Component comparison

GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce RTX 2060

GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce RTX 2060 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 3070
  • + Release year (+2)
  • + VRAM (GB) (+2 GB)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+112 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+10 W)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
  • + Transistors (M) (+6,600M)
  • + Die size (mm²) (+53 mm²)
  • + CUDA cores (+3968)
  • + TMUs (+64)
  • + ROPs (+48)
  • + RT cores (+16)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+13.86 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+84.96 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+115.80 GTexel/s)
  • + Energy efficiency (+5.1)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+270)
  • + 3DMark Time Spy (+3478)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+9147)
  • + Geekbench OpenCL (+52067)
  • + Geekbench Vulkan (+55124)
  • + Normalized score (+12.1)
B GeForce RTX 2060
  • + Tensor cores (+56)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 3070
Component B
GeForce RTX 2060
Release year 2021 (+2) 2019
VRAM (GB) 8 GB (+2 GB) 6 GB
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory clock (MHz) 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bandwidth (GB/s) 448 GB/s (+112 GB/s) 336 GB/s
Memory bus (bit) 256 bit (+64 bit) 192 bit
TGP / TDP (W) 125 W (+10 W) 115 W
Lithography (nm) 8 nm (-4 nm) 12 nm
Transistors (M) 17,400M (+6,600M) 10,800M
Die size (mm²) 392 mm² (+53 mm²) 445 mm²
Base clock (MHz)
Boost clock (MHz)
CUDA cores 5,888 (+3968) 1,920
TMUs 184 (+64) 120
ROPs 96 (+48) 48
RT cores 46 (+16) 30
Tensor cores 184 240 (+56)
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 20.31 TFLOPS (+13.86 TFLOPS) 6.45 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 165.60 GPixel/s (+84.96 GPixel/s) 80.64 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 317.40 GTexel/s (+115.80 GTexel/s) 201.60 GTexel/s
Energy efficiency 23.2 (+5.1) 18.1
PassMark (overall) 14,364 (+270) 14,094
3DMark Time Spy 9,619 (+3478) 6,141
3DMark Fire Strike 25,478 (+9147) 16,331
Geekbench OpenCL 123,479 (+52067) 71,412
Geekbench Vulkan 120,982 (+55124) 65,858
Normalized score 78.5 (+12.1) 66.4

Only in component A

ReBAR

In both

CUDA DLSS ray_tracing

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 3070 GeForce RTX 2060 Delta
Anno 1800 35 FPS 61 FPS 74.3% (B)
Apex Legends 143 FPS 105 FPS +36.2% (A)
Assassin´s Creed Valhalla 63 FPS 53 FPS +18.9% (A)
Battlefield 5 120 FPS 104 FPS +15.4% (A)
Borderlands 3 78 FPS 61 FPS +27.9% (A)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS
Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War 82 FPS 62 FPS +32.3% (A)
Control 70 FPS 54 FPS +29.6% (A)
Counter-Strike 2 241 FPS 150 FPS +60.7% (A)
Crysis Remastered 63 FPS 53 FPS +18.9% (A)
Cyberpunk 2077 119 FPS 60 FPS +98.3% (A)
Cyberpunk 2077 1.0 58 FPS 45 FPS +28.9% (A)
Days Gone 112 FPS 87 FPS +28.7% (A)
Death Stranding 74 FPS 92 FPS 24.3% (B)
Dirt 5 77 FPS 59 FPS +30.5% (A)
Doom Eternal 152 FPS 112 FPS +35.7% (A)
Dota 2 130 FPS 118 FPS +10.2% (A)
Escape from Tarkov 110 FPS 121 FPS 10% (B)
F1 2020 118 FPS 126 FPS 6.8% (B)
F1 2021 66 FPS 126 FPS 90.9% (B)
FIFA 21 148 FPS 163 FPS 10.1% (B)
Far Cry 5 119 FPS 96 FPS +24% (A)
Far Cry New Dawn 80 FPS 77 FPS +3.9% (A)
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 28 FPS 52 FPS 85.7% (B)
Flight Simulator 2020 42 FPS 42 FPS
Fortnite 150 FPS 162 FPS 8% (B)
Forza Horizon 4 189 FPS 108 FPS +75% (A)
Forza Horizon 5 159 FPS 100 FPS +59% (A)
GRID 2019 83 FPS 65 FPS +27.7% (A)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS
GTA V 58 FPS 95 FPS 63.8% (B)
Gears Tactics 110 FPS 93 FPS +18.3% (A)
Hitman 3 121 FPS 105 FPS +15.2% (A)
Horizon Zero Dawn 83 FPS 67 FPS +23.9% (A)
Hunt Showdown 98 FPS 75 FPS +30.7% (A)
Immortals Fenyx Rising 73 FPS 54 FPS +35.2% (A)
Mafia Definitive Edition 78 FPS 60 FPS +30% (A)
Metro Exodus 97 FPS 56 FPS +73.2% (A)
Need for Speed Heat 66 FPS 63 FPS +4.8% (A)
Outriders 94 FPS 90 FPS +4.4% (A)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS
Rage 2 102 FPS 73 FPS +39.7% (A)
Red Dead Redemption 2 67 FPS 51 FPS +31.4% (A)
Resident Evil 4 Remake 140 FPS 65 FPS +115.4% (A)
Resident Evil Village 136 FPS 95 FPS +43.2% (A)
Rise of the Tomb Raider 139 FPS 107 FPS +29.9% (A)
Serious Sam 4 74 FPS 58 FPS +27.6% (A)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 88 FPS 122 FPS 38.6% (B)
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order 72 FPS 66 FPS +9.1% (A)
Star Wars Squadrons 180 FPS 173 FPS +4% (A)
The Division 2 85 FPS 74 FPS +14.9% (A)
The Witcher 3 170 FPS 111 FPS +53.2% (A)
The Witcher 3 122 FPS 74 FPS +64.9% (A)
Total War: Three Kingdoms 101 FPS 67 FPS +50.7% (A)
Valorant 210 FPS 223 FPS 6.2% (B)
Watch Dogs Legion 62 FPS 66 FPS 6.5% (B)
X-Plane 11.11 12 FPS 56 FPS 366.7% (B)
Yakuza Like a Dragon 90 FPS 72 FPS +25% (A)

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

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 3070 wins 22 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).