Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
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
132
85
77
55
The Witcher 3
191
160
114
61
152
123
91
47
Counter-Strike 2
262
207
148
82
226
170
122
67
Far Cry 6
148
135
112
71
114
104
81
47
Hogwarts Legacy
120
96
78
43
86
70
55
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
154
141
110
72
109
99
69
45
Ghost of Tsushima
104
87
74
40
82
66
48
30
Cyberpunk 2077
133
115
78
34
92
83
51
23
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
209
194
148
81
139
129
97
52
Avg FPS
1080p High166126
1080p Ultra139103
1440p Ultra10777
4K Ultra6344
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
11980
Time Spy1782511708
Solar Bay8264554344
Port Royal111496969
Fire Strike4410929561
Night Raid152587109366
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
115518
Background Blur233 frames/s185.1 frames/s
Face Detection141.7 frames/s108.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.62 Gpix/sec5.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.19 Gpix/sec7.17 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.2 Gpix/sec5.54 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.78 Gpix/sec1.15 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching845.4 Gpix/sec478 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics25043.9 fps15183 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
20395
G2D Mark1165988
DirectX 11245 fps163 fps
DirectX 12102 fps79 fps
GPU Compute14820 Ops/s10075 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
143 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1039 fps733.4 fps
Car Chase900 fps614.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)761.2 fps523.6 fps
T-Rex3848.1 fps2676.1 fps
ALU 25980.8 fps3657.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2296.7 fps282.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6200.73670

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 13, 2023 December, 2, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Codename AD104 GA104
Price 599 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 1920 MHz 1410 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2475 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 5888 4864
TMUs 184 152
ROPs 64 80
Execution Units 46 38
Ray Tracing Cores 46 38
Tensor Cores 184 152
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 36000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 158 Gpix/sec 133 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 455 GTex/s 253 GTex/s
FLOPS 29.1 TFLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 200 W 200 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 294 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 35 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 119.05 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1313 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 21000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
504.2 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
448 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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