
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6
Memory3584
Cores360 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2432
Cores256.3 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
$329 • Jan 2021
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
$399 • Nov 2017
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

Specs Comparison
Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti |
---|---|---|
Memory Size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
TDP | 170 W | 180 W |
Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
Boost Clock | 1777 MHz | 1683 MHz |
Memory Bandwidth | 360 GB/s | 256.3 GB/s |
Process Size | 8nm | 16nm |
Architecture | Ampere | Pascal |
Shading Units | 3584 | 2432 |
RT Cores | 28 | N/A |
TMUs | 112 | 152 |
ROPs | 48 | 64 |
Memory Bus | 192-bit | 256-bit |
Memory Clock | 1875 MHz | 2002 MHz |
Pixel Rate | 85.3 GPixel/s | 107.7 GPixel/s |
Texture Rate | 360 GTexel/s | 256.3 GTexel/s |
FP32 Performance | 12.74 GFLOPS | 8.186 GFLOPS |
L2 Cache | 3.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
Die Size | 276 mm² | 314 mm² |
Transistors | 12000 Million | 7200 Million |
Required PSU | 450 W | 450 W |
Power Connectors | 1x 12-pin | 1x 8-pin |
Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
DirectX | 12.2 | 12.1 |
Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Foundry | Samsung | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks


3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti


Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti


GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti


PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
Game Benchmarks Comparison (3 benchmarks)



It Takes Two
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB Wins!
Based on 3 benchmarks across 1 games

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR5
Most Compared GPUs
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