GeForce GTX 1070 SLI and GeForce RTX 3060 - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1070 SLI
GeForce RTX 3060
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Pascal GP104 SLI
Ampere GA106
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
August 2016
January 2021
Interface
-
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
1x 12-pin
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1683 MHz
1777 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
14400 Million
13,250 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3840
3584
Power consumption (TDP)
300 Watt
170 Watt
Texture fill rate
-
199.0
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
2x 8 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
15000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
-
360.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
-
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
-
+
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12_1
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
+
8.6
OpenCL
-
2.0
OpenGL
-
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.5
Vulkan
+
1.2
VR Ready
+
-