GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) vs RTX 3070
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
GB206-300
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
GA104
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) 16 GB with 36 pipelines and 4608 shaders against the 4 years and 7 months older RTX RTX 3070 8 GB that utilizes 46 pipelines and 5888 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 5060 Ti (16GB)
- Performs slightly better (up to 15%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
- Shows 13% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 99 vs 88 FPS
- 17% higher maximum theoretical performance (23.7 vs 20.3 TFLOPS)
- Includes 8 GB more video memory
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3070
- Has 28% more shading units (5888 vs 4608)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 163 107 97 71 |
147 99 86 61 |
| The Witcher 3 | 178 150 111 61 |
168 143 100 54 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 266 198 140 80 |
244 194 137 77 |
| Far Cry 6 | 138 126 109 66 |
132 121 96 54 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 110 91 72 38 |
97 80 62 35 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 136 133 96 64 |
121 113 85 52 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 100 83 63 40 |
89 74 56 31 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 118 104 69 33 |
106 94 59 28 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 190 177 134 70 |
165 153 113 60 |
| 1080p High | 155 | 141 |
| 1080p Ultra | 130 | 119 |
| 1440p Ultra | 99 | 88 |
| 4K Ultra | 58 | 50 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 16044 | 13644 |
| Solar Bay | 76027 | 64452 |
| Port Royal | 10283 | 8312 |
| Fire Strike | 42482 | 34056 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 30335 | 28488 |
| Night Raid | 150051 | 122159 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 243.1 img/sec | 161.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 149.5 img/sec | 117.2 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 5.35 Gpixels/sec | 5.89 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 6.88 Gpixels/sec | 8.05 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 7.76 Gpixels/sec | 6.65 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.57 Gpixels/sec | 1.25 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 740.2 Gpixels/sec | 550.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 22183.7 FPS | 17613.1 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1204 | 1005 |
| DirectX 11 | 218 FPS | 183 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 89 FPS | 84 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 11237 Ops/s | 11007 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-04-17 (StarSophia) | Steel Nomad Light | 17892 |
GeForce RTX 3070
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-11-15 (mit) | Cinebench 2024 | 9652 |
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) | 10281 | 7624 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 29909 | 23420 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 26549 | 17898 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 59010 | 40535 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 117200 | 83624 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3993 | 2724 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 6647 | 4481 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 12742 | 10304 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 44856 | 30418 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 175892 | 180089 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) and RTX 3070General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | April 15, 2025 | October 22, 2020 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $429 | $499 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Ampere |
| GPU Codename | GB206-300 | GA104 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Radeon RX 7800 XT |
| Successor | - | - GeForce RTX 5070 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above | - Intel Core i7 12700K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (33rd and 44th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 2407 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2572 MHz | 1725 MHz |
| Shading Units | 4608 | 5888 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 144 | 184 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 96 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 36 | 46 |
| Tensor Cores | 144 | 184 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 36 | 46 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 32MB shared | 4MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 123 GPixel/s | 166 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 370 GTexel/s | 317 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 180 W | 220 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 8 nm |
| Die Size | 181 mm² | 392 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 21.9 billion | 17 billion |
| Transistor Density | 120.99 MTr/mm² | 43.37 MTr/mm² |
| Max. Temperature | 87°C | - |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 28000 Mbps | 14000 Mbps |
| Bus | 128-bit | 256-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 12.0 | 8.6 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 4 | DLSS 2 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1b | 1.4a |
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