Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
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
184
128
116
89
110
67
60
39
The Witcher 3
204
175
127
68
124
101
75
37
Counter-Strike 2
283
214
156
83
184
131
96
47
Far Cry 6
157
142
127
76
93
85
64
38
Hogwarts Legacy
132
110
87
48
68
56
40
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
171
165
128
83
83
73
50
34
Ghost of Tsushima
118
99
85
50
65
48
37
21
Cyberpunk 2077
154
136
92
40
69
61
36
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
242
224
176
93
107
98
68
37
Avg FPS
1080p High183100
1080p Ultra15580
1440p Ultra12258
4K Ultra7032
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
21558
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Time Spy209018748
Solar Bay9790040964
Port Royal131125142
Fire Strike5014322308
Night Raid16430898831
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
206598
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Background Blur359.5 frames/s149.6 frames/s
Face Detection210 frames/s91 frames/s
Horizon Detection7.61 Gpix/sec4.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.4 Gpix/sec5.58 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.3 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.97 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching969.3 Gpix/sec372.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics29061.4 fps12226.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
29967
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
G2D Mark1178961
DirectX 11274 fps128 fps
DirectX 12108 fps69 fps
GPU Compute17275 Ops/s8428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
219.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1132.4 fps555.5 fps
Car Chase981.8 fps492.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)840.6 fps407.9 fps
T-Rex4325.3 fps1940.6 fps
ALU 26890.2 fps2862.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2290.1 fps295.2 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation7090.82965.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 17, 2024 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Codename AD104 GA106
Price 599 329

GPU

GPU Frequency 1980 MHz 1320 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2475 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 7168 3584
TMUs 224 112
ROPs 80 48
Execution Units 56 28
Ray Tracing Cores 56 28
Tensor Cores 224 112
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 48000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 198 Gpix/sec 85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 554 GTex/s 199 GTex/s
FLOPS 35.5 TFLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 220 W 170 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 294 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 35 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 119.05 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1313 MHz 1875 MHz
Bus 192 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 21000 MB/s 15000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
504.2 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
360 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.9 8.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER the clear winner in this comparison.

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