Component comparison
GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce RTX 3060
GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce RTX 3060 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 4070
- + Release year (+2)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+144 GB/s)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+35 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-3 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+23,800M)
- + CUDA cores (+2048)
- + TMUs (+64)
- + ROPs (+16)
- + RT cores (+16)
- + Tensor cores (+64)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+18.21 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+73.10 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+256.40 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+13.0)
- + PassMark (overall) (+2545)
- + 3DMark Time Spy (+3738)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+8362)
- + Geekbench OpenCL (+80444)
- + Geekbench Vulkan (+69367)
- + Normalized score (+11.9)
B
GeForce RTX 3060
- + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
- + Die size (mm²) (+18 mm²)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 4070
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 3060
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2023 (+2) | 2021 |
| VRAM (GB) | 8 GB | 12 GB (+4 GB) |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 2000 MHz | — |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 504 GB/s (+144 GB/s) | 360 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 192 bit | 192 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 115 W (+35 W) | 80 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 5 nm (-3 nm) | 8 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 35,800M (+23,800M) | 12,000M |
| Die size (mm²) | 294 mm² | 276 mm² (+18 mm²) |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | — |
| CUDA cores | 5,888 (+2048) | 3,840 |
| TMUs | 184 (+64) | 120 |
| ROPs | 64 (+16) | 48 |
| RT cores | 46 (+16) | 30 |
| Tensor cores | 184 (+64) | 120 |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 29.15 TFLOPS (+18.21 TFLOPS) | 10.94 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 158.40 GPixel/s (+73.10 GPixel/s) | 85.30 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 455.40 GTexel/s (+256.40 GTexel/s) | 199.00 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 31.5 (+13.0) | 18.5 |
| PassMark (overall) | 19,489 (+2545) | 16,944 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 11,960 (+3738) | 8,222 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 30,051 (+8362) | 21,689 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 168,695 (+80444) | 88,251 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 159,285 (+69367) | 89,918 |
| Normalized score | 84.5 (+11.9) | 72.5 |
Only in component A
ray_tracing
In both
CUDA
DLSS
ReBAR
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 4070 | GeForce RTX 3060 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 007 First Light | 74 FPS | 45 FPS | +64.4% (A) |
| A Plague Tale Requiem | 59 FPS | 44 FPS | +34.1% (A) |
| ARC Raiders | 116 FPS | 70 FPS | +65.7% (A) |
| Anno 117: Pax Romana | 67 FPS | 45 FPS | +48.9% (A) |
| Anno 1800 | 92 FPS | 80 FPS | +15% (A) |
| Assassin's Creed Shadows | 46 FPS | 37 FPS | +24.3% (A) |
| Atomic Heart | 86 FPS | 75 FPS | +14.7% (A) |
| Back 4 Blood | 221 FPS | 157 FPS | +40.8% (A) |
| Battlefield 5 | 140 FPS | 110 FPS | +27.3% (A) |
| Battlefield 6 | 105 FPS | 68 FPS | +54.4% (A) |
| Black Myth: Wukong | 54 FPS | 32 FPS | +68.8% (A) |
| Borderlands 3 | 107 FPS | 84 FPS | +27.4% (A) |
| Borderlands 4 | 52 FPS | 23 FPS | +126.1% (A) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 2022 | 111 FPS | 77 FPS | +44.2% (A) |
| Civilization 7 | 118 FPS | 110 FPS | +7.3% (A) |
| Company of Heroes 3 | 135 FPS | 123 FPS | +9.8% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 250 FPS | 170 FPS | +47.1% (A) |
| Crimson Desert | 69 FPS | 49 FPS | +40.8% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 135 FPS | 103 FPS | +31.1% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 | 58 FPS | 42 FPS | +38.1% (A) |
