Component comparison
GeForce RTX 3070 vs RTX A500
GeForce RTX 3070 vs RTX A500 — 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) (+65 W)
- + CUDA cores (+3840)
- + TMUs (+120)
- + ROPs (+64)
- + RT cores (+30)
- + Tensor cores (+120)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+13.06 TFLOPS)
- + Energy efficiency (+3.0)
- + PassMark (overall) (+7826)
- + Normalized score (+62.7)
B
RTX A500
Components are close in specs
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 3070
|
Component B
RTX A500
|
|---|---|---|
| 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 (+65 W) | 60 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 8 nm | 8 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 17,400M | — |
| Die size (mm²) | 392 mm² | — |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | 1537 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 5,888 (+3840) | 2,048 |
| TMUs | 184 (+120) | 64 |
| ROPs | 96 (+64) | 32 |
| RT cores | 46 (+30) | 16 |
| Tensor cores | 184 (+120) | 64 |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 20.31 TFLOPS (+13.06 TFLOPS) | 7.25 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 165.60 GPixel/s | — |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 317.40 GTexel/s | — |
| Energy efficiency | 23.2 (+3.0) | 20.2 |
| PassMark (overall) | 14,364 (+7826) | 6,538 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 9,619 | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 25,478 | — |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 123,479 | — |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 120,982 | — |
| Normalized score | 78.5 (+62.7) | 15.8 |
Only in component A
ray_tracing
In both
CUDA
DLSS
ReBAR
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 3070 | RTX A500 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 3070 wins 13 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).