GeForce RTX 3070 and Sandy Bridge GT1 - video card comparison

GeForce RTX 3070

Sandy Bridge GT1

Architecture

Ampere (2020−2022)

Generation 6.0 (2011)

GPU code name

Ampere GA104

Sandy Bridge GT1

Market segment

Desktop

Release date

September 2020

Interface

PCIe 4.0 x16

Supplementary power connectors

1x 12-pin

Boost clock speed

1725 MHz

Core clock speed

1500 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

8 nm

32 nm

Number of transistors

17,400 million

504 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

5888

Power consumption (TDP)

220 Watt

Texture fill rate

317.4

Memory type

GDDR6

Maximum RAM amount

8 GB

Memory bus width

256 Bit

Memory clock speed

14000 MHz

Memory bandwidth

448.0 GB/s

Shared memory

Display Connectors

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

HDMI

DirectX

12 Ultimate (12_2)

11.1 (10_1)

CUDA

8.5

OpenCL

2.0

N/A

OpenGL

4.6

3.1

Shader Model

6.5

4.1

Vulkan

1.2

N/A