NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti vs NVIDIA TITAN V Comparison

Where Each One Wins

The benchmark data splits these two NVIDIA cards into distinct roles. The NVIDIA TITAN V wins 3 of the 10 head-to-head tests, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti wins 7. That split alone tells the story: the TITAN V is not a general-purpose gaming card, it is a compute-oriented part with specific strengths. The RTX 3070 Ti, by contrast, dominates the traditional DirectX and 2D/3D rasterization workloads.

The TITAN V's wins are all in compute or modern API scenarios. Its largest margin comes in Geekbench OpenCL, where it scores 157,265 against the RTX 3070 Ti's 119,718, a 31.4% advantage. That is a massive gap, and it reflects the TITAN V's Volta architecture with 640 Tensor Cores and a 3072-bit HBM2 memory bus. The card also wins in Geekbench Vulkan, scoring 152,117 versus 139,541, a 9% lead. In 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, the TITAN V edges ahead with 3,565 points versus 3,478, a narrow 2.5% margin. These three wins are concentrated in exactly the areas where raw compute throughput and memory bandwidth matter most: OpenCL compute, Vulkan rendering, and the newest DX12 workloads.

The RTX 3070 Ti wins everywhere else, and often by double digits. Its biggest win is in Passmark DirectX 11, where it scores 192 against the TITAN V's 152, a 20.8% advantage. Passmark DirectX 9 shows an 18.4% lead (261 versus 213). Passmark GPU Compute gives the RTX 3070 Ti a 20.2% margin (11,601 versus 9,263). Passmark G3D, the overall 3D graphics score, favors the RTX 3070 Ti by 15.2% (23,356 versus 19,805). Even in the legacy DirectX 10 test, the newer card leads by 1.3% (155 versus 153), and in DirectX 12 it leads by 11% (91 versus 81). The 2D test also goes to the RTX 3070 Ti, 1,055 versus 937, an 11.2% margin.

The pattern is clear: the TITAN V is a compute specialist, the RTX 3070 Ti is a rasterization specialist. If the workload is OpenCL or Vulkan, the older card wins. If the workload is DirectX 9, 10, 11, or 12, or any standard 2D/3D graphics pass, the newer card wins. The RTX 3070 Ti's Ampere architecture, with 48 RT Cores and 192 Tensor Cores, brings modern gaming features, but the data shows its advantage is in traditional graphics pipelines, not raw compute.

The Verdict

The recorded data points to a clear conclusion: choose the NVIDIA TITAN V only if your primary workload is OpenCL compute or Vulkan-based rendering. Its 31.4% lead in Geekbench OpenCL and 9% lead in Geekbench Vulkan are decisive. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 win, while small at 2.5%, also shows the TITAN V holds its own in the latest DX12 test. This card belongs in a workstation or research environment where compute throughput is the bottleneck.

Choose the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti for everything else. Its wins in Passmark DirectX 11 (20.8% ahead), DirectX 12 (11% ahead), and DirectX 9 (18.4% ahead) make it the better choice for gaming and standard graphics applications. The 15.2% lead in Passmark G3D and 20.2% lead in Passmark GPU Compute further cement its position as the more balanced card for typical users. The RTX 3070 Ti also wins the 2D test by 11.2%, which matters for desktop and productivity use.

The TITAN V sits at the 79th percentile among all GPUs in the database, while the RTX 3070 Ti sits at the 75th. Their average benchmark scores differ: the TITAN V averages 34,355, the RTX 3070 Ti averages 29,945. The nearest rivals for the TITAN V include the NVIDIA RTX A1000 (0.4% behind) and the AMD Radeon HD 7970 (0.5% ahead), which shows the TITAN V's average score is tightly clustered with mid-range professional and older high-end parts. The RTX 3070 Ti's nearest rivals are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile (0.1% ahead), the AMD Radeon RX 6800 (0.5% behind), and the RTX 2080 Ti (0.5% ahead). The RTX 3070 Ti's average score is also clustered, but around a lower mean.

For a gamer, the RTX 3070 Ti is the obvious pick. For a compute professional who uses OpenCL, the TITAN V is the only choice. The data does not support the TITAN V as a general-purpose card; it wins too few tests and loses too many by large margins.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The biggest single win belongs to the TITAN V in Geekbench OpenCL. The TITAN V scores 157,265, the RTX 3070 Ti scores 119,718. That 31.4% delta is the largest of any test in the comparison. The Geekbench Vulkan test is also a TITAN V win, 152,117 versus 139,541, a 9% margin. These two results show the Volta architecture's strength in heterogeneous compute and low-level API workloads. The TITAN V's 640 Tensor Cores and 12 GB of HBM2 memory with a 3072-bit bus appear to drive this advantage, though the database does not directly attribute causation.

The RTX 3070 Ti's largest win is in Passmark DirectX 11. It scores 192 against the TITAN V's 152, a 20.8% delta. That is nearly as large as the TITAN V's OpenCL win, but in the opposite direction. Passmark GPU Compute is close behind: the RTX 3070 Ti scores 11,601, the TITAN V scores 9,263, a 20.2% margin. This is notable because it shows the RTX 3070 Ti is not just a gaming card; it also beats the TITAN V in a compute benchmark, despite the TITAN V's OpenCL dominance. The Passmark DirectX 9 test gives the RTX 3070 Ti an 18.4% win (261 versus 213), and Passmark G3D gives it a 15.2% win (23,356 versus 19,805).

