NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
VS
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
VS
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070  vs  NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060.

81
Place in performance rating
31
30.52
Value for money (0-100)
1.25
Pascal
Architecture
Ampere
GP104
Code name
GA106
Desktop
Type
Desktop
6 May 2016 (5 years ago)
Release date
12 January 2021
$379
Launch price (MSRP)
$329
$685 (1.8x MSRP)
Price now
$420
28.38
Value for money
Pascal GP104
GPU code name
Desktop
Market segment

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070  vs  NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

1920
Pipelines
3584
1506 MHz
Core clock speed
1320 MHz
1683 MHz
Boost Clock
1778 MHz
7,200 million
Transistor count
13,250 million
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
150 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
202.0
Texture fill rate
198.0
6,463 gflops
Floating-point performance
94 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
1920
CUDA cores
8.6
1920
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1683 MHz
Boost clock speed
7,200 million
Number of transistors
150 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
10.5" (26.7 cm)
Length
242 mm 9.5 inches
8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin (8+4)
+
SLI options
500 Watt
Recommended system power (PSU)
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
PCIe 4.0 x16
2-slot
Width
112 mm 4.4 inches
4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 vs NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR6
8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
192 bit
8 GB/s
Memory clock speed
256 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 vs NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060.

DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
Display Connectors
+
G-SYNC support
+
Multi monitor support
+
HDMI
1x
no data
DisplayPort support
3x

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

+
VR Ready
+
Multi Monitor
+
3D Vision
3.0
GPU Boost
+
CUDA
+
Multi-Projection
+
Ansel
+
Virtual Reality
+
ShadowWorks

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
1.2
6.4
Shader Model
1.2
OpenCL
3.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 or NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

61.01% faster in synthetic tests

Less power consumption (150 Watt vs 170 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060

Cheaper ($420 vs $685 (1.8x MSRP))

More pipelines (3584 vs 1920)

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 16 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (12 GB vs 8 GB)

More memory bandwidth (360.0 GB/s vs 256 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 or NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 versus NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 performance benchmarks comparison

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User rating

3.8 Out of 647 Hitesti Score
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