NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, chip, information processing units.

• Architecture
  Pascal Ampere
• Execution Units
  1920 -
• GPU Chip
  GP104 GA102-350-A1
• L1 Cache
  48 KB 128 KB
• L2 Cache
  2 MB 6 MB
• Render Output Units
  64 112
• Texture Units
  120 336
• Based on
  - GA102
• CUDA Cores
  - 10752
• Shader
  - 10752

Video memory capacity, type, bus width and bandwidth describe different properties. These values alone do not determine graphics performance.

• Memory Bandwidth
  256.3 GB/s 1,008 GB/s
• Memory Bus
  256 bit 384 bit
• Memory Clock
  2000 MHz -
• Memory Data Rate
  8 Gbps -
• Memory Size
  8 GB 24 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR5 GDDR6X
• Memory Speed (legacy frequency label)
  - 1300 MHz

Published GPU clock frequencies describe different operating modes. Clock speed alone does not determine graphics performance.

• Base Clock
  1506 MHz 1560 MHz
• Boost Clock
  1683 MHz 1860 MHz
• Overclocking
  - No

Graphics card power limits and recommended system power supply describe different specifications.

• System Power Supply
  450 W (PSU recommendation) 850 W (System power requirement)
• TDP
  150 W 450 W
• Graphics Card Power
  - 450 W
• Maximum GPU Temperature
  - 92 °C

Connectivity and connections.

• DisplayPort Ports
  3 × DisplayPort 1.4a 3 × DisplayPort 1.4a
• DVI Ports
  1 × DVI -
• HDMI Ports
  1 × HDMI 2.0 1 × HDMI 2.1
• Max. Displays
  5 4
• PCIe Interface
  PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
• Power Connectors
  1x 8-pin 3x PCIe 8-pin cables (adapter in box) OR 450W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable
• HDCP Version
  - 2.3
• Other Display Outputs (unparsed)
  - HDMI

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• CUDA
  6.1 -
• DirectX
  12.1 12_2
• Max. resolution
  3840 × 2160 7680 × 4320
• OpenCL
  3.0 3.0
• OpenGL
  4.6 4.6
• Shader Model
  6.7 (6.4) 6.6
• Vulkan
  1.3 1.3

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Height
  40 mm -
• Length
  267 mm -
• Slot Size
  Dual-slot -
• Width
  112 mm -

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070.

• Process Technology
  16 nm 8 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2016 -
• Manufacturer specification scope
  - NVIDIA Founders Edition/reference design. Clock specifications apply to gaming use. AIB shipping specifications and complete-system power needs may differ.
• Official source
  - https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/compare/
• Verification scope
  - Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved.
• Verified on
  - 2026-09-30

• FP16 (theoretical)
  101.0 GFLOPS (1:64) 40 TFLOPS
• FP32 (theoretical)
  6.463 TFLOPS 40 TFLOPS
• FP64 (theoretical)
  202.0 GFLOPS (1:32) 0.625 TFLOPS
• Pixel Rate
  107.7 GPixel/s 208.3 GPixel/s
• Texture Rate
  202.0 GTexel/s 625.0 GTexel/s