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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
- 13,600
- 3DMark Speed Way
- 3,450
- PassMark G3D
- 20,200
- 1080p Ultra
- 119 fps
- 1440p Ultra
- 86 fps
- 4K Ultra
- 45 fps
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 39.6/100 (“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 Intel Arc B580, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
