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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (130W) vs RTX 3060 (130W) – the RTX 3070 is a different class

LaptopMedia.com Comparisons NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (130W) vs RTX 3060 (130W) - the RTX 3070 is a different class

From: Nikolay Palaozov 22 February 2022 / 08:00 | 0

Sometimes people are hesitating before buying a new gaming device. One of the stumbling stones is always the GPU – in our case that is a higher tier mid-range GPU vs a high-end GPU – ergo, GeForce RTX 3070 (130W) vs RTX 3060 (130W). In this scenario, both GPUs have equal TGPs which is a good starting point for checking the exact performance gap between them.

However, the GeForce RTX 3070 (130W) is more thirsty because it’s equipped with more CUDAs, ROPs, and Tensor cores. But it has a wider memory bus and more video RAM so it should be pretty interesting to see the end result of this comparison.

Contents

GeForce RTX 3070 and RTX 3060 variants
Synthetic benchmarks
Gaming tests and gameplay videos (ext. monitor)
Verdict

GeForce RTX 3070 and RTX 3060 variants

	GeForce RTX 3070 [130W]	GeForce RTX 3060 [130W]
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
GPU chip	GA104	GA106
Shader units	5120 (+33%)	3840
ROPs	96 (+100%)	48
Base Clock (MHz)	1215	1387 (+14%)
Boost clock (MHz)	1620	up to 1702 (+5%)
Memory clock (MHz)	1750	1750
Memory size (MB)	8192 (+33%)	6144
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Memory bus width (bit)	256 (+33%)	192
TGP (Total Graphics Power)	130W	130W
DirectX version	12.1	12.1
Technology	8nm	8nm
RTX capabilities	Yes	Yes
Release date	01.2021	01.2021
Detailed specs	Link	Link

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark Fire Strike (G)

Results are from the 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Laptop, 130W) MSI GP66 Leopard

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Laptop, 130W) MSI GP66 Leopard

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Unigine Superposition

Results are from the Unigine Superposition benchmark (higher the score, the better)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Laptop, 130W) MSI GP66 Leopard

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Laptop, 130W) MSI GP66 Leopard

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Gaming tests and gameplay videos (ext. monitor)

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD)	MIN	MED	MAX
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Laptop, 130W)	299 FPS PLAY VIDEO	277 FPS PLAY VIDEO	206 FPS PLAY VIDEO
-5% NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Laptop, 130W)	299 FPS PLAY VIDEO	260 FPS PLAY VIDEO	184 FPS PLAY VIDEO

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD)	NORMAL	HIGH	VERY HIGH	MAX
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Laptop, 130W)	185 FPS PLAY VIDEO	161 FPS PLAY VIDEO	98 FPS PLAY VIDEO	67 FPS PLAY VIDEO
-3% NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Laptop, 130W)	178 FPS PLAY VIDEO	147 FPS PLAY VIDEO	92 FPS PLAY VIDEO	77 FPS PLAY VIDEO

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD)	LOW	MED	HIGH	ULTRA
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Laptop, 130W)	136 FPS PLAY VIDEO	116 FPS PLAY VIDEO	94 FPS PLAY VIDEO	82 FPS PLAY VIDEO
-10% NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Laptop, 130W)	127 FPS PLAY VIDEO	104 FPS PLAY VIDEO	84 FPS PLAY VIDEO	71 FPS PLAY VIDEO

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD)	LOW	MED	HIGH	EPIC
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Laptop, 130W)	149 FPS PLAY VIDEO	129 FPS PLAY VIDEO	109 FPS PLAY VIDEO	66 FPS PLAY VIDEO
-5% NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Laptop, 130W)	177 FPS PLAY VIDEO	110 FPS PLAY VIDEO	89 FPS PLAY VIDEO	55 FPS PLAY VIDEO

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD)	MIN	MED	HIGH	ULTRA
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Laptop, 130W)	120 FPS PLAY VIDEO	102 FPS PLAY VIDEO	65 FPS PLAY VIDEO	35 FPS PLAY VIDEO
-3% NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Laptop, 130W)	143 FPS PLAY VIDEO	92 FPS PLAY VIDEO	54 FPS PLAY VIDEO	24 FPS PLAY VIDEO

