Is a 3070 better than a 3060 TI if both are bottlenecking?

[tarek420]

I want to buy a new GPU and i am deciding between the RTX 3070 and the RTX 3060 TI. I currently have an AMD Ryzen 5 5500. I calculated the bottleneck for both GPUs with my CPU on https://pc-builds.com/bottleneck-calculator/, and the 3070 bottlenecks 14,9% and the 3060 TI 6,1%. Since my CPU bottlenecks both GPUs, I wanted to ask if there even is any difference between these two cards in my build. Thanks 

[CT854]

Bottlenecks entirely depend on workload and depend on case. If you are running a CPU-intensive workload, then the GPU will not matter. If your game is heavily GPU-bound and are not as CPU-intensive, the opposite will be the case. Bottleneck calculators are misleading because they give a concrete number to something that doesn't have a definitive across-the-board answer.

[tarek420]

2 minutes ago, CT854 said:

Bottlenecks entirely depend on workload and depend on case. If you are running a CPU-intensive workload, then the GPU will not matter. If your game is heavily GPU-bound and are not as CPU-intensive, the opposite will be the case. Bottleneck calculators are misleading because they give a concrete number to something that doesn't have a definitive across-the-board answer.

I use my PC mostly for Gaming and just general tasks for school. So a 3070 will achieve better performances in games if I understood correctly right?

[tkitch]

Bottleneck calculators are absolute trash.

And every PC has bottlenecks, pretending you can build one that doesn't have them is impossible.

 

Facts of reality:  The 3070 is faster than a 3060 TI.  (Not by a ton, but it is.)
So compare prices, and decide what's worth it to you.  
Not based on some bullshit calculator.

 

[WereCat]

Bottleneck calculators are useless, the "bottleneck" varies from game to game and even in the same game there may be areas where you may get CPU bound or GPU bound depending on what's going on.

 

That said, in CPU bound scenarios you will get way more performance out of an equivalent AMD card because of the NVIDIA GPU driver overhead.

[Morgan MLGman]

26 minutes ago, tarek420 said:

I use my PC mostly for Gaming and just general tasks for school. So a 3070 will achieve better performances in games if I understood correctly right?

Don't trust these calculators, they are not reliable. An R5 5500 is not a bad CPU, so a 3070 should be able to do its job in most graphically demanding games. With that in mind I don't think you can upgrade your GPU any further though without also upgrading the CPU to something like a 5800X3D, to be able to take advantage of a much faster card.

[QuantumSingularity]

Depends on the games you wanna play. Some games are Nvidia optimized, others are AMD optimized. But if the 3070 is within your budget, i'd simply add another $40 and get the RX 6800 XT and forget about it. Depends on the price of the 3070. If it's on sale for less than $500, it's certainly a deal you don't have to miss, but if it's the usual $600+ price, then just make it $640 and get the 6800XT.