GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB vs GeForce GTX 1070
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB |
| 60 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 1070 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR) |
| Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS) |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1070 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1070
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB | | GeForce GTX 1070 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GA106 (GA106-140-A1) | vs | GP104 (GP104-200-A1) |
| Fab Process | 8 nm | vs | 16 nm |
| Die Size | 276 mm² | vs | 314 mm² |
| Transistors | 13,250 million | vs | 7,200 million |
| Shaders | 2304 | vs | 1920 |
| Compute Units | 18 | vs | 15 |
| Core clock | 1545 MHz | vs | 1506 MHz |
| ROPs | 40 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 72 | vs | 120 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB | | GeForce GTX 1070 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective | vs | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB | | GeForce GTX 1070 | |
|---|
| TDP | 90 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 27 Jan 2022 | vs | 10 Jun 2016 |
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
69.60 GP/s
GeForce GTX 1070
96.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
125.30 GT/s
GeForce GTX 1070
180.70 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
224.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 1070
256.30 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
8018.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 1070
5783.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better