This situation has put more pressure on the more affordable GeForce RTX 3070.
Now let’s talk about the RTX 3070 GPU.
The GPU packs 32% fewer CUDA cores and TMUs, with the same 96 ROPs.
This allows for a peak bandwidth of 448 GB/s.
This means RTX 3070-based graphics cards will be cool, quiet and easy on your power supply.
But enough about all that, it’s time to get into the blue bar graphs.
A good overall result for a GPU expected to cost just $500.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 has the RTX 3070 matching exactly the formerly super-high-end 2080 Ti at 1440p.
The 3070 does drop off a little at 4K, likely due to only having 8GB of VRAM.
We’re starting to sense a trend here.
Very similar performance to the 2080 Ti at 1440p, this time in Shadow of the Tomb Raider.
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege makes heavy use of compute and this hands the Ampere architecture an advantage.
A smaller 27% boost over the 2070 Super is seen, and even less over the 5700 XT.
Moving on to Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, and you guessed it, 2080 Ti-like performance at 1440p.
We also tested with lower texture quality (down to ‘ultra’) which requires 7GB of VRAM.
The 3070 is able to match the 2080 Ti in this scenario, rendering 141 fps on average.
Last up, we have Hitman 2 and you guessed it, 2080 Ti-like performance at 1440p.
Here’s a look at the average data across our 14 game sample in both resolutions.
The RTX 3070 pushed total system usage to 371 watts.
It also used almost 30% less power than the RTX 3080.
Cost Per Frame
Brace yourselves.
Here’s a look at cost per frame, starting with the 1440p data.
Of course, you’re now getting RTX 2080 Ti performance for well under half the price.
What We Learned
Overall, Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3070 is a great high-performance value product.
The RTX 3070 is the new and much more affordable 2080 Ti.
Oh yea, did we mention this card will run you $500 instead of $1,200?
