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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

61 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
VS
33 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

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  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5070
vs
GeForce RTX 3060

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
192
140
127
98
110
67
60
39
The Witcher 3
212
180
134
70
124
101
75
37
Counter-Strike 2
284
215
157
82
184
131
96
47
Far Cry 6
161
148
127
82
93
85
64
38
Hogwarts Legacy
137
115
92
50
68
56
40
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
181
172
133
88
83
73
50
34
Ghost of Tsushima
123
107
88
56
65
48
37
21
Cyberpunk 2077
161
141
99
44
69
61
36
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
250
241
181
101
107
98
68
37
Avg FPS
1080p High189100
1080p Ultra16280
1440p Ultra12658
4K Ultra7532
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
22974
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Time Spy226138748
Solar Bay10376840964
Port Royal143125142
Fire Strike5779322308
Night Raid17298698831
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
190967
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Background Blur254.4 frames/s149.6 frames/s
Face Detection180.6 frames/s91 frames/s
Horizon Detection7.91 Gpix/sec4.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.2 Gpix/sec5.58 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur10.7 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.84 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching975.7 Gpix/sec372.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27816.5 fps12226.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
29057
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
G2D Mark1297961
DirectX 11277 fps128 fps
DirectX 12108 fps69 fps
GPU Compute15779 Ops/s8428 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a555.5 fps
Car Chasen/a492.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a407.9 fps
T-Rexn/a1940.6 fps
ALU 2n/a2862.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a295.2 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a2965.4
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
30221
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
53037
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
23474
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
n/a
Image Classification (SP)12270n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)30237n/a
Horizon Detection35585n/a
Face Detection (HP)62662n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)145190n/a
Text Classification (SP)4198n/a
Machine Translation (HP)6233n/a
Object Detection (SP)16709n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)58300n/a
Style Transfer (SP)246598n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
6148.6
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB205-300 GA106
Price n/a 329

GPU

GPU Frequency 2325 MHz 1320 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2512 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 6144 3584
TMUs 192 112
ROPs 80 48
Execution Units 48 28
Ray Tracing Cores 48 28
Tensor Cores 192 112
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 201 Gpix/sec 85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 482 GTex/s 199 GTex/s
FLOPS 30.9 TFLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 170 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1875 MHz
Bus 192 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 15000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
672 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
360 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 8.6
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 the clear winner in this comparison.

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