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GeForce RTX 3070
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VRAM
8 GB
CUDA
5,888
FP32
20.31 TF
Bandwidth
448 GB/s
TDP
220W
Boost
1725 MHz
Strengths at a Glance
How it stacks up to the flagship
Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.
FP32 compute20.31 TFLOPS19%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth448 GB/s25%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity8 GB25%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units5,88827%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency30/10052%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks
Estimated benchmark results
Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.
3DMark Time Spy19,080pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)9,720pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)2,756spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute132,000pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts
Performance breakdown
Gaming53
Ray tracing54
AI / Compute55
Creator / 3D53
Power efficiency30
Real-World Gaming
FPS Across Resolutions
1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 63 fps
1080p
99
1440p
60
4K
29
Counter-Strike 2avg 159 fps
1080p
249
1440p
162
4K
66
Fortniteavg 148 fps
1080p
228
1440p
141
4K
76
Battlefield 5avg 94 fps
1080p
115
1440p
100
4K
68
Far Cry 5avg 109 fps
1080p
137
1440p
121
4K
68
Valorantavg 287 fps
1080p
230
1440p
315
4K
315
Average FPS across all PC games
1080p
157fps
1440p
106fps
4K
66fps
Cost per frame
Launch MSRP ($499) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.
1080p
$3.56
1440p
$5.38
4K
$8.38
Community Feedback
What Owners Say
Owners love the punchy 1440p gaming and ray tracing on a budget. The main gripe is the paltry 8GB VRAM, which already feels cramped in newer games.
Pros
- Great for 1440p gaming right now
- Runs cooler than you might expect
- Ray tracing without killing frame rates
- Plays nicely with high refresh monitors
Cons
- VRAM is too low for modern games
- Power connector is ugly and bulky
- Fans can get loud under load
Supported technologies
Ray TracingDLSSNVENCAV1 Encode
Full specifications
Graphics processor
Core configuration
- CUDA Cores
- 5,888
- RT Cores
- 46
- Tensor Cores
- 184
- TMUs
- 184
- ROPs
- 96
- L2 cache
- 4 MB
Memory
- Size
- 8 GB
- Type
- GDDR6
- Bus width
- 256-bit
- Bandwidth
- 448 GB/s
- Memory clock
- 1750 MHz
Clocks & throughput
- Base clock
- 1500 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1725 MHz
- FP32 (float)
- 20.31 TFLOPS
- FP16 (half)
- 20.31 TFLOPS
- Pixel rate
- 166 GPixel/s
- Texture rate
- 317.4 GTexel/s
Board & power
- TDP
- 220W
- Suggested PSU
- 400W
- Power connectors
- 1x 12-pin
- Bus interface
- PCIe 4.0 x16
- Length
- 242 mm
- Slot width
- 2-slot
Display & outputs
- Max resolution
- 7680×4320
- Outputs
- 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
API and SDK support
- DirectX
- 12 Ultimate (12_2)
- Shader Model
- 6.5
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 2.0
- Vulkan
- 1.2
- CUDA
- 8.5
Verdict
Our verdict on the RTX 3070
The RTX 3070 is a high-end graphics card that brought last-gen flagship speed to a mid-range price point.
Get it if you want great 1440p performance without breaking the bank on a used market find. Skip it if you're buying new today, as 8GB VRAM already feels cramped in modern games.
Buy it if…
- You want great 1440p gaming without the flagship price.
- You need reliable ray tracing on a mid-range budget.
- You're building a PC that stays relevant for years.
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