NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
VS
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
VS
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti and NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

67
Place in performance rating
31
30.94
Value for money (0-100)
1.25
Pascal
Architecture
Ampere
GP104
Code name
GA106
Desktop
Type
Desktop
2 November 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
12 January 2021
$399
Launch price (MSRP)
$329
$609 (1.5x MSRP)
Price now
$420
41.09
Value for money
Pascal GP104
GPU code name
Desktop
Market segment

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti and NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

2432
Pipelines
3584
1607 MHz
Core clock speed
1320 MHz
1683 MHz
Boost Clock
1778 MHz
7,200 million
Transistor count
13,250 million
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
180 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
255.8
Texture fill rate
198.0
8,186 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
CUDA cores
8.6
2432
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1683 MHz
Boost clock speed
7,200 million
Number of transistors
180 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti and NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
267 mm
Length
242 mm 9.5 inches
1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin (8+4)
no data
Bus support
PCIe 4.0 x16
no data
Width
112 mm 4.4 inches

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti and NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
192 bit
8000 MHz
Memory clock speed
256.3 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti and NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060, the size and number of monitors.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
+
G-SYNC support
+
HDMI
1x
no data
DisplayPort support
3x

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti and NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 is the additional functionality.

+
VR Ready
+
Multi Monitor
6.1
CUDA
+
Multi-Projection

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti and NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2.131
Vulkan
1.2
6.4
Shader Model
1.2
OpenCL
3.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti and NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti or NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

64.18% faster in synthetic tests

Advantages of NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060

Cheaper ($420 vs $609 (1.5x MSRP))

More pipelines (3584 vs 2432)

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 16 nm)

Less power consumption (170 Watt vs 180 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (12 GB vs 8 GB)

More memory bandwidth (360.0 GB/s vs 256.3 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti or NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti versus NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
5.0 Out of 2 CpusData Score NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060