GeForce RTX 3070 vs GTX TITAN BLACK

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK and GeForce RTX 3070, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX TITAN BLACK
2014
6 GB GDDR5, 250 Watt
22.57

RTX 3070 outperforms GTX TITAN BLACK by a whopping 147% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking24845
Place by popularitynot in top-10040
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.8657.83
Power efficiency6.4818.18
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK110BGA104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date18 February 2014 (10 years ago)1 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 $499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

RTX 3070 has 1398% better value for money than GTX TITAN BLACK.

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 cores28805888
Core clock speed889 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed980 MHz1725 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt220 Watt
Texture fill rate235.2317.4
Floating-point processing power5.645 TFLOPS20.31 TFLOPS
ROPs4896
TMUs240184
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).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm242 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/s1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth336 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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI++
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

Blu Ray 3D+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-
3D Vision Live+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2
CUDA+8.5
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

GTX TITAN BLACK 22.57
RTX 3070 55.70
+147%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX TITAN BLACK 9036
RTX 3070 22303
+147%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX TITAN BLACK 11690
RTX 3070 31020
+165%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX TITAN BLACK 29622
RTX 3070 123479
+317%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

GTX TITAN BLACK 23559
RTX 3070 120982
+414%

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

GTX TITAN BLACK 20282
RTX 3070 149734
+638%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD60−65
−150%
150
+150%
1440p35−40
−180%
98
+180%
4K24−27
−167%
64
+167%

Cost per frame, $

1080p16.65
−401%
3.33
+401%
1440p28.54
−461%
5.09
+461%
4K41.63
−434%
7.80
+434%
  • RTX 3070 has 401% lower cost per frame in 1080p
  • RTX 3070 has 461% lower cost per frame in 1440p
  • RTX 3070 has 434% lower cost per frame in 4K

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 149
+0%
149
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 147
+0%
147
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 135
+0%
135
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 124
+0%
124
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 311
+0%
311
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 139
+0%
139
+0%
Metro Exodus 124
+0%
124
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 118
+0%
118
+0%
Valorant 246
+0%
246
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 117
+0%
117
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 109
+0%
109
+0%
Dota 2 137
+0%
137
+0%
Far Cry 5 91
+0%
91
+0%
Fortnite 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 256
+0%
256
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 144
+0%
144
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 134
+0%
134
+0%
Metro Exodus 107
+0%
107
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 98
+0%
98
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 159
+0%
159
+0%
World of Tanks 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 105
+0%
105
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 91
+0%
91
+0%
Dota 2 125
+0%
125
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 223
+0%
223
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 118
+0%
118
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%
Valorant 237
+0%
237
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Dota 2 98
+0%
98
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 95
+0%
95
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 63
+0%
63
+0%
World of Tanks 350−400
+0%
350−400
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 58
+0%
58
+0%
Far Cry 5 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 166
+0%
166
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 98
+0%
98
+0%
Metro Exodus 101
+0%
101
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Valorant 208
+0%
208
+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Dota 2 117
+0%
117
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 115
+0%
115
+0%
Metro Exodus 49
+0%
49
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 43
+0%
43
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 117
+0%
117
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 16
+0%
16
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 28
+0%
28
+0%
Dota 2 125
+0%
125
+0%
Far Cry 5 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Fortnite 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 98
+0%
98
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 57
+0%
57
+0%
Valorant 116
+0%
116
+0%

This is how GTX TITAN BLACK and RTX 3070 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3070 is 150% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3070 is 180% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3070 is 167% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 64 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 22.57 55.70
Recency 18 February 2014 1 September 2020
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 220 Watt

RTX 3070 has a 146.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 13.6% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 3070 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK in performance tests.

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