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
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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).