NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

31
Place in performance rating
8
1.25
Value for money (0-100)
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Ampere
Architecture
Ampere
GA106
Code name
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Desktop
Type
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12 January 2021
Release date
16 September 2020 (1 year ago)
$329
Launch price (MSRP)
$499
$420
Price now
$1395 (2.8x MSRP)
Value for money
22.99
GPU code name
Ampere GA104
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

3584
Pipelines
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1320 MHz
Core clock speed
1500 MHz
1778 MHz
Boost Clock
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13,250 million
Transistor count
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8 nm
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
170 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
198.0
Texture fill rate
317.4
8.6
CUDA cores
no data
Pipelines / CUDA cores
5888
Boost clock speed
1725 MHz
Number of transistors
17,400 million
Thermal design power (TDP)
220 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070.

PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
242 mm 9.5 inches
Length
242 mm
1x 12-pin (8+4)
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
PCIe 4.0 x16
Bus support
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112 mm 4.4 inches
Width
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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 RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR6
12 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
192 bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
360.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
448.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, the size and number of monitors.

Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x
HDMI
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3x
DisplayPort support
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Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 is the additional functionality.

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 Ultimate (12_2)
DirectX
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4.6
OpenGL
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1.2
Vulkan
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3.0
OpenCL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 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 RTX 3060 or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
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 RTX 3060

Cheaper ($420 vs $1395 (2.8x MSRP))

More maximum RAM amount (12 GB vs 8 GB)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

81.47% faster in synthetic tests

More memory bandwidth (448.0 GB/s vs 360.0 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 .

NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 versus NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

5.0 Out of 2 CpusData Score NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070