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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 22% to 81%, including 37% in 3DMark Time Spy (19,241 vs 13,997). On llama3.1:8b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti generates 110.0 tokens/s (per LocalScore AI) against 73.7 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (per Patrick Hughes (bmdpat.com)), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti. Released 2020 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070), 2022 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti). MSRP range: $499 · $1,999. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
vram gb 824
vram type GDDR6GDDR6X
tdp w 220450
cuda cores 588810752

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from KitGuru, DigiStatement, GPU-Monkey, Guru3D, 3DMark, VideoCardz, TopCPU.net, UL Benchmarks and Notebookcheck; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better)
Source: KitGuru, DigiStatement		 17,115 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (Graphics score) (higher is better)
Source: GPU-Monkey		 —27,143 points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: Guru3D		 8,749 points—
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: KitGuru, 3DMark, DigiStatement, VideoCardz, GPU-Monkey		 8,324 points15,092 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, TopCPU.net		 3,421 points5,927 points
3DMark Speed Way (Graphics score) (higher is better)
Source: GPU-Monkey		 —5,899 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: UL Benchmarks		 3,181 points5,755 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (DX12) graphics score (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 3,182 points—
3DMark Steel Nomad Graphics (higher is better)
Source: UL Benchmarks		 3,180 points—
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: KitGuru, DigiStatement, 3DMark, VideoCardz, Notebookcheck		 13,997 points19,241 points
3DMark Time Spy (Graphics score) (higher is better)
Source: GPU-Monkey		 —21,479 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: KitGuru, DigiStatement		 6,907 points—

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 22% to 81%, including 37% in 3DMark Time Spy (19,241 vs 13,997).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On llama3.1:8b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti generates 110.0 tokens/s (per LocalScore AI) against 73.7 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (per Patrick Hughes (bmdpat.com)), best community run on file for each.

What did the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti cost at launch?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 launched at a $499 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti at $1,999. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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