Recently, Nvidia released the new RTX 3070 Founder Edition graphics card, and to the delight of many, it’s about as fast as the last generation RTX 2080 Ti. Along with that level of performance, it is also priced at $499. As you would expect, by the time you read this or blinked for that matter, the cards have been sold out. Your only option is to jump on a waiting list and be ready for the email or wait until tomorrow for the board partner cards to release (and run into the same issue).
Sadly, we were unable to procure an RTX 3070 sample for launch day, but we do have some on the way soon. Keep an eye out on the front page and this article for links. For now, we’ve compiled the specifications along with its big brothers. Below the chart, we’ve compiled a list of reviews that should give you a good idea of the relative performance of the card.
| Nvidia RTX 3000 Series Specifications | ||||
| Model | RTX 3090 | RTX 3080 | RTX 3070 | RTX 2080 Ti |
| Architecture | Ampere (GA102) | Ampere (GA102) | Ampere (GA104) | Turing (TU102) |
| Manufacturing | Samsung 8 nm | Samsung 8 nm | Samsung 8 nm | TSMC 12nm |
| CUDA Cores | 10,496 | 8,704 | 5,888 | 4,352 |
| RT Cores | 82 | 68 | 46 | 68 |
| Tensor Cores (2nd Gen) | 328 | 272 | 184 | 544 |
| Texture Units (3rd Gen) | 328 | 272 | 184 | 272 |
| ROPs | 96 | 88 | 64 | 88 |
| L2 Cache | 6 MB | 5 MB | 4 MB | 5.5 MB |
| Base Clock | 1,400 MHz | 1,440 MHz | 1,500 MHz | 1,350 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1,700 MHz | 1,710 MHz | 1,730 MHz | 1,545 MHz |
| Memory | 24 GB GDDR6X | 10 GB GDDR6X | 8 GB GDDR6 | 11 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory Speed | 935.8 GB/s | 760 GB/s | 512 GB/s | 616 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 320-bit | 256-bit | 352-bit |
| Supplementary Power | 2x PCIe 8-pin | 2x PCIe 8-pin | 1x PCIe 8-pin | 2x PCIe 8-pin |
| Standard Display Connectors | HDMI 2.1 3x DisplayPort (1.4a) | HDMI (2.1) 3x DisplayPort (1.4a) | HDMI (2.1) 3x DisplayPort (1.4a) | HDMI 3x DisplayPort |
| Max Resolution | 8K (7680 x 4320) | 8K (7680 x 4320) | 8K (7680 x 4320) | 8K (7680 x 4320) |
| TDP | 350 W | 320 W | 220 W | 260 W |
| Release Date | 09/24/2020 | 09/17/2020 | 10/28/2020 | 9/19/2018 |
| MSRP | $1,499 | $699 | $499 | $999 (Ref) |
Reviews:
If there are others you would like to see here, please let us know in the forums!
Where to Buy (or try to):
If you’re going to take a crack at buying any of these cards, we have several links below that should be helpful prove helpful.
Related Articles/Threads:
- MSI RTX 3090 Gaming X Trio Review
- Asus ROG Strix RTX 3080 OC Review
- Nvidia Ampere (3000-series) GPU Rumors and Discussion
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