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

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

• Architecture
  Ampere Pascal
• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti -
• CUDA Cores
  10752 -
• GPU Chip
  GA102-350-A1 GP104
• Render Output Units
  112 64
• RT Cores
  84 -
• Shader
  10752 -
• Streaming Multiprocessors
  84 -
• Texture Units
  336 120
• Execution Units
  - 1920
• L1 Cache
  - 48 KB
• L2 Cache
  - 2 MB

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

• Memory Bandwidth
  1008 GB/s 256.3 GB/s
• Memory Bus
  384 bit 256 bit
• Memory Clock
  1313 MHz 2000 MHz
• Memory Data Rate
  21 Gbps 8 Gbps
• Memory Size
  24 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6X GDDR5

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

• Base Clock
  1670 MHz 1506 MHz
• Boost Clock
  1860 MHz 1683 MHz
• Game Clock
  - -
• Overclocking
  Yes -

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

• Maximum Junction Temperature
  92 °C -
• TDP
  450 W 150 W
• TDP (up)
  - -
• System Power Supply
  - 450 W (PSU recommendation)

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Founders Edition and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070.

• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling -
• Fan-Type
  Axial -
• Fan 1
  2 x 110 mm -
• Fan 2
  - -
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent -
• Noise (Load)
  42 dB -

Connectivity and connections.

• DisplayPort Ports
  3 × DisplayPort 1.4a 3 × DisplayPort 1.4a
• DVI Ports
  - 1 × DVI
• HDCP Version
  2.3 -
• HDMI Ports
  1 × HDMI 2.1 1 × HDMI 2.0
• Max. Displays
  4 5
• PCIe Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
• Power Connectors
  1 x 16-Pin 1x 8-pin
• USB-C Ports
  - -
• VGA Ports
  - -

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

• DirectX
  12_2 (Ultimate) 12.1
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes -
• LED
  No LED lighting -
• Max. resolution
  7680 × 4320 3840 × 2160
• Raytracing
  Yes -
• CUDA
  - 6.1
• OpenCL
  - 3.0
• OpenGL
  - 4.6
• Shader Model
  - 6.7 (6.4)
• Vulkan
  - 1.3

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• AV1
  Decode -
• h264
  Decode / Encode -
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode -
• VP8
  Decode -
• VP9
  Decode -

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

• Height
  138 mm 40 mm
• Length
  313 mm 267 mm
• Slot Size
  3 PCIe-Slots Dual-slot
• Weight
  - -
• Width
  - 112 mm

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

• Documents
  data sheet -
• Launch Price (historical)
  1,999 $ (Reference) -
• Manufacturer specification scope
  NVIDIA GPU-level facts only for the exact GPU and VRAM configuration; Founders Edition board clocks, power and connectors are not refreshed from the shared reference/FE column. -
• Part Number
  - -
• Process Technology
  8 nm 16 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q3/2016

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