nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR5

Memory

1920

Cores

256.3 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

$379 Jun 2016 View Details

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6

Memory

3584

Cores

360 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 Jan 2021 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

8GB GDDR5 150W $379 Jun 2016

GeForce GTX 1070

$379 • Jun 2016

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 • Jan 2021

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

12GB GDDR6 170W $329 Jan 2021

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Memory Size	8 GB	12 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR6
TDP	150 W	170 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1683 MHz	1777 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	256.3 GB/s	360 GB/s
Process Size	16nm	8nm
Architecture	Pascal	Ampere
Shading Units	1920	3584
RT Cores	N/A	28
TMUs	120	112
ROPs	64	48
Memory Bus	256-bit	192-bit
Memory Clock	2002 MHz	1875 MHz
Pixel Rate	107.7 GPixel/s	85.3 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	256.3 GTexel/s	360 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	6.463 GFLOPS	12.74 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	2.00 MB	3.00 MB
Die Size	314 mm²	276 mm²
Transistors	7200 Million	12000 Million
Required PSU	450 W	450 W
Power Connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX	12.1	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	TSMC	Samsung

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

5844

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

8993 (+54%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

53429

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

91603 (+71%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

75.4 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

109.4 FPS (+45%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

13504

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

16870 (+25%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

Game Benchmarks Comparison (96 benchmarks)

Sniper Elite 5

7 2022 • Action, Adventure • Rebellion

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+27%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+30%)

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+32%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

Winner

Loser

Arma Reforger

7.5 2023 • Action, Simulation, Strategy • Bohemia Interactive

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+56%)

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+65%)

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 11 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+50%)

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

Winner

Loser

MONSTER HUNTER RISE

7.4 2022 • Action • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 186 FPS

MIN 160 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+27%)

AVG 237 FPS

MIN 209 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 135 FPS

MIN 122 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+30%)

AVG 175 FPS

MIN 157 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+40%)

AVG 102 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

Winner

Loser

Kena: Bridge of Spirits

7.8 2022 • Action, Adventure, Indie • Ember Lab

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+28%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+26%)

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+36%)

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

Winner

Loser

Resident Evil Village

8 2021 • Action • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 89 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+60%)

AVG 142 FPS

MIN 123 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+67%)

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+70%)

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

Winner

Loser

It Takes Two

7.9 2021 • Action, Adventure • Hazelight Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 103 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+31%)

AVG 135 FPS

MIN 117 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+24%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+26%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB Wins!

Based on 96 benchmarks across 31 games

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1070

+48%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB