GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce RTX 3070

Prices and Stock
MSRP $199

ASUS STRIX GeForce GTX 960 Overclocked 2 GB DDR5 128-bit DisplayPort HDMI 2.0 DVI-I Graphics Card

EVGA GeForce GTX 960 Graphic Card - 1.30 GHz Core - 1.37 GHz Boost Clock - 2 GB GDDR5 SDRAM - PCI Express 3.0 x16 - Dual 02G-P4-2968-KR

Prices and Stock
MSRP $499

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G (REV2.0) Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, LHR, 8GB 256-bit GDDR6, GV-N3070GAMING OC-8GD Video Card

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card - Dark Platinum and Black

ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Noctua OC Edition Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 8GB GDDR6, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM Fans, Tailor-Made heatsink, Auto-Extreme Technology, GPU Tweak II)

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8GB V2 LHR Graphics Card

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3070 outperforms GeForce GTX 960 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing GeForce GTX 960 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing GeForce RTX 3070 is 2049 days newer than GeForce GTX 960.

Advantages of GeForce GTX 960

Up to 11% better value when playing God of War than GeForce RTX 3070 - $5.13 vs $5.76 per FPS
Consumes up to 45% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 - 120 vs 220 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3070

Performs up to 167% better in God of War than GeForce GTX 960 - 104 vs 39 FPS
Up to 300% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 - 8 vs 2 GB

This is a free version of God of War.

God of War

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

GeForce GTX 960

Desktop • Jan 22nd, 2015

FPS

38%

Value, $/FPS

$5.13/FPS

100%

Price, $

$199.99

100%

Value Winner

ASUS STRIX GeForce GTX 960 Overclocked 2 GB DDR5 128-bit DisplayPort HDMI 2.0 DVI-I Graphics Card

Buy for $199.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 351 minutes ago

GeForce RTX 3070

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

FPS

104

100%

Value, $/FPS

$5.76/FPS

89%

Price, $

$599

33%

FPS Winner

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming OC 8G (REV2.0) Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, LHR, 8GB 256-bit GDDR6, GV-N3070GAMING OC-8GD Video Card

Buy for $599 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 350 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

GeForce GTX 960

Desktop • Jan 22nd, 2015

GeForce RTX 3070

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

1920 x 1080

High

FPS

154

FPS

Rust

1920 x 1080

Ultra

FPS

136

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Very High

386

FPS

395

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Maximum

145

FPS

204

FPS

World of Warcraft

1920 x 1080

High

562

FPS

794

FPS

Valorant

Theoretical Performance

GeForce GTX 960

Desktop • Jan 22nd, 2015

Pixel Fillrate

37.7 GPixel/s

23%

Texel Fillrate

75.39 GTexel/s

24%

GeForce RTX 3070

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

Pixel Fillrate

165.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

317.4 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce GTX 960	vs	GeForce RTX 3070
Jan 22nd, 2015	Release Date	Sep 1st, 2020
GeForce 900	Generation	GeForce 30
$199	MSRP	$499
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin	Power Connectors	1x 12-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
2 GB	Memory	8 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6
128-bit	Bus	256-bit
112.2 GB/s	Bandwidth	448 GB/s
1127 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1500 MHz
1178 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	1725 MHz
1753 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1750 MHz