NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 TiM
About GPU
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is an impressive GPU that delivers exceptional performance for desktop gaming and content creation. With a base clock speed of 915MHz and a boost clock of 1410MHz, this GPU offers enough power to handle even the most demanding games and applications.
The 8GB of GDDR6 memory and a memory clock speed of 1750MHz ensure that the RTX 3070 Ti can handle high-resolution textures and complex scenes without breaking a sweat. The 5888 shading units and 4MB of L2 cache further contribute to the GPU's ability to render high-quality graphics at impressive speeds.
In terms of power efficiency, the RTX 3070 Ti has a TDP of 220W, which is relatively high but understandable given its high level of performance. However, the theoretical performance of 16.6 TFLOPS more than justifies the power consumption, as it allows for smooth and fluid gameplay even at 4K resolutions.
The RTX 3070 Ti is also equipped with ray tracing and AI capabilities, making it a great choice for gamers who want to experience cutting-edge graphics technology. Ray tracing allows for more realistic lighting and reflections, while AI-powered features like DLSS can significantly boost performance in supported games.
Overall, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is a fantastic GPU for anyone looking to upgrade their gaming rig or workstation. Its impressive performance, efficient power usage, and advanced features make it a worthwhile investment for enthusiasts and professionals alike.
Basic
Label Name
NVIDIA
Platform
Desktop
Launch Date
November 2022
Model Name
GeForce RTX 3070 TiM
Generation
GeForce 30
Base Clock
915MHz
Boost Clock
1410MHz
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
Transistors
17,400 million
RT Cores
46
Tensor Cores
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Tensor Cores are specialized processing units designed specifically for deep learning, providing higher training and inference performance compared to FP32 training. They enable rapid computations in areas such as computer vision, natural language processing, speech recognition, text-to-speech conversion, and personalized recommendations. The two most notable applications of Tensor Cores are DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) and AI Denoiser for noise reduction.
184
TMUs
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Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) serve as components of the GPU, which are capable of rotating, scaling, and distorting binary images, and then placing them as textures onto any plane of a given 3D model. This process is called texture mapping.
184
Foundry
Samsung
Process Size
8 nm
Architecture
Ampere
Memory Specifications
Memory Size
8GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
Memory Bus
?
The memory bus width refers to the number of bits of data that the video memory can transfer within a single clock cycle. The larger the bus width, the greater the amount of data that can be transmitted instantaneously, making it one of the crucial parameters of video memory. The memory bandwidth is calculated as: Memory Bandwidth = Memory Frequency x Memory Bus Width / 8. Therefore, when the memory frequencies are similar, the memory bus width will determine the size of the memory bandwidth.
256bit
Memory Clock
1750MHz
Bandwidth
?
Memory bandwidth refers to the data transfer rate between the graphics chip and the video memory. It is measured in bytes per second, and the formula to calculate it is: memory bandwidth = working frequency × memory bus width / 8 bits.
448.0 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
Pixel Rate
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Pixel fill rate refers to the number of pixels a graphics processing unit (GPU) can render per second, measured in MPixels/s (million pixels per second) or GPixels/s (billion pixels per second). It is the most commonly used metric to evaluate the pixel processing performance of a graphics card.
135.4 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
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Texture fill rate refers to the number of texture map elements (texels) that a GPU can map to pixels in a single second.
259.4 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)
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An important metric for measuring GPU performance is floating-point computing capability. Half-precision floating-point numbers (16-bit) are used for applications like machine learning, where lower precision is acceptable. Single-precision floating-point numbers (32-bit) are used for common multimedia and graphics processing tasks, while double-precision floating-point numbers (64-bit) are required for scientific computing that demands a wide numeric range and high accuracy.
16.60 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
?
An important metric for measuring GPU performance is floating-point computing capability. Double-precision floating-point numbers (64-bit) are required for scientific computing that demands a wide numeric range and high accuracy, while single-precision floating-point numbers (32-bit) are used for common multimedia and graphics processing tasks. Half-precision floating-point numbers (16-bit) are used for applications like machine learning, where lower precision is acceptable.
259.4 GFLOPS
FP32 (float)
?
An important metric for measuring GPU performance is floating-point computing capability. Single-precision floating-point numbers (32-bit) are used for common multimedia and graphics processing tasks, while double-precision floating-point numbers (64-bit) are required for scientific computing that demands a wide numeric range and high accuracy. Half-precision floating-point numbers (16-bit) are used for applications like machine learning, where lower precision is acceptable.
16.932
TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
SM Count
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Multiple Streaming Processors (SPs), along with other resources, form a Streaming Multiprocessor (SM), which is also referred to as a GPU's major core. These additional resources include components such as warp schedulers, registers, and shared memory. The SM can be considered the heart of the GPU, similar to a CPU core, with registers and shared memory being scarce resources within the SM.
46
Shading Units
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The most fundamental processing unit is the Streaming Processor (SP), where specific instructions and tasks are executed. GPUs perform parallel computing, which means multiple SPs work simultaneously to process tasks.
5888
L1 Cache
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
4MB
TDP
220W
Vulkan Version
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Vulkan is a cross-platform graphics and compute API by Khronos Group, offering high performance and low CPU overhead. It lets developers control the GPU directly, reduces rendering overhead, and supports multi-threading and multi-core processors.
1.3
OpenCL Version
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
Power Connectors
1x 8-pin
Shader Model
6.6
ROPs
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The Raster Operations Pipeline (ROPs) is primarily responsible for handling lighting and reflection calculations in games, as well as managing effects like anti-aliasing (AA), high resolution, smoke, and fire. The more demanding the anti-aliasing and lighting effects in a game, the higher the performance requirements for the ROPs; otherwise, it may result in a sharp drop in frame rate.
96
Suggested PSU
550W
Benchmarks
FP32 (float)
Score
16.932
TFLOPS
Compared to Other GPU
FP32 (float)
/ TFLOPS