GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X and GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1070 GDDR5X
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GP104
GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
December 2018
October 2022
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
1x 12-pin
Boost clock speed
1683 MHz
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
7,200 million
12,000 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1920
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
202.0
199.0
Memory type
GDDR5X
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
8008 MHz
15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
256.3 GB/s
240.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
6.1
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.7
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.3