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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti: specs and benchmarks
Price now
1008$
Games supported
100%
- Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
- Core clock speed
- Max video memory 8 GB
- Memory type GDDR6X
- Memory clock speed 19 Gbps
- Maximum resolution
Year of release
2021
Performance
79.91
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 3070 Ti sales 31 May 2021 at a recommended price of $599. This is a high-end Ampere architecture desktop card based on 8 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 8 GB of GDDR6X memory clocked at 19 GB/s are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 608.3 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 267 mm. 1x 12-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 290 Watt.
It provides outstanding gaming and benchmark performance at
79.91%
of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti.
General info
Of GeForce RTX 3070 Ti's architecture, market segment and release date.
| Place in performance rating | 9 | |
| Value for money | 39.64 | |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2022) | |
| GPU code name | GA104 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 31 May 2021 (less than a year ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | |
| Price now | $1008 (1.7x MSRP) | of 49999 (A100 SXM4) |
Value for money
Technical specs
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce RTX 3070 Ti's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 6144 | of 18432 (AD102) |
| Boost clock speed | 1770 MHz | of 2903 (Radeon Pro W6600) |
| Number of transistors | 17,400 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | of 4 (H100 PCIe) |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 290 Watt | of 900 (Tesla S2050) |
| Texture fill rate | 339.8 | of 939.8 (H100 SXM5) |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on GeForce RTX 3070 Ti's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | |
| Length | 267 mm | |
| Width | 2-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 12-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce RTX 3070 Ti: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR6X | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 19 GB/s | of 19500 (GeForce RTX 3090) |
| Memory bandwidth | 608.3 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce RTX 3070 Ti. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.
| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | |
| HDMI | + |
API support
APIs supported by GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | |
| CUDA | 8.6 |
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance of GeForce RTX 3070 Ti. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. 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.
- Passmark
Passmark
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various 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.
Game benchmarks
Let's see how good GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 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.
Relative perfomance
Overall GeForce RTX 3070 Ti performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.
AMD equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to GeForce RTX 3070 Ti from AMD is Radeon RX 6800 XT, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our rating.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce RTX 3070 Ti:
Similar GPUs
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Recommended processors
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