GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 4 Jan 2022
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 26 Oct 2017
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    145%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

50 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti .
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 Ti

45% higher gaming performance.
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (8 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBGeForce GTX 1070 Ti
GPU NameGA106 (GA106-150-A1)vsGP104 (GP104-300-A1)
Fab Process8 nmvs16 nm
Die Size276 mm²vs314 mm²
Transistors13,250 millionvs7,200 million
Shaders2560vs2432
Compute Units20vs19
Core clock1552 MHzvs1607 MHz
ROPs48vs64
TMUs80vs152

Memory Configuration

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBGeForce GTX 1070 Ti
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
vs2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs8192 Mb

Additional details

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBGeForce GTX 1070 Ti
TDP130 wattsvs180 watts
Release Date4 Jan 2022vs26 Oct 2017

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    85.30 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    107.70 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    142.20 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    255.80 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    224.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    256.30 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    9098.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    8186.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra high Quality, TAA, bahrain,DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    115
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    116

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    71
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    62

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    90
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    84

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra high Quality, TAA, bahrain,DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    86
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    86

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    51
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    47

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    60
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    56

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    6
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    30

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    31
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    29

FPS (higher is better)