Component comparison

GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce RTX 5060

GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce RTX 5060 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 3070
  • + Memory clock (MHz) (+250 MHz)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+128 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+80 W)
  • + CUDA cores (+2048)
  • + TMUs (+64)
  • + ROPs (+48)
  • + RT cores (+16)
  • + Tensor cores (+64)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+1.13 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+45.70 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+17.80 GTexel/s)
  • + Normalized score (+28.2)
B GeForce RTX 5060
  • + Release year (+4)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-3 nm)
  • + Transistors (M) (+4,500M)
  • + Die size (mm²) (+211 mm²)
  • + Energy efficiency (+46.0)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+2385)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+5888)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 3070
Component B
GeForce RTX 5060
Release year 2021 2025 (+4)
VRAM (GB) 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR7
Memory clock (MHz) 1750 MHz (+250 MHz) 1500 MHz
Bandwidth (GB/s) 448 GB/s 448 GB/s
Memory bus (bit) 256 bit (+128 bit) 128 bit
TGP / TDP (W) 125 W (+80 W) 45 W
Lithography (nm) 8 nm 5 nm (-3 nm)
Transistors (M) 17,400M 21,900M (+4,500M)
Die size (mm²) 392 mm² 181 mm² (+211 mm²)
Base clock (MHz) — —
Boost clock (MHz) — —
CUDA cores 5,888 (+2048) 3,840
TMUs 184 (+64) 120
ROPs 96 (+48) 48
RT cores 46 (+16) 30
Tensor cores 184 (+64) 120
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 20.31 TFLOPS (+1.13 TFLOPS) 19.18 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 165.60 GPixel/s (+45.70 GPixel/s) 119.90 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 317.40 GTexel/s (+17.80 GTexel/s) 299.60 GTexel/s
Energy efficiency 23.2 69.2 (+46.0)
PassMark (overall) 14,364 16,749 (+2385)
3DMark Time Spy 9,619 —
3DMark Fire Strike 25,478 31,366 (+5888)
Geekbench OpenCL 123,479 —
Geekbench Vulkan 120,982 —
Normalized score 78.5 (+28.2) 50.3

In both

CUDA DLSS ReBAR ray_tracing

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 3070 GeForce RTX 5060 Delta
Battlefield 5 120 FPS 130 FPS 8.3% (B)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
Counter-Strike 2 241 FPS 220 FPS +9.5% (A)
Cyberpunk 2077 119 FPS 95 FPS +25.3% (A)
Escape from Tarkov 110 FPS 120 FPS 9.1% (B)
Far Cry 5 119 FPS 130 FPS 9.2% (B)
Fortnite 150 FPS 170 FPS 13.3% (B)
Forza Horizon 4 189 FPS 150 FPS +26% (A)
Forza Horizon 5 159 FPS 255 FPS 60.4% (B)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Metro Exodus 97 FPS 95 FPS +2.1% (A)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Resident Evil 4 Remake 140 FPS 110 FPS +27.3% (A)
The Witcher 3 170 FPS 140 FPS +21.4% (A)
Valorant 210 FPS 230 FPS 9.5% (B)

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

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 3070 wins 12 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).