145.5% (B) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 120 FPS | 329 FPS | 174.2% (B) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Metro Exodus | 81 FPS | 170 FPS | 109.9% (B) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 124 FPS | 210 FPS | 69.4% (B) |
| The Witcher 3 | 142 FPS | 436 FPS | 207% (B) |
| Valorant | 190 FPS | 400 FPS | 110.5% (B) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 5070 wins 17 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).