GeForce RTX 3070 vs RTX 3060
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
GA104
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
GA106
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB with 46 pipelines and 5888 shaders against the 3 months newer RTX RTX 3060 12 GB that utilizes 28 pipelines and 3584 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
DeviceFacts Final Score
Overall video card score
Value for money (Beta)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3070
- Performs significantly better (up to 57%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Shows 47% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 88 vs 60 FPS
- 60% higher maximum theoretical performance (20.3 vs 12.7 TFLOPS)
- Features 72 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Achieves 38% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (126K vs 91K)
- Has 24% higher memory bandwidth: 448 vs 360 GB/s
- Has 64% more shading units (5888 vs 3584)
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3060
- Includes 4 GB more video memory
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 147 99 86 61 |
112 68 60 39 |
| The Witcher 3 | 168 143 100 54 |
122 100 74 39 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 244 194 137 77 |
181 137 99 48 |
| Far Cry 6 | 132 121 96 54 |
95 85 67 37 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 97 80 62 35 |
65 57 40 18 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 121 113 85 52 |
80 74 53 31 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 89 74 56 31 |
62 50 37 20 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 106 94 59 28 |
68 64 38 16 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 165 153 113 60 |
109 98 70 36 |
| 1080p High | 141 | 99 |
| 1080p Ultra | 119 | 81 |
| 1440p Ultra | 88 | 60 |
| 4K Ultra | 50 | 32 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 13644 | 8754 |
| Solar Bay | 64452 | 41158 |
| Port Royal | 8312 | 5145 |
| Fire Strike | 34056 | 22304 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 28488 | 17728 |
| Night Raid | 122159 | 97159 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 161.6 img/sec | 149.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 117.2 img/sec | 91 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 5.89 Gpixels/sec | 4.07 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 8.05 Gpixels/sec | 5.58 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 6.65 Gpixels/sec | 3.92 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.25 Gpixels/sec | 1.01 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 550.6 Gpixels/sec | 372.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 17613.1 FPS | 12226.3 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1005 | 965 |
| DirectX 11 | 183 FPS | 127 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 84 FPS | 68 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 11007 Ops/s | 8231 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 3070
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-11-15 (mit) | Cinebench 2024 | 9652 |
GeForce RTX 3060
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-12-07 (tach) | Cinebench 2024 | 7952 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 7624 | 6645 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 23420 | 15338 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 17898 | 14283 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 40535 | 28862 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 83624 | 61313 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2724 | 2463 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4481 | 3793 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 10304 | 7712 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 30418 | 25461 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 180089 | 123233 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 3070 and RTX 3060General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | October 22, 2020 | January 12, 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | $329 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Ampere | Ampere |
| GPU Codename | GA104 | GA106 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 7800 XT | - Radeon RX 6700 XT |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5070 | - GeForce RTX 5060 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i7 12700K or above | - Intel Core i5 12600K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (44th and 58th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1500 MHz | 1320 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1725 MHz | 1777 MHz |
| Shading Units | 5888 | 3584 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 184 | 112 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 96 | 48 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 46 | 28 |
| Tensor Cores | 184 | 112 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 46 | 28 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 4MB shared | 3MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 166 GPixel/s | 85 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 317 GTexel/s | 199 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 220 W | 170 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| Fabrication Process | 8 nm | 8 nm |
| Die Size | 392 mm² | 276 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 17 billion | 12 billion |
| Transistor Density | 43.37 MTr/mm² | 43.48 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1875 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 14000 Mbps | 15000 Mbps |
| Bus | 256-bit | 192-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 8.6 | 8.6 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 2 | DLSS 2 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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