GeForce RTX 3070 vs GTX 285M SLI

Place in the ranking	689	42
Place by popularity	not in top-100	37
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	57.28
Power efficiency	1.90	18.17
Architecture	G9x (2007−2010)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	N10E-GTX	GA104
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	2 March 2009 (15 years ago)	1 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	256	5888
Core clock speed	576 MHz	1500 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1725 MHz
Number of transistors	1508 Million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	220 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	317.4
Floating-point processing power	no data	20.31 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	96
TMUs	no data	184
Tensor Cores	no data	184
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	46

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	242 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 12-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1020 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	448.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	no data	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	10	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.5
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.0
Vulkan	-	1.2
CUDA	+	8.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 285M SLI 4.15

RTX 3070 58.07
+1299%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 285M SLI 11233

RTX 3070 88744
+690%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	57 −163%	150 +163%
1440p	7−8 −1300%	98 +1300%
4K	4−5 −1500%	64 +1500%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	3.33
1440p	no data	5.09
4K	no data	7.80

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	12−14 −1142%	149 +1142%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −1533%	147 +1533%
Elden Ring	9−10 −1478%	142 +1478%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 −875%	110−120 +875%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 −1025%	135 +1025%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −1278%	124 +1278%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −1628%	311 +1628%
Metro Exodus	9−10 −1278%	124 +1278%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −808%	118 +808%
Valorant	7−8 −3414%	246 +3414%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 −875%	110−120 +875%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 −875%	117 +875%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −1111%	109 +1111%
Dota 2	12−14 −954%	137 +954%
Elden Ring	9−10 −2578%	241 +2578%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −333%	91 +333%
Fortnite	24−27 −854%	220−230 +854%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −1322%	256 +1322%
Grand Theft Auto V	12−14 −931%	134 +931%
Metro Exodus	9−10 −1089%	107 +1089%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	35−40 −497%	210−220 +497%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −654%	98 +654%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −1143%	170−180 +1143%
Valorant	7−8 −2171%	159 +2171%
World of Tanks	70−75 −299%	270−280 +299%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 −875%	110−120 +875%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 −775%	105 +775%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −911%	91 +911%
Dota 2	12−14 −862%	125 +862%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −457%	110−120 +457%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −1139%	223 +1139%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	35−40 −497%	210−220 +497%
Valorant	7−8 −3286%	237 +3286%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	2−3 −4800%	98 +4800%
Elden Ring	4−5 −3200%	132 +3200%
Grand Theft Auto V	3−4 −3067%	95 +3067%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 −503%	170−180 +503%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −2000%	63 +2000%
World of Tanks	27−30 −1210%	350−400 +1210%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 −1640%	85−90 +1640%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −656%	68 +656%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1350%	58 +1350%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −1678%	160−170 +1678%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −4050%	166 +4050%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −10000%	101 +10000%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −2280%	110−120 +2280%
Valorant	12−14 −1633%	208 +1633%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 −631%	117 +631%
Elden Ring	2−3 −3300%	68 +3300%
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 −619%	115 +619%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 −1617%	200−210 +1617%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −2050%	43 +2050%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −631%	117 +631%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −2367%	70−75 +2367%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −2700%	28 +2700%
Dota 2	16−18 −681%	125 +681%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −2525%	100−110 +2525%
Fortnite	3−4 −3100%	95−100 +3100%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −4800%	98 +4800%
Valorant	4−5 −2800%	116 +2800%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	43 +0%	43 +0%
Metro Exodus	49 +0%	49 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2

65−70

+0%

65−70

+0%

This is how GTX 285M SLI and RTX 3070 compete in popular games:

RTX 3070 is 163% faster in 1080p
RTX 3070 is 1300% faster in 1440p
RTX 3070 is 1500% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Metro Exodus, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3070 is 10000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3070 is ahead in 60 tests (95%)
there's a draw in 3 tests (5%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.15	58.07
Recency	2 March 2009	1 September 2020
Chip lithography	55 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	220 Watt

GTX 285M SLI has 46.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 3070, on the other hand, has a 1299.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, and a 587.5% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3070 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 285M SLI in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 285M SLI is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3070 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.