GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

GeForce RTX 4070
Memory: 12288Mb GDDR6XDESKTOP
Release date: UNRELEASED
GeForce RTX 4070
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 1 Dec 2020
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    153%
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 4070

53% higher gaming performance.

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

85 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 4070 .
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)

GeForce RTX 4070

HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 4070

The GeForce RTX 4070 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (12 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce RTX 4070GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
GPU NameAD104 (AD104)vsGA104 (GA104-200-A1)
Fab Process4 nmvs8 nm
Die Size295 mm²vs392 mm²
Transistors35,800 millionvs17,400 million
Shaders7680vs4864
Tensor Cores240vsnone
Raytracing Cores60vsnone
Compute Units60vs38
Core clock2310 MHzvs1410 MHz
ROPs80vs80
TMUs240vs152

Memory Configuration

GeForce RTX 4070GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Memory TypeGDDR6XvsGDDR6
Bus Width192 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1325 MHz
21.2 Gbps effective
vs1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
Memory Size12288 Mbvs8192 Mb

Additional details

GeForce RTX 4070GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
TDP285 wattsvs200 watts
Release DateUNRELEASEDvs1 Dec 2020

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    208.80 GP/s
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    133.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    626.40 GT/s
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    253.10 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    508.80 GB/s
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    448.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    40090.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    16200.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    149
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    83

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    165
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    116

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    308
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    196

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    237
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    153

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    115
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    69

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    127
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    87

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    204
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    136

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    160
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    105

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    67
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    43

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    73
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    52

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    109
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    74

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    84
  • GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
    57

FPS (higher is better)