GeForce RTX 3070 vs GTX 490

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated42
Place by popularitynot in top-10043
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data58.60
Power efficiencyno data18.07
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGF100GA104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release dateno data1 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores4805888
Core clock speed608 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1725 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)365 Watt220 Watt
Texture fill rate36.48317.4
Floating-point processing power1.166 TFLOPS20.31 TFLOPS
ROPs4896
TMUs60184
Tensor Coresno data184
Ray Tracing Coresno data46

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length279 mm242 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB8 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed854 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth164.0 GB/s448.0 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 Connectors3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA2.08.5

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 365 Watt 220 Watt

RTX 3070 has a 433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 400% more advanced lithography process, and 65.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 490 and GeForce RTX 3070. We've got no test results to judge.


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