Component comparison
GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 3070
- + Release year (+2)
- + VRAM (GB) (+2 GB)
- + Memory clock (MHz) (+250 MHz)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+160 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+45 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+10,800M)
- + CUDA cores (+4352)
- + TMUs (+88)
- + ROPs (+48)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+16.21 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+80.64 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+147.50 GTexel/s)
- + PassMark (overall) (+1746)
- + 3DMark Time Spy (+3960)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+10660)
- + Geekbench OpenCL (+62568)
- + Geekbench Vulkan (+62852)
- + Normalized score (+14.8)
B
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
- + Die size (mm²) (+108 mm²)
- + Energy efficiency (+1.7)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 3070
|
Component B
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2021 (+2) | 2019 |
| VRAM (GB) | 8 GB (+2 GB) | 6 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 1750 MHz (+250 MHz) | 1500 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 448 GB/s (+160 GB/s) | 288 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 256 bit (+64 bit) | 192 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 125 W (+45 W) | 80 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 8 nm (-4 nm) | 12 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 17,400M (+10,800M) | 6,600M |
| Die size (mm²) | 392 mm² | 284 mm² (+108 mm²) |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | — |
| CUDA cores | 5,888 (+4352) | 1,536 |
| TMUs | 184 (+88) | 96 |
| ROPs | 96 (+48) | 48 |
| RT cores | 46 | — |
| Tensor cores | 184 | — |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 20.31 TFLOPS (+16.21 TFLOPS) | 4.10 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 165.60 GPixel/s (+80.64 GPixel/s) | 84.96 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 317.40 GTexel/s (+147.50 GTexel/s) | 169.90 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 23.2 | 24.9 (+1.7) |
| PassMark (overall) | 14,364 (+1746) | 12,618 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 9,619 (+3960) | 5,659 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 25,478 (+10660) | 14,818 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 123,479 (+62568) | 60,911 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 120,982 (+62852) | 58,130 |
| Normalized score | 78.5 (+14.8) | 63.7 |
Only in component A
DLSS
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In both
CUDA
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 3070 | GeForce GTX 1660 Ti | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Plague Tale Requiem | 56 FPS | 45 FPS | +24.4% (A) |
| Alan Wake 2 | 53 FPS | 30 FPS | +76.7% (A) |
| Alan Wake Remastered | 79 FPS | 83 FPS | 5.1% (B) |
| Anno 1800 | 35 FPS | 69 FPS | 97.1% (B) |
| Apex Legends | 143 FPS | 102 FPS | +40.2% (A) |
| Armored Core 6 | 101 FPS | 64 FPS | +57.8% (A) |
| Assassin's Creed Mirage | 101 FPS | 66 FPS | +53% (A) |
| Assassin´s Creed Valhalla | 63 FPS | 49 FPS | +28.6% (A) |
| Atlas Fallen | 127 FPS | 74 FPS | +71.6% (A) |
| Atomic Heart | 89 FPS | 50 FPS | +78% (A) |
| Avatar Frontiers of Pandora | 61 FPS | 28 FPS | +117.9% (A) |
| Back 4 Blood | 205 FPS | 126 FPS | +62.7% (A) |
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 102 FPS | 54 FPS | +88.9% (A) |
| Battlefield 2042 | 96 FPS | 71 FPS | +35.2% (A) |
| Battlefield 5 | 120 FPS | 111 FPS | +8.1% (A) |
| Borderlands 3 | 78 FPS | 62 FPS | +25.8% (A) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War | 82 FPS | 68 FPS | +20.6% (A) |
| Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 2023 | 101 FPS | 57 FPS | +77.2% (A) |
| Call of Duty Vanguard | 118 FPS | 60 FPS | +96.7% (A) |
| Company of Heroes 3 | 134 FPS | 52 FPS | +157.7% (A) |
| Control | 70 FPS | 51 FPS | +37.3% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 241 FPS | 147 FPS | +63.9% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 194 FPS | 104 FPS | +86.5% (A) |
| Crysis Remastered | 63 FPS | 55 FPS | +14.5% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 119 FPS | 86 FPS | +38.4% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 1.0 | 58 FPS | 47 FPS | +23.4% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 | 67 FPS | 54 FPS | +24.1% (A) |
| Days Gone | 112 FPS | 83 FPS | +34.9% (A) |
| Dead Island 2 | 164 FPS | 86 FPS | +90.7% (A) |
| Dead Space Remake | 73 FPS | 40 FPS | +82.5% (A) |
| Death Stranding | 74 FPS | 88 FPS | 18.9% (B) |
| Deathloop | 106 FPS | 66 FPS | +60.6% (A) |
| Diablo 4 | 159 FPS | 113 FPS | +40.7% (A) |
| Dirt 5 | 77 FPS | 56 FPS | +37.5% (A) |
| Doom Eternal | 152 FPS | 133 FPS | +14.3% (A) |
| Dota 2 | 130 FPS | 121 FPS | +7.4% (A) |
| Dying Light 2 | 75 FPS | 40 FPS | +87.5% (A) |
