nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6

Memory

3584

Cores

360 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 Jan 2021 View Details

nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR6

Memory

5888

Cores

448 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

$499 Aug 2020 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

12GB GDDR6 170W $329 Jan 2021

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 • Jan 2021

GeForce RTX 3070

$499 • Aug 2020

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

8GB GDDR6 220W $499 Aug 2020

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Memory Size	12 GB	8 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6
TDP	170 W	220 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1777 MHz	1725 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	360 GB/s	448 GB/s
Process Size	8nm	8nm
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Shading Units	3584	5888
RT Cores	28	46
TMUs	112	184
ROPs	48	96
Memory Bus	192-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	1875 MHz	1750 MHz
Pixel Rate	85.3 GPixel/s	165.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	360 GTexel/s	448 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	12.74 GFLOPS	20.31 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	3.00 MB	4.00 MB
Die Size	276 mm²	392 mm²
Transistors	12000 Million	17400 Million
Required PSU	450 W	550 W
Power Connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 12-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	Samsung	Samsung

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

8993

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

14126 (+57%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

91603

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

126195 (+38%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

109.4 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

170.2 FPS (+56%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

16870

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

22256 (+32%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Game Benchmarks Comparison (608 benchmarks)

Dying Light The Beast

8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Techland

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 3070 (+53%)

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 3070 (+53%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 3070 (+55%)

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

Winner

Loser

Borderlands 4

7.8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Gearbox Software

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070 (+14%)

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+19%)

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+29%)

AVG 9 FPS

MIN 6 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 7 FPS

MIN 6 FPS

Winner

Loser

Split Fiction

8.7 2025 • Action, Adventure • Hazelight Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+45%)

AVG 128 FPS

MIN 102 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+45%)

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+47%)

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

Marvel's Spider-Man 2

7.9 2025 • Action, Adventure • Insomniac Games, Nixxes Software

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+10%)

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+14%)

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+100%)

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 12 FPS

MIN 5 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+38%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+50%)

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+133%)

AVG 7 FPS

MIN 5 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 3 FPS

MIN 2 FPS

Winner

Loser

Sniper Elite Resistance

8.5 2025 • Action, Adventure • Rebellion

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+66%)

AVG 128 FPS

MIN 112 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+66%)

AVG 98 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+62%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH

8.1 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Square Enix

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+43%)

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+38%)

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+23%)

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Wins!

Based on 608 benchmarks across 149 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

+41%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3070