Component comparison
GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce RTX 5070
GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce RTX 5070 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 3070
- + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+25 W)
- + ROPs (+16)
- + Energy efficiency (+1.9)
- + Normalized score (+8.9)
B
GeForce RTX 5070
- + Release year (+4)
- + Memory clock (MHz) (+250 MHz)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+224 GB/s)
- + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+13,700M)
- + Die size (mm²) (+129 mm²)
- + CUDA cores (+256)
- + TMUs (+8)
- + RT cores (+2)
- + Tensor cores (+8)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+10.56 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+35.40 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+164.90 GTexel/s)
- + PassMark (overall) (+4711)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+9471)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 3070
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 5070
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2021 | 2025 (+4) |
| VRAM (GB) | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR7 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 1750 MHz | 2000 MHz (+250 MHz) |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 448 GB/s | 672 GB/s (+224 GB/s) |
| Memory bus (bit) | 256 bit (+64 bit) | 192 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 125 W (+25 W) | 100 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 8 nm | 4 nm (-4 nm) |
| Transistors (M) | 17,400M | 31,100M (+13,700M) |
| Die size (mm²) | 392 mm² | 263 mm² (+129 mm²) |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | — |
| CUDA cores | 5,888 | 6,144 (+256) |
| TMUs | 184 | 192 (+8) |
| ROPs | 96 (+16) | 80 |
| RT cores | 46 | 48 (+2) |
| Tensor cores | 184 | 192 (+8) |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 20.31 TFLOPS | 30.87 TFLOPS (+10.56 TFLOPS) |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 165.60 GPixel/s | 201.00 GPixel/s (+35.40 GPixel/s) |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 317.40 GTexel/s | 482.30 GTexel/s (+164.90 GTexel/s) |
| Energy efficiency | 23.2 (+1.9) | 21.3 |
| PassMark (overall) | 14,364 | 19,075 (+4711) |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 9,619 | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 25,478 | 34,949 (+9471) |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 123,479 | — |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 120,982 | — |
| Normalized score | 78.5 (+8.9) | 69.6 |
In both
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FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 3070 | GeForce RTX 5070 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield 5 | 120 FPS | 180 FPS | 50% (B) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 241 FPS | 300 FPS | 24.5% (B) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 119 FPS | 170 FPS | 42.9% (B) |
| Far Cry 5 | 119 FPS | 322 FPS | 170.6% (B) |
| Fortnite | 150 FPS | 300 FPS | 100% (B) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 189 FPS | 270 FPS | 42.9% (B) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 159 FPS | 329 FPS | 106.9% (B) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Metro Exodus | 97 FPS | 170 FPS | 75.3% (B) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 140 FPS | 210 FPS | 50% (B) |
| The Witcher 3 | 170 FPS | 436 FPS | 156.5% (B) |
| Valorant | 210 FPS | 400 FPS | 90.5% (B) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 5070 wins 15 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).