nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6

Memory

3584

Cores

360 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 Jan 2021 View Details

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6X

Memory

5888

Cores

504.2 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

$599 Apr 2023 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

12GB GDDR6 170W $329 Jan 2021

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 • Jan 2021

GeForce RTX 4070

$599 • Apr 2023

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

12GB GDDR6X 200W $599 Apr 2023

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Memory Size	12 GB	12 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
TDP	170 W	200 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1777 MHz	2475 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	360 GB/s	504.2 GB/s
Process Size	8nm	5nm
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Shading Units	3584	5888
RT Cores	28	46
TMUs	112	184
ROPs	48	64
Memory Bus	192-bit	192-bit
Memory Clock	1875 MHz	1313 MHz
Pixel Rate	85.3 GPixel/s	158.4 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	360 GTexel/s	504.2 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	12.74 GFLOPS	29.15 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	3.00 MB	36.00 MB
Die Size	276 mm²	294 mm²
Transistors	12000 Million	35800 Million
Required PSU	450 W	550 W
Power Connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 16-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	TSMC

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

18116 (+101%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

91603

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

167522 (+83%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

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

192 FPS (+76%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

16870

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

26955 (+60%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Game Benchmarks Comparison (471 benchmarks)

Call of Duty Black Ops 7 Open Beta

8.2 2025 • Action • Treyarch, Raven Software

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+69%)

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+69%)

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+78%)

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

Winner

Loser

EA SPORTS FC 26

8.5 2025 • Simulation, Sports • EA Canada, EA Romania

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+72%)

AVG 213 FPS

MIN 94 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 124 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+72%)

AVG 179 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 104 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+77%)

AVG 101 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 57 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Winner

Loser

Alien Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition

8.2 2025 • Action • Survios

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 4070 (+78%)

AVG 121 FPS

MIN 111 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 4070 (+89%)

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 4070 (+95%)

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

Winner

Loser

SILENT HILL f

8 2025 • Action, Adventure • NeoBards Entertainment Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+79%)

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+83%)

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+67%)

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 12 FPS

MIN 10 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss quality

GeForce RTX 4070 (+77%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss quality

GeForce RTX 4070 (+79%)

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss quality

GeForce RTX 4070 (+63%)

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Winner

Loser

Dying Light The Beast

8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Techland

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 4070 (+92%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 87 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 4070 (+97%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 4070 (+100%)

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+70%)

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+70%)

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+76%)

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

Winner

Loser

Titan Quest II

7.8 2025 • Action, RPG, Early Access • Grimlore Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+73%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+75%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+75%)

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Wins!

Based on 471 benchmarks across 136 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

+85.5%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4070