Detailed gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 graphics card with the Intel Core i5-8400 processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with various graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. You can find out whether the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 is bad or good for gaming by looking at results of all tests. As for the main parameter, how good is the graphics card for games, let's look further. The average FPS in games is 80 FPS with Ultra settings and 4K resolution. Considering 8Gb of memory, we can say that the GeForce RTX 3070 is good for modern most demanding games with high-end graphics.
Main specifications
Name
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Release date
October 26, 2020
Price
519 USD
Frequency
1500 MHz
Shaders
5888
TMUs
184
ROPs
64
Graphics Card Power (TDP)
220 W
Memory Size
8 Gb
Memory Bus
256 Bit
GeForce RTX 3070 power supply requirements
If you take a closer look at the power consumption of the GPU, you can already make some conclusions. This will allow you to choose the necessary power supply that can meet the needs of the GPU. You also need to remember about the Intel Core i5-8400 . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the desired power supply should output.A very powerful power supply is necessary for the GeForce RTX 3070, because it has a pretty high power consumption under loads - 220W. Here is a list of certain popular games in which the graphics card has been tested. Next is the table with a large number of almost all contemporary games that were run on a computer with the GeForce RTX 3070 and Intel Core i5-8400 configuration:
League of Legends
Minecraft
Far Cry 6
Apex Legends
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Hitman 3
Dota 2
Hogwarts Legacy
Fortnite Battle Royale
Genshin Impact
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Atomic Heart
Valorant
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Roblox
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
After viewing the data from the table below, you can easily compare the GeForce RTX 3070 with competitors in some famous games and select for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce RTX 3070.
The closest GeForce RTX 3070 competitors
Video Card
FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
241
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
239.4
Radeon RX 6800 XT
233.7
GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile
230
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti
211.5
GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
211
Radeon RX 6800
195.4
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
185.3
GeForce RTX 4060
183.4
GeForce RTX 3070
177
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
173
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
163.8
Radeon RX 6700 XT
161.6
GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
155
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
148.5
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
147.7
GeForce RTX 2080
139.3
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
135
Radeon RX 6600 XT
134.4
Radeon RX 6600
130
The closest opponents of the GeForce RTX 3070 are GeForce RTX 4060 and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile. We compared GeForce RTX 3070 (177 FPS) and their average FPS in famous games at Full HD resolution and with High Quality graphics. As a result, is GeForce RTX 4060 183.4 FPS, which 3.6% faster and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile 173 FPS, which is 2.3% slower. These figures will further help you make the good choice.
How good is GeForce RTX 3070 for games?
From the tables below, you can understand how comfortable you can play popular games on a computer with a GeForce RTX 3070 and Intel Core i5-8400. The numbers next to the names of the games mean the average FPS gained with Ultra graphics quality settings and different screen resolutions: Full HD, 2K WQHD and 4K UHD. The following table shows the GeForce RTX 3070 testing in the newest and upcoming games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
80.4
104.6
136.7
168.9
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
64.8
84.3
110.2
136.1
Overwatch 2
2022
115.2
149.8
195.9
242.0
Starfield
2022
42.0
54.6
71.4
88.2
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
69.6
90.5
118.4
146.2
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
50.4
65.5
85.7
105.9
Atomic Heart
2023
28.8
37.5
49.0
60.5
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
44.4
57.7
75.5
93.3
Saints Row
2022
85.2
110.8
144.9
179.0
Scorn
2022
46.8
60.9
79.6
98.3
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
76.8
99.9
130.6
161.3
Elden ring
2022
45.6
59.3
77.5
95.8
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
51.6
67.1
87.8
108.4
Stray
2022
128.4
167.0
218.4
269.7
Homeworld 3
2022
58.8
76.5
100.0
123.5
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
46.8
60.9
79.6
98.3
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
74.4
96.8
126.5
156.3
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
62.4
81.1
106.1
131.1
