GeForce RTX 3070 vs GTX 1070 GDDR5X

VS

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated42
Place by popularitynot in top-10043
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data58.57
Power efficiencyno data18.09
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP104GA104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date4 December 2018 (6 years ago)1 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores19205888
Core clock speed1506 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed1683 MHz1725 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt220 Watt
Texture fill rate202.0317.4
Floating-point processing power6.463 TFLOPS20.31 TFLOPS
ROPs6496
TMUs120184
Tensor Coresno data184
Ray Tracing Coresno data46

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm242 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 12-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1001 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth256.3 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI++

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA6.18.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 December 2018 1 September 2020
Chip lithography 16 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 220 Watt

GTX 1070 GDDR5X has 46.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 3070, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X and GeForce RTX 3070. We've got no test results to judge.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X
GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
GeForce RTX 3070

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


3.4
109 votes

Rate GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
4.3
11319 votes

Rate GeForce RTX 3070 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.