RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile vs GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated97
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data24.83
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA104no data
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release dateno data21 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 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 cores58884608
Boost clock speed1725 MHzno data
Number of transistors17,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt115 Watt (35 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate317.4no data
Floating-point processing power20.31 TFLOPSno data
ROPs96no data
TMUs184no data

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no data
Length242 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pinno data

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed14 GB/s16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/sno data
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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2-
CUDA8.5-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 115 Watt

RTX 3070 16 GB has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 117.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB and RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB is a desktop card while RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB
GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB
NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile
RTX 3000 Ada Generation Mobile

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