GeForce RTX 3070 and GA102 - video card comparison

GeForce RTX 3070

GA102

Architecture

Ampere (2020−2022)

Ampere (2020−2022)

GPU code name

Ampere GA104

GA102

Market segment

Desktop

Desktop

Release date

September 2020

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Interface

PCIe 4.0 x16

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Supplementary power connectors

1x 12-pin

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Boost clock speed

1725 MHz

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Core clock speed

1500 MHz

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Manufacturing process technology

8 nm

8 nm

Number of transistors

17,400 million

28,300 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

5888

10752

Power consumption (TDP)

220 Watt

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Texture fill rate

317.4

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Memory type

GDDR6

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Maximum RAM amount

8 GB

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Memory bus width

256 Bit

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Memory clock speed

14000 MHz

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Memory bandwidth

448.0 GB/s

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Shared memory

-

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Display Connectors

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

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HDMI

+

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DirectX

12 Ultimate (12_2)

12 Ultimate (12_2)

CUDA

8.5

8.6

OpenCL

2.0

3.0

OpenGL

4.6

4.6

Shader Model

6.5

6.7

Vulkan

1.2

1.3

NVENC

-

7th Gen

PureVideo HD

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VP11