GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB vs GTX 780 Ti

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking220not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.28no data
Power efficiency6.89no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK110BGA104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date7 November 2013 (11 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 $699

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 cores28806144
Core clock speed875 MHz1575 MHz
Boost clock speed928 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt290 Watt
Texture fill rate222.7339.8
Floating-point processing power5.345 TFLOPS21.75 TFLOPS
ROPs4896
TMUs240192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 12-pin
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount3 GB16 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/s1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth336 GB/s608.3 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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI++
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu Ray 3D+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-
3D Vision Live+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 290 Watt

GTX 780 Ti has 16% lower power consumption.

RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB, on the other hand, has a 433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 780 Ti and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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