nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6
Memory3584
Cores360 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
VS
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory5888
Cores448 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
12GB GDDR6 170W $329 Jan 2021
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
$329 • Jan 2021
VS
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 (332 benchmarks)
ICARUS
7.7 2021 • Action, Adventure, Simulation RocketWerkz
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+46%)
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 72 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+31%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+5%)
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 17 FPS
Winner
Loser
Chorus
8.9 2021 • Action, Adventure Deep Silver Fishlabs
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+47%)
AVG 312 FPS
MIN 252 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 212 FPS
MIN 171 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+50%)
AVG 211 FPS
MIN 168 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 141 FPS
MIN 118 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+58%)
AVG 112 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
Winner
Loser
Myth of Empires
7.7 2021 • Action, Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG Angela Game
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+42%)
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 70 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+48%)
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+44%)
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
8 2021 • Action, Adventure Frogwares
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+45%)
AVG 125 FPS
MIN 96 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+53%)
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 71 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+48%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
Jurassic World Evolution 2
8 2021 • Simulation, Strategy Frontier Developments
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+76%)
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 84 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+70%)
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 38 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+70%)
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
Winner
Loser
King's Bounty II
8 2021 • Adventure, RPG, Strategy Fulqrum Games
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+18%)
AVG 154 FPS
MIN 108 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 130 FPS
MIN 108 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+43%)
AVG 129 FPS
MIN 108 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3070 (+52%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 65 FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Wins!
Based on 332 benchmarks across 71 games
59
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
VS
+42.2%
84
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6
9
Wins
59
Avg FPS
51
Min FPS
3%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR6
318
Wins
84
Avg FPS
72
Min FPS
96%
Win Rate
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