MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 8GB GDDR6
The dual-fan design houses 5888 CUDA cores with a 1755MHz boost clock, delivering strong 1440p gaming performance and hardware-accelerated ray tracing. Its compact 232mm length and 2.9-slot form factor allow for easy installation in smaller cases without sacrificing the Ampere architecture’s DLSS capabilities. This card is best for 1080p and 1440p gamers upgrading from older GPUs who need reliable frame rates in modern titles.
GPU GeForce RTX 3070
VRAM 8GB GDDR6
Boost Clock 1755 MHz
TDP 220 W
Memory Bus 256 bit
Ray Tracing Yes
Class consumer
61 Overall Score
Price $903
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (89th percentile) 89th
- Strong rt (68th percentile) 68th
- Strong feature (67th percentile) 67th
Cons
What owners think
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The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | GeForce RTX 3070 |
| Brand | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Ampere |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 8 |
Memory
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 256 |
| Bandwidth | 448 |
Compute
| CUDA Cores | 5888 |
| Tensor Cores | 160 |
| RT Cores | 40 |
| Base Clock | 1755 |
| Boost Clock | 1755 |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 15.97 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 15.97 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 22099 |
| GPU Compute | 11026 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 220 |
| Recommended PSU | 650 |
| Power Connectors | 2 x 8-Pin |
| Cooler | Dual Fan |
| Fans | 2 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 |
| DisplayPort | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 |
Physical
| Length | 232 |
| Slot Width | 2.9 |
| Form Factor | Full Height |
| Weight | 1.3 kg / 2.8 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| Upscaling | DLSS |
| AV1 Encode | No |
| VR Ready | Yes |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus | ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5080-O16G-EVO | Gigabyte WINDFORCE GV-N5080WF3-16GD | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G | PNY OC VCG5070T16TFXPB1-O |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce RTX 3070 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti |
| Vram | 8GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR7 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1755 | 2685 | 2617 | 2730 | 2680 | 2450 |
| Tdp W | 220 | 360 | 360 | 360 | 339 | 300 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 384 | 256 |
| Ray Tracing | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus | 37.9 | 67.7 | 39.2 | 59.2 | 54.9 | 66.9 | 56.8 | 60.3 | 57.5 | 88.6 |
| ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5080-O16G-EVO Compare | 86.7 | 96.7 | 88.3 | 92.7 | 97.2 | 89.9 | 91.5 | 56 | 94 | 95.3 |
| Gigabyte WINDFORCE GV-N5080WF3-16GD Compare | 86.7 | 95.8 | 88.3 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 89.9 | 91.5 | 57.6 | 94 | 95.3 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 86.7 | 97.6 | 88.3 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 57.6 | 94 | 99 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.6 | 91.7 | 91.4 | 83.4 | 99.2 | 84.3 | 91.5 | 42.5 | 98.7 | 78 |
| PNY OC VCG5070T16TFXPB1-O Compare | 80.6 | 92.5 | 85.1 | 88.8 | 93 | 66.9 | 91.5 | 68.9 | 82 | 99 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From $538
Newegg 1 offer From $538
Amazon 1 offer From $903
Price History
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Usage Scores
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