Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 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
192
140
127
98
132
85
77
55
The Witcher 3
212
180
134
70
152
123
91
47
Counter-Strike 2
284
215
157
82
226
170
122
67
Far Cry 6
161
148
127
82
114
104
81
47
Hogwarts Legacy
137
115
92
50
86
70
55
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
181
172
133
88
109
99
69
45
Ghost of Tsushima
123
107
88
56
82
66
48
30
Cyberpunk 2077
161
141
99
44
92
83
51
23
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
250
241
181
101
139
129
97
52
Avg FPS
1080p High189126
1080p Ultra162103
1440p Ultra12677
4K Ultra7544
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
22974
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
11980
Time Spy2261311708
Solar Bay10376854344
Port Royal143126969
Fire Strike5779329561
Night Raid172986109366
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
190967
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
115518
Background Blur254.4 frames/s185.1 frames/s
Face Detection180.6 frames/s108.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection7.91 Gpix/sec5.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.2 Gpix/sec7.17 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur10.7 Gpix/sec5.54 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.84 Gpix/sec1.15 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching975.7 Gpix/sec478 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27816.5 fps15183 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
29057
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
20395
G2D Mark1297988
DirectX 11277 fps163 fps
DirectX 12108 fps79 fps
GPU Compute15779 Ops/s10075 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
143 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a733.4 fps
Car Chasen/a614.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a523.6 fps
T-Rexn/a2676.1 fps
ALU 2n/a3657.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a282.8 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a3670
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
30221
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
53037
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
23474
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
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

Blender

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

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 December, 2, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB205-300 GA104
Price n/a 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 2325 MHz 1410 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2512 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 6144 4864
TMUs 192 152
ROPs 80 80
Execution Units 48 38
Ray Tracing Cores 48 38
Tensor Cores 192 152
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 48000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 201 Gpix/sec 133 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 482 GTex/s 253 GTex/s
FLOPS 30.9 TFLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 200 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
672 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
448 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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