The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 has 3584 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.81 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 12.93 TFLOPS.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 is 100 % faster than the Gainward GeForce GTX 1070.
The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Pascal architecture, which has 15 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 28 execution units.
Memory
Memory
Gainward GeForce GTX 1070
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060
Memory Size
8 GB
12 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Clock
2.002 GHz
1.875 GHz
Memory Speed
8.0 Gbps
15.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
360 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
192 bit
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.002 GHz clocks.
The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 has a 12 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.875GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Gainward GeForce GTX 1070
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060
Base Clock
1.506 GHz
1.320 GHz
Boost Clock
1.683 GHz
1.807 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
--
1.78 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 has a turbo clock of 1.683 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 is 1.807 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Gainward GeForce GTX 1070
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060
TDP
150 W
170 W
TDP (up)
--
180 W
Tjunction max
94 °C
93 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 94 °C.
The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Gainward GeForce GTX 1070
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
3 x 95 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
--
33 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 are cooled with a Air cooling.
The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Gainward GeForce GTX 1070
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
2x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4
3x DP 1.4a
DVI
1
--
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
Gainward GeForce GTX 1070
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
ASUS Aura Sync
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Gainward GeForce GTX 1070
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode
AV1
No
Decode
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Gainward GeForce GTX 1070
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060
Length
252 mm
301 mm
Height
112 mm
143 mm
Width
--
54 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
3 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Gainward GeForce GTX 1070 is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 is -- and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
Time Spy Extreme Graphics score ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 +48.1 %
Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.
The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.
Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.
The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.
FP32 (TFLOPS) ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 +100.2 %
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