And this table shows the performance of the GeForce RTX 3070 in the most demanding graphics games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Far Cry 6
2021
90.0
117.0
153.1
189.1
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
96.8
125.8
164.5
203.2
F1 2021
2020
116.4
151.4
198.0
244.5
Crysis 3
2013
117.9
153.2
200.4
247.6
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
117.6
152.9
200.0
247.0
Anthem
2019
81.5
106.0
138.6
171.2
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
118.4
153.9
201.2
248.6
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
94.5
122.8
160.6
198.4
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
60.0
78.0
102.0
126.0
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
117.6
152.9
200.0
247.0
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
75.6
98.3
128.6
158.8
Monster Hunter: World
2018
102.5
133.3
174.3
215.3
Final Fantasy XV
2018
100.8
131.1
171.4
211.8
Genshin Impact
2020
104.4
135.8
177.5
219.3
Just Cause 4
2018
95.2
123.8
161.8
199.9
Death Stranding
2020
109.1
141.9
185.5
229.1
The Witcher 3
2015
106.4
138.3
180.8
223.4
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
87.6
113.9
149.0
184.0
Borderlands 3
2019
76.1
98.9
129.4
159.8
Gears of War 5
2019
95.9
124.7
163.1
201.4
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
78.3
101.7
133.1
164.4
F1 22
2020
104.4
135.8
177.5
219.3
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
54.9
71.3
93.3
115.2
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
35.9
46.7
61.0
75.4
Hitman 3
2021
81.6
106.1
138.8
171.4
DOOM Eternal
2020
111.6
145.1
189.8
234.4
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
119.3
155.1
202.8
250.6
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
86.8
112.8
147.5
182.3
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
88.6
115.2
150.6
186.0
Godfall
2020
106.2
138.1
180.6
223.1
Project CARS 3
2020
55.2
71.8
93.9
116.0
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
54.3
70.5
92.2
113.9
World War Z
2019
118.7
154.3
201.8
249.3
Total War: Warhammer
2016
118.5
154.0
201.4
248.8
The Division
2016
106.1
138.0
180.4
222.8
Devil May Cry 5
2019
106.8
138.9
181.6
224.4
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
75.6
98.3
128.6
158.8
Dishonored 2
2016
90.8
118.0
154.3
190.6
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
94.5
122.8
160.6
198.4
Marvel's Avengers
2020
70.9
92.2
120.6
149.0
Hitman 2
2018
117.6
152.9
200.0
247.0
Forza Horizon 5
2021
86.4
112.4
146.9
181.5
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
56.4
73.3
95.9
118.5
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
102.2
132.8
173.7
214.5
Metro Exodus
2019
65.9
85.7
112.0
138.4
GreedFall
2019
108.4
140.9
184.3
227.6
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
116.4
151.4
198.0
244.5
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
94.2
122.5
160.2
197.9
Resident Evil Village
2021
81.6
106.1
138.8
171.4
Halo Infinite
2021
68.4
89.0
116.3
143.7
GeForce RTX 3070 8Gb with Core i5-8400 gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce RTX 3070 from the following table are just for reference, since old games are more represented in it and FPS is significantly more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
123.3
160.3
209.6
258.9
Rocket League
2015
461.3
539.7
666.6
726.6
Doom
2016
188.7
245.3
320.8
396.3
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
153.7
199.8
261.2
322.7
Roblox
2006
414.1
484.6
598.4
869.7
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
351.5
456.9
597.5
738.1
Destiny 2
2017
166.0
215.8
282.2
348.6
Battlefield V
2018
126.4
164.3
214.9
265.5
Hitman
2016
120.0
156.1
204.1
252.1
Fallout 76
2018
154.1
200.4
262.0
323.7
Dawn of War III
2017
129.2
167.9
219.6
271.2
Valorant
2020
240.9
313.2
409.6
505.9
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
249.0
323.7
423.2
522.8
F1 2019
2019
123.6
160.7
210.2
259.7
Battlefield 4
2013
167.0
217.1
283.9
350.7
Strange Brigade
2018
154.5
200.8
262.6
324.4
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
131.8
171.3
224.1
276.8
DiRT Rally
2015
189.3
246.1
321.8
397.5
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
150.8
196.0
256.3
316.6
Project CARS 2
2017
124.5
161.8
211.6
261.4
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
119.3
155.1
202.8
250.6
Dota 2
2013
171.7
223.2
291.8
360.5
Apex Legends
2019
126.4
164.3
214.9
265.5
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
141.8
184.3
241.0
297.7
Resident Evil 2
2019
136.8
177.9
232.6
287.4
Titanfall 2
2016
129.6
168.5
220.4
272.3
Minecraft
2011
280.9
365.2
477.5
589.9
League of Legends
2009
593.1
694.0
857.1
934.2
For Honor
2017
175.7
228.5
298.8
369.1
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
146.6
190.5
249.2
307.8
Battlefield 1
2016
149.9
194.9
254.9
314.9
Need For Speed
2015
142.1
184.8
241.6
298.5
Although you can't dispute with the numbers from this table, but you need to know that in reality some processors and video cards will not be capable to work in pairs. For such cases, FPS is evaluated theoretically according to the formula based on the performance of the Intel Core i5-8400 and the GeForce RTX 3070 separately.
