Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 8GB GDDR6
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong thermal (73rd percentile) 73rd
Cons
- Below average efficiency (8th percentile)
- Below average rt (24th percentile)
- Below average ai (24th percentile)
- Below average raster (24th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | GeForce RTX 3070 |
| Brand | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Ampere |
| Class | consumer |
Memory
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 256 |
Compute
| CUDA Cores | 5888 |
| Tensor Cores | 3 |
| RT Cores | 2 |
Power & Cooling
| Cooler | Triple Fan |
| Fans | 3 |
Connectivity
| DisplayPort | 2 |
| HDMI | 2 |
Physical
| Weight | 1.2 kg / 2.6 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| RGB | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 | ASUS ProArt RTX 5080 | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce RTX 3070 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Vram | 8GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | - | 2730 | 2482 | 2730 | 2620 | 2680 |
| Tdp W | - | 150 | 300 | 360 | 360 | 339 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 384 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 | 23.9 | 23.6 | 28.9 | 24.1 | 36.5 | 40.9 | 72.8 | 8.1 | 40.3 |
| ASUS ProArt RTX 5080 Compare | 86.6 | 95.8 | 88.2 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 97.4 | 98.6 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare | 80.6 | 92.5 | 85 | 88.8 | 93 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 68.9 | 94 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 86.6 | 97.6 | 88.2 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 57.5 | 94 |
| PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O Compare | 86.6 | 97.6 | 88.2 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 57.5 | 94 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.6 | 91.7 | 91.4 | 83.4 | 99.2 | 84.3 | 91.5 | 42.4 | 98.7 |
Price
Value & Pricing
Amazon 1 offer From $699
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