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GeForce RTX 3070 Ti bottleneck & FPS

Ranked 36 of 126 desktop graphics cards in our database (71th percentile). Paired with a Ryzen 5 3500 it lands near 79 fps at 1080p and 9 fps at 4K in a typical AAA title at high settings.

SpecificationsAmpere · 2021
ArchitectureAmpere
Shading units6,144
Boost clock1,770 MHz
Memory8 GB
Memory bandwidth608.3 GB/s
Board power290 W
Released2021
Frame rate by resolutionwith Ryzen 5 3500, high
ResolutionEst. FPSGPU loadLimited by
1920 x 1080 79 99% Balanced
2560 x 1440 46 99% Graphics card
3440 x 1440 27 98% Graphics card
3840 x 2160 9 98% Graphics card
Best matched processors1080p, high

Ranked by how little performance the pairing wastes, not by which processor is fastest. The fastest chip pairs well with everything, which makes it a useless recommendation.

ProcessorEst. FPSUnused
Ryzen 5 3500 79 0.2%
Core i5-9600 79 0.4%
Core i5-9600K 79 0.4%
Core i5-9600KF 79 0.4%
Ryzen 3 5100 79 1.2%
Ryzen 3 3300X 76 4%
Estimated FPS by game1440p, high, Ryzen 5 3500
GameEst. FPSVRAM
Cyberpunk 2077 19 11.5 GB needed
Fortnite 65 OK
Counter-Strike 2 128 OK
Baldur's Gate 3 46 8.1 GB needed
Red Dead Redemption 2 29 9.4 GB needed
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 26 10.8 GB needed

Who a GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is actually for

This sits in the range where most enthusiast builds land, and it is the range where pairing matters most. Fast enough that a budget processor will hold it back at 1080p; not so fast that it stops caring about resolution. Get the pairing right and very little is wasted.

The sweet spot is 1440p. At that resolution the card is doing enough work to stay busy without the processor needing to be exceptional.

8 GB is this card's real limit

8 of the 16 titles we model exceed 8 GB at 1440p and high settings. On this card memory, not shader throughput, is the thing that will make modern games stutter. Texture quality is the setting to lower first, and it usually costs less visual fidelity than the alternatives.

Where it sits

Ranked 36 of 126 desktop cards we model. Nearest faster: Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB, Titan RTX. Just below: GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB. Full method on the methodology page.