Comprehensive gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 graphics card with the Intel Core i5-8500 processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with different graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. You can find out whether the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 is good or bad for gaming by looking at results of all tests. As for the key characteristic, how good is the GPU for games, let's look further. The medium 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 even for modern most exacting 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 decision. With this data, you can already easily select the required power supply that will completely match the GPU. You also need to remember about the Intel Core i5-8500 . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the desired power supply should output.A highly powerful power supply is necessary for the GeForce RTX 3070, since it has a fairly high power consumption under loads - 220W. Here is a list of certain popular games in which the graphics card has been tested. Below is the table with a large number of almost all modern games that were run on a computer with the GeForce RTX 3070 and Intel Core i5-8500 configuration:
Apex Legends
Far Cry 6
Valorant
Atomic Heart
Hitman 3
Dota 2
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Minecraft
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Fortnite Battle Royale
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Genshin Impact
Roblox
Hogwarts Legacy
League of Legends
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
After looking at the data from the table below, you can easily compare the GeForce RTX 3070 with rivals in some popular games and select for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce RTX 3070.
The closest GeForce RTX 3070 rivals
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 competitors of the GeForce RTX 3070 are GeForce RTX 4060 and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile. We compared GeForce RTX 3070 (177 FPS) and their medium FPS in popular 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 numbers will further help you make the right choice.
How good is GeForce RTX 3070 for games?
From the tables below, you can see how comfortable you can play famous games on a computer with a GeForce RTX 3070 and Intel Core i5-8500. The numbers next to the names of the games mean the medium FPS achieved 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
Scorn
2022
46.8
60.9
79.6
98.4
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
62.5
81.2
106.2
131.2
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
46.8
60.9
79.6
98.4
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
64.9
84.3
110.3
136.2
Atomic Heart
2023
28.8
37.5
49.0
60.5
Overwatch 2
2022
115.3
149.9
196.0
242.2
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
69.7
90.6
118.4
146.3
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
51.7
67.1
87.8
108.5
Saints Row
2022
85.3
110.9
145.0
179.1
Stray
2022
128.5
167.1
218.5
269.9
Starfield
2022
42.0
54.7
71.5
88.3
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
44.4
57.8
75.6
93.3
Homeworld 3
2022
58.9
76.5
100.1
123.6
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
74.5
96.8
126.6
156.4
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
76.9
99.9
130.7
161.4
Elden ring
2022
45.6
59.3
77.6
95.9
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
50.4
65.6
85.8
105.9
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
80.5
104.6
136.8
169.0
And this table shows the performance of the GeForce RTX 3070 in the most demanding graphics games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Final Fantasy XV
2018
100.9
131.2
171.5
211.9
Dishonored 2
2016
90.8
118.1
154.4
190.7
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
88.6
115.2
150.7
186.2
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
60.1
78.1
102.1
126.1
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
118.4
154.0
201.3
248.7
Total War: Warhammer
2016
118.6
154.1
201.5
249.0
The Division
2016
106.2
138.0
180.5
223.0
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
94.3
122.6
160.3
198.0
Borderlands 3
2019
76.2
99.0
129.5
159.9
World War Z
2019
118.8
154.4
202.0
249.5
Halo Infinite
2021
68.5
89.0
116.4
143.8
Marvel's Avengers
2020
71.0
92.3
120.7
149.1
Genshin Impact
