GeForce RTX 5070 Ti vs RTX 3070

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB with 70 pipelines and 8960 shaders against the 4 years and 3 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

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
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)

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Currency
16 GB GDDR7
VS
8 GB GDDR6
81.0
(Good)
Value Index
96.5
(Very good)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RTX 3070 over RTX 5070 Ti
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
  • Performs significantly better (up to 2.1x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 2.2x higher maximum theoretical performance (43.9 vs 20.3 TFLOPS)
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 4 nm process technology
  • Shows 68% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 148 vs 88 FPS

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
229
164
155
121
147
99
86
61
The Witcher 3
244
215
155
83
168
143
100
54
Counter-Strike 2
298
221
172
86
244
194
137
77
Far Cry 6
178
158
146
89
132
121
96
54
Hogwarts Legacy
160
131
107
58
97
80
62
35
CoD: Modern Warfare III
212
211
163
115
121
113
85
52
Ghost of Tsushima
144
122
109
70
89
74
56
31
Cyberpunk 2077
193
176
122
55
106
94
59
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
265
207
106
165
153
113
60
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 215 141
1080p Ultra 185 119
1440p Ultra 148 88
4K Ultra 87 50
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
RTX 5070 Ti +112%
29961
14152
Time Spy 27839 13644
Solar Bay 137852 64452
Port Royal 19713 8312
Fire Strike 67490 34056
Wild Life Extreme 58033 28488
Night Raid 188802 122159
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
240508
126195
Background Blur 297.9 img/sec 161.6 img/sec
Face Detection 218.6 img/sec 117.2 img/sec
Horizon Detection 10.1 Gpixels/sec 5.89 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 13.9 Gpixels/sec 8.05 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 14.8 Gpixels/sec 6.65 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 2.03 Gpixels/sec 1.25 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 1290 Gpixels/sec 550.6 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 35438.3 FPS 17613.1 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
32332
22079
G2D Mark 1323 1005
DirectX 11 303 FPS 183 FPS
DirectX 12 126 FPS 84 FPS
GPU Compute 17781 Ops/s 11007 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 21612 & 38662 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RTX 5070 Ti +127%
7609.07
3356.03
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 2974 & 4796 samples

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-03 -> RennsportGeekbench 6 OpenCL259995
📘 2026-10-03 -> RennsportGeekbench 7 OpenCL222233
📘 2026-08-28 (NOX)Cinebench 202488980
GeForce RTX 3070
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-11-15 (mit)Cinebench 20249652

Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
36504
19789
GB6 ML Half Precision
64459
33013
GB6 ML Quantized
RTX 5070 Ti +119%
27312
12443
Image Classification (SP) 14913 7624
Image Segmentation (HP) 45199 23420
Image Super Resolution (Q) 39360 17898
Face Detection (HP) 84188 40535
Pose Estimation (Q) 161400 83624
Text Classification (SP) 4010 2724
Machine Translation (HP) 7973 4481
Object Detection (SP) 18934 10304
Depth Estimation (Q) 67761 30418
Style Transfer (SP) 335879 180089
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 3070

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released January 7, 2025 October 22, 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $749 $499
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
GPU Codename GB203-200-A1 GA104
Rival Equivalent - Radeon RX 9070 XT - 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 (8th and 44th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 2295 MHz 1500 MHz
Boost Clock 2452 MHz 1725 MHz
Shading Units 8960 5888
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 280 184
Render Output Units (ROPs) 96 96
Compute Units (Pipelines) 70 46
Tensor Cores 280 184
Ray-tracing Cores 70 46
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 48MB shared 4MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 235 GPixel/s 166 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 687 GTexel/s 317 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RTX 5070 Ti +116%
43.9 TFLOPS
20.3 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 300 W 220 W
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Fabrication Process 4 nm 8 nm
Die Size 378 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor Count 45.6 billion 17 billion
Transistor Density 120.63 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

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 256-bit 256-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RTX 5070 Ti +100%
896 GB/s
448 GB/s

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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