NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • Around 71% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 290 Watt
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 58% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Launch date 1 Sep 2021 vs 31 May 2021
Boost clock speed 1777 MHz vs 1770 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt vs 290 Watt
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

  • Around 19% higher core clock speed: 1575 MHz vs 1320 MHz
  • Around 71% higher texture fill rate: 339.8 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
  • Around 71% higher pipelines: 6144 vs 3584
  • Around 67% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 14958 vs 8973
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1053 vs 968
  • Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 23671 vs 17071
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1575 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Texture fill rate 339.8 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines 6144 vs 3584
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 14958 vs 8973
PassMark - G2D Mark 1053 vs 968
PassMark - G3D Mark 23671 vs 17071

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
8973
14958
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
968
1053
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
17071
23671
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8973 14958
PassMark - G2D Mark 968 1053
PassMark - G3D Mark 17071 23671
Geekbench - OpenCL 138726
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 342.287
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 42.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 146.214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1807.647
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 31420
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8897
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8004
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 31420
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8897
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8004

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Ampere
Code name GA104 GA104
Launch date 1 Sep 2021 31 May 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $329 $599
Place in performance rating 51 56
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1777 MHz 1770 MHz
Core clock speed 1320 MHz 1575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64) 339.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1) 21.75 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 12.74 TFLOPS 21.75 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3584 6144
Pixel fill rate 85.30 GPixel/s 169.9 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 199.0 GTexel/s 339.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt 290 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million 17400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 242 mm (9.5 inches) 267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt 600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin 1x 12-pin
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches) 112 mm, 4.4 inches

API support

DirectX 12.2 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 2.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s 608.3 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6X