Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
151
98
85
64
89
52
42
24
The Witcher 3
171
141
104
55
85
67
46
24
Counter-Strike 2
241
195
134
78
133
93
66
32
Far Cry 6
131
119
95
56
70
62
50
23
Hogwarts Legacy
97
81
60
33
46
36
28
14
COD Modern Warfare 3
120
116
81
53
55
49
31
22
Ghost of Tsushima
88
74
57
31
41
32
25
12
Cyberpunk 2077
105
93
60
26
46
41
23
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
164
151
112
59
76
73
49
22
Avg FPS
1080p High14171
1080p Ultra11956
1440p Ultra8840
4K Ultra5120
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
14125
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
5844
Time Spy136416091
Solar Bay6418415809
Port Royal83091275
Fire Strike3403418707
Night Raid12095672273
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
126195
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
53429
Background Blur161.6 frames/s142.3 frames/s
Face Detection117.2 frames/s65.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.89 Gpix/sec2.2 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.05 Gpix/sec3.23 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.65 Gpix/sec3.74 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.25 Gpix/sec0.3 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching550.6 Gpix/sec195.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics17613.1 fps5161.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
22252
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
13504
G2D Mark998847
DirectX 11181 fps100 fps
DirectX 1285 fps48 fps
GPU Compute11282 Ops/s6129 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
170.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
75.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)856 fps423.4 fps
Car Chase668 fps391.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)592.9 fps360 fps
T-Rex3078.4 fps1942.3 fps
ALU 24531.5 fps5965.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2283 fps271.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation4563.32186

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 22, 2020 January, 10, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Pascal
Codename GA104 GP104
Price 499 379

GPU

GPU Frequency 1500 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1725 MHz 1683 MHz
Shader Units 5888 1920
TMUs 184 120
ROPs 96 64
Execution Units 46 15
Ray Tracing Cores 46 No
Tensor Cores 184 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 166 Gpix/sec 108 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 317 GTex/s 202 GTex/s
FLOPS 20.3 TFLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 220 W 150 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 392 mm² 314 mm²
Transistor count 17 billion 7 billion
Transistor density 43.37 MTr/mm² 22.29 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
256.3 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.6 6.1
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 2 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
Total Votes: 0

User comments

Share your opinion or ask questions below