NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 3% higher core clock speed: 1552 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1725 MHz
Around 69% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 220 Watt

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 1 Sep 2020
Core clock speed	1552 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1725 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 220 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

2.2x more texture fill rate: 317.4 GTexel/s vs 142.2 GTexel/s
2.3x more pipelines: 5888 vs 2560
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 996 vs 931
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22360 vs 12803

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	317.4 GTexel/s vs 142.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5888 vs 2560
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	996 vs 931
PassMark - G3D Mark	22360 vs 12803

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

931

996

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12803

22360

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
PassMark - G2D Mark	931	996
PassMark - G3D Mark	12803	22360
Geekbench - OpenCL		123160
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		453.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		5803.174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		40.757
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		182.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1664.554
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		31930
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		31930
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		13676

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA106	GA104
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating	43	46
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1725 MHz
Core clock speed	1552 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	142.2 GFLOPS (1:64)	317.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	9.098 TFLOPS (1:1)	20.31 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	9.098 TFLOPS	20.31 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	5888
Pixel fill rate	56.86 GPixel/s	165.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	142.2 GTexel/s	317.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	220 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches	242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	112 mm, 4.4 inches
Height		112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6