nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory1920
Cores256.3 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
VS
nvidia
Brand24GB GDDR6X
Memory10496
Cores936.2 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
8GB GDDR5 150W $379 Jun 2016
GeForce GTX 1070
$379 • Jun 2016
VS
GeForce RTX 3090
$1499 • Aug 2020
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
24GB GDDR6X 350W $1499 Aug 2020
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6X |
| TDP | 150 W | 350 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1683 MHz | 1695 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256.3 GB/s | 936.2 GB/s |
| Process Size | 16nm | 8nm |
| Architecture | Pascal | Ampere |
| Shading Units | 1920 | 10496 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 82 |
| TMUs | 120 | 328 |
| ROPs | 64 | 112 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 384-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2002 MHz | 1219 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 107.7 GPixel/s | 189.8 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256.3 GTexel/s | 936.2 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 6.463 GFLOPS | 35.58 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 6.00 MB |
| Die Size | 314 mm² | 628 mm² |
| Transistors | 7200 Million | 28300 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 750 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
21950 (+276%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
53429
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
211669 (+296%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
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
247.5 FPS (+228%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
13504
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
26671 (+98%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
Game Benchmarks Comparison (60 benchmarks)
It Takes Two
7.9 2021 • Action, Adventure Hazelight Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+136%)
AVG 243 FPS
MIN 154 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 103 FPS
MIN 86 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+151%)
AVG 186 FPS
MIN 154 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+203%)
AVG 118 FPS
MIN 98 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
Winner
Loser
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2
7.7 2021 • Action CI Games
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+89%)
AVG 168 FPS
MIN 114 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 89 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+190%)
AVG 168 FPS
MIN 114 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+217%)
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 84 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
Winner
Loser
Necromunda Hired Gun
7.3 2021 • Action, Adventure Streum On Studio
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+195%)
AVG 186 FPS
MIN 170 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+220%)
AVG 131 FPS
MIN 121 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+229%)
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
Winner
Loser
Crash Bandicoot 4 It’s About Time
7 2022 • Action Toys for Bob, Beenox, Activision Shanghai, Hardsuit Labs, Iron Galaxy Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+139%)
AVG 353 FPS
MIN 316 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 148 FPS
MIN 134 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+206%)
AVG 297 FPS
MIN 268 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 87 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+208%)
AVG 148 FPS
MIN 132 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
Winner
Loser
OUTRIDERS
7.6 2021 • Action, Adventure, RPG People Can Fly
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+170%)
AVG 170 FPS
MIN 135 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+188%)
AVG 124 FPS
MIN 94 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+180%)
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Medium
7 2021 • Adventure Bloober Team
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+182%)
AVG 110 FPS
MIN 98 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+193%)
AVG 88 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3090 (+238%)
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Wins!
Based on 60 benchmarks across 20 games
49
Avg FPS
GeForce GTX 1070
VS
+182.8%
138
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR5
0
Wins
49
Avg FPS
42
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
NVIDIA • 24GB GDDR6X
60
Wins
138
Avg FPS
118
Min FPS
100%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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