GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce RTX 3060
We compared two Desktop platform GPUs: 8GB VRAM GeForce RTX 3070 and 12GB VRAM GeForce RTX 3060 to see which GPU has better performance in key specifications, benchmark tests, power consumption, etc.
Main Differences
GeForce RTX 3070 's Advantages
Larger VRAM bandwidth (448.0GB/s vs 360.0GB/s)
2304 additional rendering cores
GeForce RTX 3060 's Advantages
Boost Clock has increased by 3% (1777MHz vs 1725MHz)
More VRAM (12GB vs 8GB)
Lower TDP (170W vs 220W)
Score
Benchmark
FP32 (float)
GeForce RTX 3070
+59%
20310
GeForce RTX 3060
12740
3DMark Time Spy
GeForce RTX 3070
+55%
13641
GeForce RTX 3060
8747
3DMark Time Spy Extreme
GeForce RTX 3070
+65%
6762
GeForce RTX 3060
4097
3DMark Speed Way
GeForce RTX 3070
+58%
3453
GeForce RTX 3060
2181
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2160p
GeForce RTX 3070
+20%
53
GeForce RTX 3060
44
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p
GeForce RTX 3070
+18%
95
GeForce RTX 3060
80
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p
GeForce RTX 3070
+24%
144
GeForce RTX 3060
116
Cyberpunk 2077 2160p
GeForce RTX 3070
+53%
46
GeForce RTX 3060
30
Cyberpunk 2077 1440p
GeForce RTX 3070
+55%
56
GeForce RTX 3060
36
Cyberpunk 2077 1080p
GeForce RTX 3070
+46%
82
GeForce RTX 3060
56
Battlefield 5 2160p
GeForce RTX 3070
+47%
81
GeForce RTX 3060
55
Battlefield 5 1440p
GeForce RTX 3070
+39%
141
GeForce RTX 3060
101
Battlefield 5 1080p
GeForce RTX 3070
+32%
188
GeForce RTX 3060
142
GTA 5 2160p
GeForce RTX 3070
+36%
68
GeForce RTX 3060
50
GTA 5 1440p
GeForce RTX 3070
+28%
105
GeForce RTX 3060
82
GTA 5 1080p
GeForce RTX 3070
+19%
159
GeForce RTX 3060
133
Horizon Forbidden West 1080p
GeForce RTX 3070
+51%
82
GeForce RTX 3060
54
Horizon Forbidden West 1440p
GeForce RTX 3070
+48%
61
GeForce RTX 3060
41
Horizon Forbidden West 2160p
GeForce RTX 3070
+56%
39
GeForce RTX 3060
25
Graphics Card
Sep 2020
Release Date
Jan 2021
GeForce 30
Generation
GeForce 30
Desktop
Type
Desktop
PCIe 4.0 x16
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
Clock Speeds
1500 MHz
Base Clock
1320 MHz
1725 MHz
Boost Clock
1777 MHz
1750 MHz
Memory Clock
1875 MHz
Memory
8GB
Memory Size
12GB
GDDR6
Memory Type
GDDR6
256bit
Memory Bus
192bit
448.0GB/s
Bandwidth
360.0GB/s
Render Config
46
SM Count
28
5888
Shading Units
3584
184
TMUs
112
96
ROPs
48
184
Tensor Cores
112
46
RT Cores
28
128 KB (per SM)
L1 Cache
128 KB (per SM)
4 MB
L2 Cache
3 MB
Theoretical Performance
165.6 GPixel/s
Pixel Rate
85.30 GPixel/s
317.4 GTexel/s
Texture Rate
199.0 GTexel/s
20.31 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
12.74 TFLOPS
20.31 TFLOPS
FP32 (float)
12.74 TFLOPS
317.4 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)
199.0 GFLOPS
Board Design
220W
TDP
170W
550 W
Suggested PSU
450 W
1x HDMI 2.1
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.1
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 12-pin
Power Connectors
1x 12-pin
Graphics Processor
GA104
GPU Name
GA106
GA104-300-A1
GPU Variant
GA106-300-A1
Ampere
Architecture
Ampere
Samsung
Foundry
Samsung
8 nm
Process Size
8 nm
17.4 billion
Transistors
12 billion
392 mm²
Die Size
276 mm²
Graphics Features
12 Ultimate (12_2)
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
3.0
OpenCL
3.0
1.3
Vulkan
1.3
8.6
CUDA
8.6
6.6
Shader Model
6.6
