GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 vs GTX 1070 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking193not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation33.74no data
Power efficiency16.45no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP104BGA104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 August 2016 (8 years ago)1 September 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$389.99 $329

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores19203584
Core clock speed1506 MHz1320 MHz
Boost clock speed1645 MHz1777 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt170 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate210.6199.0
Floating-point processing power6.738 TFLOPS12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs6448
TMUs128112
Tensor Coresno data112
Ray Tracing Coresno data28

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data242 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 12-pin
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed8 GB/s1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth256 GB/s360.0 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 ConnectorsDP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.6
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 August 2016 1 September 2021
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 170 Watt

GTX 1070 Mobile has 41.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 GA104, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile and GeForce RTX 3060 GA104. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 is a desktop one.


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