2020
104.5
135.9
177.7
219.5
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
87.7
114.0
149.1
184.1
Crysis 3
2013
118.0
153.3
200.5
247.7
Far Cry 6
2021
90.1
117.1
153.1
189.2
Monster Hunter: World
2018
102.6
133.4
174.4
215.4
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
75.7
98.4
128.6
158.9
F1 22
2020
104.5
135.9
177.7
219.5
Devil May Cry 5
2019
106.9
139.0
181.7
224.5
Hitman 2
2018
117.7
153.0
200.1
247.2
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
86.8
112.9
147.6
182.4
Forza Horizon 5
2021
86.5
112.4
147.0
181.6
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
102.2
132.9
173.8
214.7
Death Stranding
2020
109.2
141.9
185.6
229.3
Hitman 3
2021
81.7
106.2
138.9
171.5
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
94.5
122.9
160.7
198.5
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
116.5
151.5
198.1
244.7
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
117.7
153.0
200.1
247.2
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
35.9
46.7
61.1
75.4
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
78.3
101.8
133.1
164.5
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
96.8
125.9
164.6
203.3
DOOM Eternal
2020
111.7
145.2
189.9
234.6
Resident Evil Village
2021
81.7
106.2
138.9
171.5
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
54.3
70.6
92.3
114.0
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
56.5
73.4
96.0
118.6
Project CARS 3
2020
55.3
71.8
93.9
116.0
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
117.7
153.0
200.1
247.2
Just Cause 4
2018
95.3
123.8
161.9
200.0
The Witcher 3
2015
106.4
138.4
180.9
223.5
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
75.7
98.4
128.6
158.9
Gears of War 5
2019
96.0
124.8
163.2
201.5
Godfall
2020
106.3
138.2
180.7
223.2
GreedFall
2019
108.5
141.0
184.4
227.8
Anthem
2019
81.6
106.0
138.7
171.3
Metro Exodus
2019
65.9
85.7
112.1
138.5
F1 2021
2020
116.5
151.5
198.1
244.7
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
119.4
155.2
203.0
250.7
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
94.5
122.9
160.7
198.5
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
54.9
71.4
93.3
115.3
GeForce RTX 3070 8Gb with Core i5-8500 gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce RTX 3070 from the following table are just for reference, because it mainly presents old games and FPS is much higher than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Titanfall 2
2016
129.7
168.6
220.5
272.4
Hitman
2016
120.1
156.2
204.2
252.2
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
249.1
323.9
423.5
523.2
Project CARS 2
2017
124.6
161.9
211.8
261.6
Apex Legends
2019
126.5
164.4
215.0
265.6
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
351.7
457.2
597.9
738.6
Dawn of War III
2017
129.2
168.0
219.7
271.4
DiRT Rally
2015
189.4
246.3
322.0
397.8
League of Legends
2009
593.5
694.4
857.6
934.8
Fallout 76
2018
154.2
200.5
262.2
323.9
Battlefield 1
2016
150.0
195.0
255.0
315.1
Minecraft
2011
281.1
365.4
477.8
590.3
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
153.7
199.9
261.4
322.9
F1 2019
2019
123.7
160.8
210.3
259.8
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
131.9
171.5
224.2
277.0
Rocket League
2015
461.6
540.1
667.0
727.0
Resident Evil 2
2019
136.9
178.0
232.8
287.6
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
119.4
155.2
203.0
250.7
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
141.9
184.4
241.2
297.9
Need For Speed
2015
142.2
184.9
241.8
298.7
Destiny 2
2017
166.1
216.0
282.4
348.9
Battlefield 4
2013
167.1
217.2
284.0
350.9
Doom
2016
188.8
245.5
321.0
396.5
Valorant
2020
241.1
313.4
409.8
506.3
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
150.9
196.1
256.5
316.8
Dota 2
2013
171.8
223.3
292.0
360.7
Roblox
2006
414.4
484.9
598.8
870.2
Strange Brigade
2018
154.6
201.0
262.8
324.6
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
123.4
160.4
209.7
259.1
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
146.7
190.7
249.3
308.0
Battlefield V
2018
126.5
164.4
215.0
265.6
For Honor
2017
175.9
228.6
298.9
369.3
Although you can't dispute with the figures from this table, but you need to know that in reality some processors and video cards will not be capable to work together. For such cases, FPS is evaluated theoretically according to the formula based on the performance of the GeForce RTX 3070 and the Intel Core i5-8500 separately.
