Component comparison

GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce RTX 2050

GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce RTX 2050 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 3070
  • + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+336 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+192 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+80 W)
  • + Transistors (M) (+8,700M)
  • + CUDA cores (+3840)
  • + TMUs (+120)
  • + ROPs (+64)
  • + RT cores (+14)
  • + Tensor cores (+120)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+15.58 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+125.76 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+237.72 GTexel/s)
  • + 3DMark Time Spy (+6398)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+16513)
  • + Geekbench OpenCL (+79200)
  • + Geekbench Vulkan (+77952)
  • + Normalized score (+23.3)
B GeForce RTX 2050
  • + Die size (mm²) (+192 mm²)
  • + Energy efficiency (+6.4)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 3070
Component B
GeForce RTX 2050
Release year 2021 2021
VRAM (GB) 8 GB (+4 GB) 4 GB
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory clock (MHz) 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bandwidth (GB/s) 448 GB/s (+336 GB/s) 112 GB/s
Memory bus (bit) 256 bit (+192 bit) 64 bit
TGP / TDP (W) 125 W (+80 W) 45 W
Lithography (nm) 8 nm 8 nm
Transistors (M) 17,400M (+8,700M) 8,700M
Die size (mm²) 392 mm² 200 mm² (+192 mm²)
Base clock (MHz) 735 MHz
Boost clock (MHz) 1245 MHz
CUDA cores 5,888 (+3840) 2,048
TMUs 184 (+120) 64
ROPs 96 (+64) 32
RT cores 46 (+14) 32
Tensor cores 184 (+120) 64
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 20.31 TFLOPS (+15.58 TFLOPS) 4.73 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 165.60 GPixel/s (+125.76 GPixel/s) 39.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 317.40 GTexel/s (+237.72 GTexel/s) 79.68 GTexel/s
Energy efficiency 23.2 29.6 (+6.4)
PassMark (overall) 14,364
3DMark Time Spy 9,619 (+6398) 3,221
3DMark Fire Strike 25,478 (+16513) 8,965
Geekbench OpenCL 123,479 (+79200) 44,279
Geekbench Vulkan 120,982 (+77952) 43,030
Normalized score 78.5 (+23.3) 55.2

