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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
RTX 2080 Ti performance for $499 was Ampere's best pitch, and it delivered — until 8GB of VRAM started buckling in exactly the ray-traced showcases it was built to run.
Pros
- RTX 2080 Ti performance for $499
- Efficient 220W board power
- Compact two-slot designs
- Still capable at 1080p and 1440p
Cons
- 8GB VRAM buckles in modern AAA titles
- No frame generation support
- Plain GDDR6 trails the 3070 Ti
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
General
- Announced
- 2020
- Architecture
- Ampere
- Process
- 8 nm
- TDP
- 220 W
- Power connector
- 1x 12-pin
Cores & Clocks
- Shading units
- 5,888
- RT cores
- 46
- Tensor / AI cores
- 184
- Base clock
- 1,500 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1,725 MHz
Memory
- VRAM
- 8 GB
- VRAM type
- GDDR6
- Bus width
- 256 bit
- Bandwidth
- 448 GB/s
Benchmarks
- 3DMark Time Spy
- 13,600Top 58%
- 3DMark Speed Way
- 3,450Top 59%
- PassMark G3D
- 20,200Top 54%
- 1080p Ultra
- 119 fpsTop 54%
- 1440p Ultra
- 86 fpsTop 54%
- 4K Ultra
- 45 fpsTop 54%
Features
- Upscaling
- DLSS 4 (no FG)
Quick answers
Is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 good in 2026?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 earns an Inno Score of 47.2/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. RTX 2080 Ti performance for $499 was Ampere's best pitch, and it delivered — until 8GB of VRAM started buckling in exactly the ray-traced showcases it was built to run.
What are the key specs of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070?
VRAM: 8 GB · Boost clock: 1,725 MHz · TDP: 220 W · 3DMark Time Spy: 13,600
What are the closest alternatives to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
