GeForce RTX 3060 and GeForce RTX 4070 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 4070
GeForce RTX 3060
17598
GeForce RTX 4070
27788
GeForce RTX 3060
GeForce RTX 4070
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ada Lovelace
GPU code name
Ampere GA106
AD104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2021
April 2023
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 16-pin
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
2475 MHz
Core clock speed
1320 MHz
1920 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
5 nm
Number of transistors
13,250 million
35,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
5888
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
200 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
455.4
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
15000 MHz
21000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
504.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
8.9
OpenCL
2.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.7
Vulkan
1.2
1.3