NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
vs
Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and the Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and has 3584 texture shaders and 28 execution units.

Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, which has 5888 shaders and 46 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GPU Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
GA106-300-A1 GPU Chip AD104-250-A1
Ampere Architecture Ada Lovelace
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
3584 Shader 5888
48 Render Output Units 64
112 Texture Units 184
28 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

The Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC can access 12 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 504 GB/s.

12 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6X
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 1.313 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 21.0 Gbps
360 GB/s Memory bandwidth 504 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 clocks in the base with up to 1.320 GHz. The base frequency of the Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC is 1.920 GHz.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.920 GHz
1.777 GHz Boost Clock 2.550 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is 170 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC has a TDP of 200 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

170 W TDP 200 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 has a total of 0 Axial fans.

The Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060.

The Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1a
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

The Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC is 269 mm long, 128 mm high and 40 mm wide.

-- Length 269 mm
-- Height 128 mm
-- Width 40 mm
-- Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready Yes

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 was released in Q1/2021 at a price of 329 $ (Reference).

The Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC was introduced in Q2/2023 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no NED4070S19K9-1047D
Q1/2021 Release date Q2/2023
329 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 5 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

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

Steel Nomad Light Graphics score

Steel Nomad Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Solar Bay (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC
12 GB GDDR6X
56 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC
12 GB GDDR6X
96 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
55 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC
12 GB GDDR6X
134 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC
12 GB GDDR6X
37 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC
12 GB GDDR6X
74 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC
12 GB GDDR6X
128 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC
12 GB GDDR6X
101 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
94 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC
12 GB GDDR6X
177 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
130 fps (avg)
Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC
12 GB GDDR6X
206 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

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.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

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)

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