Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
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
170
113
105
79
110
67
60
39
The Witcher 3
191
160
114
61
124
101
75
37
Counter-Strike 2
262
207
148
82
184
131
96
47
Far Cry 6
148
135
112
71
93
85
64
38
Hogwarts Legacy
120
96
78
43
68
56
40
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
154
141
110
72
83
73
50
34
Ghost of Tsushima
104
87
74
40
65
48
37
21
Cyberpunk 2077
133
115
78
34
69
61
36
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
209
194
148
81
107
98
68
37
Avg FPS
1080p High166100
1080p Ultra13980
1440p Ultra10758
4K Ultra6332
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Time Spy178258748
Solar Bay8264540964
Port Royal111495142
Fire Strike4410922308
Night Raid15258798831
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Background Blur233 frames/s149.6 frames/s
Face Detection141.7 frames/s91 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.62 Gpix/sec4.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.19 Gpix/sec5.58 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.2 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.78 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching845.4 Gpix/sec372.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics25043.9 fps12226.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
G2D Mark1165961
DirectX 11245 fps128 fps
DirectX 12102 fps69 fps
GPU Compute14820 Ops/s8428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1039 fps555.5 fps
Car Chase900 fps492.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)761.2 fps407.9 fps
T-Rex3848.1 fps1940.6 fps
ALU 25980.8 fps2862.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2296.7 fps295.2 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6200.72965.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 13, 2023 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 1920 MHz 1320 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2475 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 5888 3584
TMUs 184 112
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units 46 28
Ray Tracing Cores 46 28
Tensor Cores 184 112
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 36000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 158 Gpix/sec 85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 455 GTex/s 199 GTex/s
FLOPS 29.1 TFLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 200 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
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 the clear winner in this comparison.

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