NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GA106GPU NameGP104
GA106-300-A1Model numberGP104-200-A1
AmpereArchitecturePascal
SamsungFoundryTSMC
8 nmProcess Size16 nm
13,250 millionTransistors7,200 million
276 mm²Die Size314 mm²

Graphics Card

Jan 12th, 2021Release DateJun 10th, 2016
GeForce 30FamilyGeForce 10
ActiveProductionActive
329 USDLaunch Price379 USD
GeForce 20PredecessorGeForce 900
PCIe 4.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

12 GBMemory Size8 GB
GDDR6Memory TypeGDDR5
192 bitMemory Bus256 bit
360.0 GB/sBandwidth256.3 GB/s

Performance

85.30 GPixel/sPixel fillrate107.7 GPixel/s
199.0 GTexel/sTexture fillrate202.0 GTexel/s
12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)FP16 (half) performance101.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
12.74 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance6.463 TFLOPS
199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)FP64 (double) performance202.0 GFLOPS (1:32)

Clock Speeds

1320 MHzBase Clock1506 MHz
1777 MHzBoost Clock1683 MHz
1875 MHz
15 Gbps effective
Memory Clock2002 MHz
8 Gbps effective

Render Config

3584Shading Units1920
112TMUs120
48ROPs64
128 KB (per SM)L1 Cache48 KB (per SM)
3 MBL2 Cache2 MB
28SM Count15

Board Design

Dual-slotSlot WidthDual-slot
242 mm
9.5 inches
Length267 mm
10.5 inches
112 mm
4.4 inches
Width112 mm
4.4 inches
170 WThermal design power (TDP)150 W
450 WSuggested PSU450 W
1x HDMI
3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors1x DVI
1x HDMI
3x DisplayPort
1x 12-pinPower Connectors1x 8-pin
PG190 SKU 60Board NumberPG411 SKU 20

API support

12 Ultimate (12_2)DirectX12 (12_1)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL3.0
1.2Vulkan1.2
6.6Shader Model6.4
8.6CUDA6.1