The remaining tests are closer. Passmark DirectX 12 shows an 11% RTX 3070 Ti lead (91 versus 81). Passmark G2D shows an 11.2% lead (1,055 versus 937). Passmark DirectX 10 is the closest of all: 155 versus 153, a 1.3% edge for the RTX 3070 Ti. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test is the only DX12 test the TITAN V wins, and it is a narrow 2.5% margin (3,565 versus 3,478).

The asymmetry is striking. The TITAN V wins compute-heavy and Vulkan tests by wide margins, but loses rasterization tests by similarly wide margins. The RTX 3070 Ti wins more tests overall, but its wins in compute are concentrated in Passmark's implementation, not in OpenCL. The data suggests the two cards have fundamentally different strengths, not that one is simply faster.

FAQ

Q: Which card has a higher average benchmark score?

A: The NVIDIA TITAN V has a higher average benchmark score of 34,355, compared to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti's 29,945.

Q: In which test does the TITAN V have its biggest win?

A: The TITAN V's biggest win is in Geekbench OpenCL, where it scores 157,265 against the RTX 3070 Ti's 119,718, a 31.4% advantage.

Q: Which card wins more head-to-head tests?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti wins 7 of the 10 head-to-head tests, while the NVIDIA TITAN V wins 3.

Q: How do the cards compare in DirectX 12 performance?

A: The results are mixed. In Passmark DirectX 12, the RTX 3070 Ti wins by 11% (91 versus 81). In 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, the TITAN V wins by 2.5% (3,565 versus 3,478).

Q: Which card has a higher percentile ranking among all GPUs?

A: The NVIDIA TITAN V ranks at the 79th percentile, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti ranks at the 75th percentile.

Q: What is the closest head-to-head result?

A: The closest result is in Passmark DirectX 10, where the RTX 3070 Ti scores 155 and the TITAN V scores 153, a 1.3% difference.

Architecture Differences

The two cards come from different NVIDIA architectures and generations. The TITAN V is based on the GV100 chip, using the Volta architecture, and belongs to the GeForce 10 generation. It is built on a 12 nm process at TSMC, with 21,100 million transistors on an 815 mm² die. The RTX 3070 Ti is based on the GA104 chip, using the Ampere architecture, and belongs to the GeForce 30 generation. It is built on an 8 nm process at Samsung, with 17,400 million transistors on a 392 mm² die. The transistor density differs sharply: the TITAN V has 25.9M transistors per mm², the RTX 3070 Ti has 44.4M per mm².

Memory is a major differentiator. The TITAN V has 12 GB of HBM2 memory on a 3072-bit bus, with 651.3 GB/s bandwidth. The RTX 3070 Ti has 8 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, with 608.3 GB/s bandwidth. The TITAN V's memory clock is 848 MHz (1696 Mbps effective), while the RTX 3070 Ti runs at 1188 MHz (19 Gbps effective). The wider bus and HBM2 give the TITAN V a bandwidth advantage, despite the RTX 3070 Ti's faster memory clock.

Compute resources also differ. The TITAN V has 5,120 shading units, 320 TMUs, 96 ROPs, and 640 Tensor Cores. The RTX 3070 Ti has 6,144 shading units, 192 TMUs, 96 ROPs, 48 RT Cores, and 192 Tensor Cores. The TITAN V has more TMUs and Tensor Cores, but the RTX 3070 Ti has more shading units and adds RT Cores. Pixel rates are similar: 139.7 GPixel/s for the TITAN V, 169.9 GPixel/s for the RTX 3070 Ti. Texture rates favor the TITAN V at 465.6 GTexel/s versus 339.8 GTexel/s. FP32 performance favors the RTX 3070 Ti at 21.75 TFLOPS versus 14.90 TFLOPS, and FP16 performance is 21.75 TFLOPS (1:1) on the RTX 3070 Ti versus 29.80 TFLOPS (2:1) on the TITAN V.

Clock speeds favor the newer card. The RTX 3070 Ti has a base clock of 1575 MHz and a boost clock of 1770 MHz. The TITAN V has a base clock of 1200 MHz and a boost clock of 1455 MHz. Power draw is also different: the TITAN V is rated at 250 W, the RTX 3070 Ti at 290 W. Both use a dual-slot cooler and recommend a 600 W power supply. The TITAN V uses 1x 6-pin and 1x 8-pin power connectors, while the RTX 3070 Ti uses a single 12-pin connector.

Interface and display outputs differ. The TITAN V uses PCIe 3.0 x16, the RTX 3070 Ti uses PCIe 4.0 x16. Both have 1x HDMI and 3x DisplayPort, but the TITAN V has HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort 1.4a, while the RTX 3070 Ti has HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 1.4a. API support also differs: the TITAN V supports DirectX 12 (12_1), while the RTX 3070 Ti supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2). Both support OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.4. The TITAN V was released on 2017-12-06, the RTX 3070 Ti on 2021-05-30. Both are end-of-life. The TITAN V's launch MSRP is 2,999 USD; the RTX 3070 Ti's launch MSRP is 599 USD.