NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

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Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Around 75% higher texture fill rate: 556.0 GTexel/s vs 317.4 GTexel/s
Around 78% higher pipelines: 10496 vs 5888
3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 988 vs 961
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25497 vs 21575
Around 44% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 19858 vs 13821
Around 53% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 204267 vs 133581

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	556.0 GTexel/s vs 317.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10496 vs 5888
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	988 vs 961
PassMark - G3D Mark	25497 vs 21575
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	19858 vs 13821
Geekbench - OpenCL	204267 vs 133581

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1725 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Around 59% lower typical power consumption: 220 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)

Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Boost clock speed	1725 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	220 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

988

961

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

25497

21575

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

19858

13821

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

204267

133581

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
PassMark - G2D Mark	988	961
PassMark - G3D Mark	25497	21575
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	19858	13821
Geekbench - OpenCL	204267	133581

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA102	GA104
Launch date	1 Sep 2020	1 Sep 2020
Launch price (MSRP)	$1499	$499
Place in performance rating	2	6
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	1725 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	556.0 GFLOPS (1:64)	317.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	35.58 TFLOPS (1:1)	20.31 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	35.58 TFLOPS	20.31 TFLOPS
Pipelines	10496	5888
Pixel fill rate	189.8 GPixel/s	165.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	556.0 GTexel/s	317.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	220 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	138 mm (5.4 inches)	112 mm (4.4 inches)
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	313 mm (12.3 inches)	242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	750 Watt	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	Triple-slot	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.1
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	936.2 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6