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD)	MIN	MAX
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Laptop, 130W)	2053 FPS PLAY VIDEO	119 FPS PLAY VIDEO
-10% NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Laptop, 130W)	1871 FPS PLAY VIDEO	89 FPS PLAY VIDEO

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD)	VERY LOW	NORMAL	ULTRA
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Laptop, 130W)	190 FPS PLAY VIDEO	176 FPS PLAY VIDEO	135 FPS PLAY VIDEO
-15% NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Laptop, 130W)	165 FPS PLAY VIDEO	149 FPS PLAY VIDEO	112 FPS PLAY VIDEO

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD)	LOW	ULTRA
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Laptop, 130W)	277 FPS PLAY VIDEO	236 FPS PLAY VIDEO
-14% NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Laptop, 130W)	229 FPS PLAY VIDEO	212 FPS PLAY VIDEO

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD)	MIN	MED	ULTRA
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Laptop, 130W)	662 FPS PLAY VIDEO	354 FPS PLAY VIDEO	223 FPS PLAY VIDEO
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Laptop, 130W)	677 FPS PLAY VIDEO	362 FPS PLAY VIDEO	197 FPS PLAY VIDEO

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD)	LOW	MED	U.NIGHT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Laptop, 130W)	231 FPS PLAY VIDEO	218 FPS PLAY VIDEO	161 FPS PLAY VIDEO
-6% NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Laptop, 130W)	194 FPS PLAY VIDEO	190 FPS PLAY VIDEO	187 FPS PLAY VIDEO

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD)	LOW	MED	EPIC
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Laptop, 130W)	112 FPS PLAY VIDEO	95 FPS PLAY VIDEO	69 FPS PLAY VIDEO
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Laptop, 130W)	- PLAY VIDEO	- PLAY VIDEO	- PLAY VIDEO

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD)	LOW	MED	HIGH	ULTRA
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Laptop, 130W)	117 FPS PLAY VIDEO	105 FPS PLAY VIDEO	91 FPS PLAY VIDEO	78 FPS PLAY VIDEO
-9% NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Laptop, 130W)	112 FPS PLAY VIDEO	95 FPS PLAY VIDEO	79 FPS PLAY VIDEO	69 FPS PLAY VIDEO

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD)	LOW	MED	MAX
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Laptop, 130W)	493 FPS PLAY VIDEO	454 FPS PLAY VIDEO	372 FPS PLAY VIDEO
-6% NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Laptop, 130W)	437 FPS PLAY VIDEO	408 FPS PLAY VIDEO	389 FPS PLAY VIDEO

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD)	LOW	MED	HIGH	ULTRA
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Laptop, 130W)	268 FPS PLAY VIDEO	219 FPS PLAY VIDEO	195 FPS PLAY VIDEO	134 FPS PLAY VIDEO
-8% NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Laptop, 130W)	263 FPS PLAY VIDEO	200 FPS PLAY VIDEO	173 FPS PLAY VIDEO	114 FPS PLAY VIDEO

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD)	VERY LOW	MED	HIGH	BADASS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Laptop, 130W)	133 FPS PLAY VIDEO	118 FPS PLAY VIDEO	95 FPS PLAY VIDEO	76 FPS PLAY VIDEO
-7% NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Laptop, 130W)	115 FPS PLAY VIDEO	103 FPS PLAY VIDEO	95 FPS PLAY VIDEO	81 FPS PLAY VIDEO

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD)	VERY LOW	MED	MAX
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Laptop, 130W)	608 FPS PLAY VIDEO	427 FPS PLAY VIDEO	435 FPS PLAY VIDEO
-29% NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Laptop, 130W)	369 FPS PLAY VIDEO	353 FPS PLAY VIDEO	326 FPS PLAY VIDEO

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD)	LOW	HIGH
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (Laptop, 130W)	309 FPS PLAY VIDEO	215 FPS PLAY VIDEO
-6% NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Laptop, 130W)	271 FPS PLAY VIDEO	222 FPS PLAY VIDEO

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD)	LOW	HIGH