The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 has the GP104-200-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 is based on the graphics chip GA106-150-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Memory Size
8 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Clock
2.002 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
8.0 Gbps
14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
256 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
128 bit
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The graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 clocks at 2.002 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 8.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Base Clock
1.506 GHz
1.552 GHz
Boost Clock
1.683 GHz
1.777 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
TDP
150 W
130 W
Tjunction max
94 °C
93 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 150 W.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 130 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 70 mm
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Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is equipped with a total of 1 Radial main fans.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 has 0 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4
2x DP 1.4a
DVI
1
--
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode
AV1
No
Decode
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Dimensions
Dimensions
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Length
267 mm
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Height
111 mm
--
Width
38 mm
--
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
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SFF-Ready
No
No
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 needs the space of -- in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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