| EA Sports WRC | 91 FPS | 52 FPS | +75% (A) |
| Elden Ring | 59 FPS | 57 FPS | +3.5% (A) |
| Elex 2 | 87 FPS | 53 FPS | +64.2% (A) |
| Enshrouded | 59 FPS | 34 FPS | +73.5% (A) |
| Escape from Tarkov | 110 FPS | 117 FPS | 6.4% (B) |
| F1 2020 | 118 FPS | 122 FPS | 3.4% (B) |
| F1 2021 | 66 FPS | 120 FPS | 81.8% (B) |
| F1 22 | 171 FPS | 117 FPS | +46.2% (A) |
| FIFA 21 | 148 FPS | 214 FPS | 44.6% (B) |
| FIFA 22 | 272 FPS | 215 FPS | +26.5% (A) |
| Far Cry 5 | 119 FPS | 93 FPS | +28% (A) |
| Far Cry 6 | 91 FPS | 78 FPS | +16.7% (A) |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 80 FPS | 79 FPS | +1.3% (A) |
| Farming Simulator 22 | 139 FPS | 121 FPS | +14.9% (A) |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 28 FPS | 55 FPS | 96.4% (B) |
| Flight Simulator 2020 | 42 FPS | 39 FPS | +7.7% (A) |
| Fortnite | 150 FPS | 120 FPS | +25% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 189 FPS | 134 FPS | +41% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 159 FPS | 107 FPS | +48.6% (A) |
| GRID 2019 | 83 FPS | 91 FPS | 9.6% (B) |
| GRID Legends | 153 FPS | 118 FPS | +29.7% (A) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 58 FPS | 124 FPS | 113.8% (B) |
| Gears Tactics | 110 FPS | 90 FPS | +22.2% (A) |
| Ghostwire Tokyo | 160 FPS | 89 FPS | +79.8% (A) |
| God of War | 88 FPS | 52 FPS | +69.2% (A) |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | 111 FPS | 72 FPS | +54.2% (A) |
| Halo Infinite | 94 FPS | 70 FPS | +34.3% (A) |
| High On Life | 124 FPS | 78 FPS | +59% (A) |
| Hitman 3 | 121 FPS | 99 FPS | +22.2% (A) |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 72 FPS | 48 FPS | +50% (A) |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 83 FPS | 70 FPS | +18.6% (A) |
| Hunt Showdown | 98 FPS | 69 FPS | +42% (A) |
| Immortals Fenyx Rising | 73 FPS | 59 FPS | +23.7% (A) |
| Immortals of Aveum | 51 FPS | 44 FPS | +15.9% (A) |
| Lies of P | 130 FPS | 77 FPS | +68.8% (A) |
| Lords of the Fallen | 65 FPS | 30 FPS | +116.7% (A) |
| Mafia Definitive Edition | 78 FPS | 67 FPS | +16.4% (A) |
| Metro Exodus | 97 FPS | 54 FPS | +79.6% (A) |
| Monster Hunter Stories 2 | 143 FPS | 134 FPS | +6.7% (A) |
| Need for Speed Heat | 66 FPS | 80 FPS | 21.2% (B) |
| Need for Speed Unbound | 90 FPS | 67 FPS | +34.3% (A) |
| New World | 82 FPS | 56 FPS | +46.4% (A) |
| Outriders | 94 FPS | 84 FPS | +11.9% (A) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Palworld | 103 FPS | 55 FPS | +87.3% (A) |
| Prince of Persia The Lost Crown | 356 FPS | 291 FPS | +22.3% (A) |
| Rage 2 | 102 FPS | 70 FPS | +45.7% (A) |
| Rainbow Six Extraction | 171 FPS | 105 FPS | +62.9% (A) |
| Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart | 67 FPS | 40 FPS | +67.5% (A) |
| Ready or Not | 175 FPS | 101 FPS | +73.3% (A) |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 67 FPS | 51 FPS | +31.4% (A) |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 140 FPS | 75 FPS | +86.7% (A) |
| Resident Evil Village | 136 FPS | 99 FPS | +37.4% (A) |
| Returnal | 93 FPS | 52 FPS | +78.8% (A) |
| Riders Republic | 106 FPS | 55 FPS | +92.7% (A) |
| Rise of the Tomb Raider | 139 FPS | 86 FPS | +61.6% (A) |
| Serious Sam 4 | 74 FPS | 67 FPS | +10.4% (A) |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 88 FPS | 114 FPS | 29.5% (B) |
| Skull & Bones | 84 FPS | 55 FPS | +52.7% (A) |
| Sons of the Forest | 73 FPS | 55 FPS | +32.7% (A) |
| Spider-Man Miles Morales | 101 FPS | 76 FPS | +32.9% (A) |
| Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order | 72 FPS | 85 FPS | 18.1% (B) |
| Star Wars Jedi Survivor | 67 FPS | 39 FPS | +71.8% (A) |
| Star Wars Squadrons | 180 FPS | 159 FPS | +13.2% (A) |
| Starfield | 52 FPS | 30 FPS | +73.3% (A) |
| The Callisto Protocol | 79 FPS | 81 FPS | 2.5% (B) |
| The Division 2 | 85 FPS | 78 FPS | +9% (A) |
| The Finals | 161 FPS | 99 FPS | +62.6% (A) |
| The Last of Us | 72 FPS | 42 FPS | +71.4% (A) |
| The Quarry | 96 FPS | 56 FPS | +71.4% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 170 FPS | 103 FPS | +65% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 122 FPS | 93 FPS | +31.2% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 v4 | 128 FPS | 43 FPS | +197.7% (A) |
| Tiny Tina's Wonderlands | 103 FPS | 67 FPS | +53.7% (A) |
| Total War Pharaoh | 127 FPS | 82 FPS | +54.9% (A) |
| Total War: Three Kingdoms | 101 FPS | 64 FPS | +57.8% (A) |
| Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection | 77 FPS | 51 FPS | +51% (A) |
| Valorant | 210 FPS | 209 FPS | +0.5% (A) |
| Vampire Bloodhunt | 226 FPS | 124 FPS | +82.3% (A) |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 62 FPS | 71 FPS | 14.5% (B) |
| X-Plane 11.11 | 12 FPS | 64 FPS | 433.3% (B) |
| Yakuza Like a Dragon | 90 FPS | 74 FPS | +21.6% (A) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 3070 wins 20 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).