What's the best choice NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti? Which graphics card is faster?
Compare the available specifications of these models.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 has a base frequency of 2 GHz. Memory size 8 GB. Memory type GDDR5. Released in Q3/2016.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti has a base frequency of 1.56 GHz. Memory size 24 GB. Memory type GDDR6X. Released in Q1/2022.
Reasons to consider Higher clock speed
Around 28% better clock speed
Reasons to consider More memory
200% more memory
Common positions NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti GPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, chip, information processing units.
Video memory capacity, type, bus width and bandwidth describe different properties. These values alone do not determine graphics performance.
Published GPU clock frequencies describe different operating modes. Clock speed alone does not determine graphics performance.
Graphics card power limits and recommended system power supply describe different specifications.
Connectivity and connections.
Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.
The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices
Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070.
Shared tests with results for both models: 14
Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.
| Test and settings | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti | Result difference¹ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blender 5.2.0 / OPTIX / Windows | 481.6157 samples/min Submissions: 20 | 5250.819731 samples/min Submissions: 11 | +990.3 % |
| Blender 5.1.1 / OPTIX / Windows | 444.806088 samples/min Submissions: 11 | 5459.157697 samples/min Submissions: 5 | +1127.3 % |
| Blender 4.5.0 / OPTIX / Linux | 525.482173 samples/min Submissions: 16 | 5309.43807 samples/min Submissions: 24 | +910.4 % |
| Blender 4.5.0 / OPTIX / Windows | 520.511331 samples/min Submissions: 62 | 5585.151795 samples/min Submissions: 115 | +973.0 % |
| Blender 4.4.0 / OPTIX / Linux | 544.297956 samples/min Submissions: 15 | 4979.851473 samples/min Submissions: 8 | +814.9 % |
| Blender 4.4.0 / OPTIX / Windows | 522.08629 samples/min Submissions: 62 | 5700.575741 samples/min Submissions: 51 | +991.9 % |
| Blender 4.3.0 / OPTIX / Linux | 531.884683 samples/min Submissions: 7 | 5840.23445 samples/min Submissions: 8 | +998.0 % |
| Blender 4.3.0 / OPTIX / Windows | 521.037577 samples/min Submissions: 56 | 5490.159484 samples/min Submissions: 35 | +953.7 % |
| Blender 4.2.0 / OPTIX / Linux | 551.555412 samples/min Submissions: 11 | 5972.585335 samples/min Submissions: 15 | +982.9 % |
| Blender 4.2.0 / OPTIX / Windows | 532.275463 samples/min Submissions: 81 | 5673.136912 samples/min Submissions: 51 | +965.8 % |
| Blender 4.1.0 / OPTIX / Linux | 555.845146 samples/min Submissions: 9 | 6034.022292 samples/min Submissions: 7 | +985.6 % |
| Blender 4.1.0 / OPTIX / Windows | 543.479512 samples/min Submissions: 41 | 5769.869986 samples/min Submissions: 32 | +961.7 % |
| Test and settings | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti | Result difference¹ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blender 4.0.0 / OPTIX / Linux | 544.324065 samples/min Submissions: 14 | 6168.026652 samples/min Submissions: 16 | +1033.2 % |
| Blender 4.0.0 / OPTIX / Windows | 538.994218 samples/min Submissions: 115 | 5124.064923 samples/min Submissions: 111 | +850.7 % |
¹ Difference of the second result relative to the first in that row. No percentage is calculated for different upscaling algorithms. This compares published results, not a universal performance index.
These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.