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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 · Photo source

NVIDIA · GeForce

GeForce RTX 3070

Released October 2020

A 2020 Ampere graphics card with 8 GB of GDDR6 for 1440p gaming and some 4K workloads.

Memory
8 GB
Shaders
5,888
Boost clock
1,730 MHz
Bandwidth
448 GB/s
Power
220 W

What reviewers say

Reviewers found performance close to the previous flagship RTX 2080 Ti and praised its 1440p gaming performance and compact Founders Edition cooler. Both found it capable of 4K gaming, though PC Gamer noted that the most demanding games still needed settings adjustments. Their value judgements reflect launch pricing.

From techradar.com and pcgamer.com

Specifications

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Performance

Chip maker
NVIDIA
Architecture
Ampere
Shader cores
5,888
Boost clock
1,730 MHz
Architecture
GA104; 46 Streaming Multiprocessors. NVIDIA reference specifications; photo shows PNY's stock-clock UPRISING Dual Fan LHR revision, whose cooler and dimensions differ from the Founders Edition.
Manufacturing process
Samsung 8 nm 8N NVIDIA custom process; 17.4 billion transistors; 392.5 mm² die
Ray tracing
46 second-generation RT Cores
AI cores
184 third-generation Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
NVIDIA DLSS upscaling; no DLSS Frame Generation
Base clock
1.50 GHz; the NVIDIA architecture whitepaper specifies 1,725 MHz boost, rounded to 1.73 GHz on the current specification page
Cache
4,096 KB L2

Memory

Video memory
8 GB GDDR6
Memory bus
256-bit
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
Memory detail
14 Gbps GDDR6

Connections and power

Board power
220 W
Interface
PCIe 4.0
Display outputs
3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.1; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3
Maximum resolution
7680 × 4320; HDMI supports 4K 120 Hz HDR or 8K 60 Hz HDR
Power connector
1 × PCIe 8-pin cable through the included adapter to 1 × 12-pin (Founders Edition)
Recommended power supply
650 W, based on NVIDIA's Intel Core i9-10900K test system
Slot width
2-slot (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)
242 × 112 mm, 2-slot (Founders Edition)
Video encode and decode
Seventh-generation NVENC, fifth-generation NVDEC; hardware AV1 decode, no AV1 encode

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Hardware ray tracing and DLSS upscaling
  • 448 GB/s memory bandwidth
  • Founders Edition fits two slots and is 242 mm long

Cons

  • 8 GB of video memory
  • No hardware AV1 encoding or DLSS Frame Generation
  • 220 W graphics card power and a recommended 650 W power supply

Closest rivals

Model
MemoryShadersBoost clockBandwidthPowerReleased
NVIDIAGeForce RTX 3060 Ti
8 GB4,8641,670 MHz448 GB/s or 608 GB/s200 W or –Dec 2020
NVIDIAGeForce RTX 3070 Ti
8 GB6,1441,770 MHz608 GB/s290 WJun 2021
AMDRadeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB4,6082,250 MHz512 GB/s300 WNov 2020

Sources

  1. nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/graphics-cards/30-series/rtx-3070-3070ti
  2. images.nvidia.com/aem-dam/en-zz/Solutions/geforce/ampere/pdf/NVIDIA-ampere-GA10…
  3. nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/geforce-rtx-3070-available-october-29
  4. pny.com/geforc-rtx-3070-uprising-lhr

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