NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 3070 sales 16 September 2020 at a recommended price of $499 . This is a high-end Ampere architecture desktop card based on 8 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 8 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 14 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 242 mm. 1x 12-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 220 Watt.

General info

Some basic facts about GeForce RTX 3070: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	30
Place by popularity	42
Value for money	25.84
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Ampere GA104
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	16 September 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Current price	$662 (1.3x MSRP)	of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

GeForce RTX 3070's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce RTX 3070's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	5888	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	1725 MHz	of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	17,400 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	of 4 (Radeon 780M)
Power consumption (TDP)	220 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	317.4	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)

Size and compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce RTX 3070 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	242 mm
Width	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce RTX 3070: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)
Shared memory	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce RTX 3070. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	+

API support

APIs supported by GeForce RTX 3070, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	2.0
Vulkan	1.2
CUDA	8.5

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce RTX 3070. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 3070 57.87

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

RTX 3070 22408

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RTX 3070 88744

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RTX 3070 43005

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RTX 3070 31020

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RTX 3070 154864

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.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

RTX 3070 124865

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

RTX 3070 502470

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

RTX 3070 122245

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Benchmark coverage: 4%

RTX 3070 149734

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 3070 188

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 3070 76

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 3070 13

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 3070 115

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 3070 61

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 medical-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 3070 44

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 3070 160

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 3070 13

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05

Benchmark coverage: 2%

RTX 3070 266

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce RTX 3070 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD	148
1440p	100
4K	64

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

147

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	125
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	100
Battlefield 5	149
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	150−160
Cyberpunk 2077	139
Far Cry 5	149
Far Cry New Dawn	124
Forza Horizon 4	160−170
Hitman 3	171
Horizon Zero Dawn	153
Red Dead Redemption 2	156
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	167
Watch Dogs: Legion	121

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	107
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	87
Battlefield 5	132
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	150−160
Cyberpunk 2077	126
Far Cry 5	142
Far Cry New Dawn	121
Forza Horizon 4	160−170
Hitman 3	166
Horizon Zero Dawn	130
Metro Exodus	120
Red Dead Redemption 2	98
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	158
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	230
Watch Dogs: Legion	111

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	81
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	78
Battlefield 5	119
Cyberpunk 2077	102
Far Cry 5	134
Far Cry New Dawn	107
Forza Horizon 4	160−170
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	121
Watch Dogs: Legion	85

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	100−110
Hitman 3	140
Horizon Zero Dawn	107
Metro Exodus	75
Red Dead Redemption 2	63
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	114

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	68
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	65
Battlefield 5	103
Cyberpunk 2077	62
Far Cry 5	119
Far Cry New Dawn	101
Forza Horizon 4	120−130
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	95−100
Watch Dogs: Legion	66

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	60−65
Hitman 3	78
Horizon Zero Dawn	35
Metro Exodus	49
Red Dead Redemption 2	43
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	62
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	90

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	48
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	43
Battlefield 5	70
Cyberpunk 2077	30
Far Cry 5	70
Far Cry New Dawn	71
Forza Horizon 4	85−90
Watch Dogs: Legion	38

Relative performance

GeForce RTX 3070's performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.

RTX 5000 Ada Generation 105.5

RTX A5000 102.21

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 102.16

GeForce RTX 3070 100

Radeon RX 6800 99.6

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 97.22

Radeon RX 7700 XT 97.18

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce RTX 3070 is Radeon RX 6800, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.