GeForce RTX 4070 10 GB vs RTX 3050 6 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking201not rated
Place by popularity24not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation76.17no data
Power efficiency27.17no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA107AD104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date2 February 2024 (less than a year ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$179 no data

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 cores23047168
Core clock speed1042 MHz2355 MHz
Boost clock speed1470 MHz2520 MHz
Number of transistors8,700 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)70 Watt220 Watt
Texture fill rate105.8564.5
Floating-point processing power6.774 TFLOPS36.13 TFLOPS
ROPs3280
TMUs72224
Tensor Cores72224
Ray Tracing Cores1856

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 4.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x16
Length242 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 16-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 typeGDDR6GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount6 GB10 GB
Memory bus width96 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth168.0 GB/s420.2 GB/s

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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.68.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 10 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 70 Watt 220 Watt

RTX 3050 6 GB has 214.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 4070 10 GB, on the other hand, has a 66.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB and GeForce RTX 4070 10 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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