Only in component A

ray_tracing

In both

CUDA DLSS ReBAR

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 3070 GeForce RTX 2050 Delta
A Plague Tale Requiem 56 FPS 21 FPS +166.7% (A)
Alan Wake 2 53 FPS 14 FPS +278.6% (A)
Alan Wake Remastered 79 FPS 50 FPS +58% (A)
Armored Core 6 101 FPS 32 FPS +215.6% (A)
Assassin's Creed Mirage 101 FPS 25 FPS +304% (A)
Assassin´s Creed Valhalla 63 FPS 21 FPS +200% (A)
Atlas Fallen 127 FPS 43 FPS +195.3% (A)
Atomic Heart 89 FPS 30 FPS +196.7% (A)
Avatar Frontiers of Pandora 61 FPS 12 FPS +408.3% (A)
Back 4 Blood 205 FPS 66 FPS +210.6% (A)
Baldur's Gate 3 102 FPS 30 FPS +240% (A)
Battlefield 5 120 FPS ≈ 70 FPS +71.4% (A)
CS:GO 240 FPS ≈ 240 FPS
Call of Duty Black Ops 6 72 FPS 25 FPS +188% (A)
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 2022 90 FPS 18 FPS +400% (A)
Company of Heroes 3 134 FPS 27 FPS +396.3% (A)
Counter-Strike 2 241 FPS ≈ 74 FPS +225.7% (A)
Counter-Strike 2 194 FPS 46 FPS +321.7% (A)
Crysis Remastered 63 FPS 25 FPS +152% (A)
Cyberpunk 2077 119 FPS 18 FPS +561.1% (A)
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 67 FPS 19 FPS +252.6% (A)
Days Gone 112 FPS 45 FPS +148.9% (A)
Dead Island 2 164 FPS 31 FPS +429% (A)
Dead Space Remake 73 FPS 20 FPS +265% (A)
Death Stranding 74 FPS 50 FPS +48% (A)
Deathloop 106 FPS 30 FPS +253.3% (A)
Diablo 4 159 FPS 39 FPS +307.7% (A)
Dota 2 130 FPS 71 FPS +83.1% (A)
Dragon's Dogma 2 53 FPS 15 FPS +253.3% (A)
Dying Light 2 75 FPS 24 FPS +212.5% (A)
EA Sports WRC 91 FPS 20 FPS +355% (A)
Elden Ring 59 FPS 39 FPS +51.3% (A)
Elex 2 87 FPS 32 FPS +171.9% (A)
Enshrouded 59 FPS 24 FPS +145.8% (A)
Escape from Tarkov 110 FPS 70 FPS +57.1% (A)
F1 2021 66 FPS 66 FPS
F1 22 171 FPS 55 FPS +210.9% (A)
F1 24 182 FPS 49 FPS +271.4% (A)
FIFA 23 120 FPS 40 FPS +200% (A)
Far Cry 5 119 FPS 35 FPS +240% (A)
Far Cry 6 91 FPS 43 FPS +111.6% (A)
Farming Simulator 22 139 FPS 63 FPS +120.6% (A)
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 28 FPS 25 FPS +12% (A)
Final Fantasy XVI 57 FPS 15 FPS +280% (A)
Flight Simulator 2020 42 FPS 19 FPS +121.1% (A)
Fortnite 150 FPS ≈ 95 FPS +57.9% (A)
Forza Horizon 4 189 FPS ≈ 70 FPS +170% (A)
Forza Horizon 5 159 FPS 53 FPS +200% (A)
GRID Legends 153 FPS 61 FPS +150.8% (A)
GTA V 140 FPS ≈ 140 FPS
GTA V 58 FPS 74 FPS 27.6% (B)
Gears Tactics 110 FPS 55 FPS +100% (A)
Ghost of Tsushima 75 FPS 19 FPS +294.7% (A)
Ghostwire Tokyo 160 FPS 51 FPS +213.7% (A)
God of War 88 FPS 29 FPS +203.4% (A)
God of War Ragnarök 91 FPS 32 FPS +184.4% (A)
Guardians of the Galaxy 111 FPS 47 FPS +136.2% (A)
Halo Infinite 94 FPS 41 FPS +129.3% (A)
Helldivers 2 91 FPS 19 FPS +378.9% (A)
High On Life 124 FPS 35 FPS +254.3% (A)
Hitman 3 121 FPS 59 FPS +105.1% (A)
Hogwarts Legacy 72 FPS 26 FPS +176.9% (A)
Horizon Forbidden West 63 FPS 15 FPS +320% (A)
Hunt Showdown 98 FPS 54 FPS +81.5% (A)
Immortals of Aveum 51 FPS 17 FPS +200% (A)
Last Epoch 167 FPS 54 FPS +209.3% (A)
Lies of P 130 FPS 29 FPS +348.3% (A)
Lords of the Fallen 65 FPS 11 FPS +490.9% (A)
Mafia Definitive Edition 78 FPS 39 FPS +100% (A)
Metro Exodus 97 FPS ≈ 35 FPS +177.1% (A)
Monster Hunter Stories 2 143 FPS 90 FPS +58.9% (A)
Need for Speed Unbound 90 FPS 28 FPS +221.4% (A)
Outriders 94 FPS 34 FPS +176.5% (A)
Overwatch 240 FPS ≈ 240 FPS
PUBG 140 FPS ≈ 140 FPS
Palworld 103 FPS 38 FPS +171.1% (A)
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown 356 FPS 195 FPS +82.6% (A)
Rainbow Six Extraction 171 FPS 66 FPS +159.1% (A)
Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart 67 FPS 18 FPS +272.2% (A)
Ready or Not 175 FPS 75 FPS +133.3% (A)
Resident Evil 4 Remake 140 FPS 17 FPS +723.5% (A)
Resident Evil Village 136 FPS 58 FPS +134.5% (A)
Returnal 93 FPS 21 FPS +342.9% (A)
Riders Republic 106 FPS 38 FPS +178.9% (A)
Senua's Saga Hellblade 2 38 FPS 2 FPS +1800% (A)
Serious Sam 4 74 FPS 32 FPS +131.3% (A)
Skull & Bones 84 FPS 33 FPS +154.5% (A)
Sons of the Forest 73 FPS 34 FPS +114.7% (A)
Space Marine 2 68 FPS 31 FPS +119.4% (A)
Spider-Man Miles Morales 101 FPS 32 FPS +215.6% (A)
Star Wars Jedi Survivor 67 FPS 20 FPS +235% (A)
Star Wars Outlaws 38 FPS 16 FPS +137.5% (A)
Star Wars Squadrons 180 FPS 111 FPS +62.2% (A)
Starfield 52 FPS 16 FPS +225% (A)
The Finals 161 FPS 68 FPS +136.8% (A)
The Last of Us 72 FPS 18 FPS +300% (A)
The Quarry 96 FPS 31 FPS +209.7% (A)
The Witcher 3 170 FPS ≈ 58 FPS +193.1% (A)
The Witcher 3 122 FPS 47 FPS +159.6% (A)
The Witcher 3 v4 128 FPS 19 FPS +573.7% (A)
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 103 FPS 38 FPS +171.1% (A)
Total War Pharaoh 127 FPS 30 FPS +323.3% (A)
Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection 77 FPS 13 FPS +492.3% (A)
Valorant 210 FPS ≈ 130 FPS +61.5% (A)
Vampire Bloodhunt 226 FPS 73 FPS +209.6% (A)
Watch Dogs Legion 62 FPS 39 FPS +59% (A)
X-Plane 11.11 12 FPS 59 FPS 391.7% (B)
Yakuza Like a Dragon 90 FPS 43 FPS +109.3% (A)

Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings. Values for GeForce RTX 2050 are model predictions (≈); GeForce RTX 3070 are direct measurements.

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).