| Days Gone | 155 FPS | 95 FPS | +63.2% (A) |
| Dead Space Remake | 81 FPS | 59 FPS | +37.3% (A) |
| Death Stranding 2 | 73 FPS | 52 FPS | +40.4% (A) |
| Deathloop | 130 FPS | 72 FPS | +80.6% (A) |
| Doom: The Dark Ages | 68 FPS | 50 FPS | +36% (A) |
| Dota 2 | 178 FPS | 131 FPS | +35.9% (A) |
| Dying Light 2 | 95 FPS | 64 FPS | +48.4% (A) |
| Elden Ring | 60 FPS | 59 FPS | +1.7% (A) |
| Elex 2 | 118 FPS | 73 FPS | +61.6% (A) |
| F1 2020 | 228 FPS | 138 FPS | +65.2% (A) |
| F1 2021 | 163 FPS | 119 FPS | +37% (A) |
| F1 22 | 109 FPS | 113 FPS | 3.7% (B) |
| F1 24 | 179 FPS | 66 FPS | +171.2% (A) |
| F1 25 | 156 FPS | 127 FPS | +22.8% (A) |
| Far Cry 5 | 139 FPS | 112 FPS | +24.1% (A) |
| Far Cry 6 | 105 FPS | 75 FPS | +40% (A) |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 102 FPS | 89 FPS | +14.6% (A) |
| Farming Simulator 22 | 148 FPS | 120 FPS | +23.3% (A) |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 41 FPS | 55 FPS | 34.1% (B) |
| Final Fantasy XVI | 59 FPS | 44 FPS | +34.1% (A) |
| Flight Simulator 2020 | 83 FPS | 63 FPS | +31.7% (A) |
| Fortnite | 200 FPS | 140 FPS | +42.9% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 180 FPS | 110 FPS | +63.6% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 190 FPS | 120 FPS | +58.3% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 6 | 71 FPS | 240 FPS | 238% (B) |
| GRID Legends | 126 FPS | 131 FPS | 4% (B) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 134 FPS | 120 FPS | +11.7% (A) |
| Ghostwire Tokyo | 172 FPS | 122 FPS | +41% (A) |
| God of War | 96 FPS | 73 FPS | +31.5% (A) |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | 147 FPS | 89 FPS | +65.2% (A) |
| Halo Infinite | 149 FPS | 92 FPS | +62% (A) |
| High On Life | 127 FPS | 99 FPS | +28.3% (A) |
| Hitman 3 | 208 FPS | 111 FPS | +87.4% (A) |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 57 FPS | 70 FPS | 22.8% (B) |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 143 FPS | 76 FPS | +88.2% (A) |
| Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 | 89 FPS | 60 FPS | +48.3% (A) |
| Metro Exodus | 111 FPS | 81 FPS | +37% (A) |
| Need for Speed Unbound | 99 FPS | 73 FPS | +35.6% (A) |
| Outriders | 145 FPS | 86 FPS | +68.6% (A) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Pragmata | 92 FPS | 58 FPS | +58.6% (A) |
| Rainbow Six Extraction | 240 FPS | 155 FPS | +54.8% (A) |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 160 FPS | 124 FPS | +29% (A) |
| Resident Evil Requiem | 102 FPS | 57 FPS | +78.9% (A) |
| Resident Evil Village | 212 FPS | 129 FPS | +64.3% (A) |
| Returnal | 64 FPS | 85 FPS | 32.8% (B) |
| Riders Republic | 135 FPS | 86 FPS | +57% (A) |
| Senua's Saga Hellblade 2 | 34 FPS | 18 FPS | +88.9% (A) |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 149 FPS | 116 FPS | +28.4% (A) |
| Sons of the Forest | 72 FPS | 66 FPS | +9.1% (A) |
| Spider-Man Miles Morales | 115 FPS | 80 FPS | +43.8% (A) |
| Stalker 2 | 50 FPS | 16 FPS | +212.5% (A) |
| Star Wars Outlaws | 40 FPS | 24 FPS | +66.7% (A) |
| Starfield | 51 FPS | 40 FPS | +27.5% (A) |
| The Callisto Protocol | 112 FPS | 56 FPS | +100% (A) |
| The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered | 67 FPS | 49 FPS | +36.7% (A) |
| The Last of Us | 57 FPS | 55 FPS | +3.6% (A) |
| The Outer Worlds 2 | 84 FPS | 47 FPS | +78.7% (A) |
| The Quarry | 122 FPS | 76 FPS | +60.5% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 229 FPS | 142 FPS | +61.3% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 124 FPS | 81 FPS | +53.1% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 v4 | 101 FPS | 108 FPS | 6.9% (B) |
| Tiny Tina's Wonderlands | 74 FPS | 95 FPS | 28.4% (B) |
| Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection | 84 FPS | 65 FPS | +29.2% (A) |
| Valorant | 260 FPS | 190 FPS | +36.8% (A) |
| Vampire Bloodhunt | 200 FPS | 157 FPS | +27.4% (A) |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 130 FPS | 62 FPS | +109.7% (A) |
| X-Plane 11.11 | 52 FPS | 62 FPS | 19.2% (B) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 4070 wins 20 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).