GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER vs 4060 Ti 16GB

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB with 56 pipelines and 7168 shaders against the 6 months older RTX 4060 Ti 16GB 16 GB that utilizes 34 pipelines and 4352 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Scores marked with a red asterisk (**) represent initial estimates from early testing.

Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 GB GDDR6X
VS
16 GB GDDR6
46.2
(Average)
Value Index
30.4
(Mediocre)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RTX 4060 Ti 16GB over RTX 4070 SUPER
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
  • Performs significantly better (up to 59%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 61% higher maximum theoretical performance (35.5 vs 22.1 TFLOPS)
  • Has 75% higher memory bandwidth: 504.2 vs 288 GB/s
  • Features 88 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
  • Achieves 52% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (206K vs 135K)
  • Has 65% more shading units (7168 vs 4352)
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
  • Includes 4 GB more video memory

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5 -
144
94
83
62
The Witcher 3 -
172
141
99
53
Counter-Strike 2 -
245
190
132
76
Far Cry 6 -
129
117
92
56
Hogwarts Legacy -
95
81
62
32
CoD: Modern Warfare III -
118
112
81
52
Ghost of Tsushima -
88
75
57
31
Cyberpunk 2077 -
105
92
56
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider -
161
147
111
59
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High - 140
1080p Ultra - 117
1440p Ultra - 86
4K Ultra - 50
Margin of Error High Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
21566
Time Spy 20879 13456
Solar Bay 98188 62446
Port Royal 13123 8119
Fire Strike 50092 34258
Wild Life Extreme 41625 25587
Night Raid 164614 135657
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
206598
Background Blur 359.5 img/sec 232.6 img/sec
Face Detection 210 img/sec 138.4 img/sec
Horizon Detection 7.61 Gpixels/sec 4.68 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 10.4 Gpixels/sec 6.06 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 11.3 Gpixels/sec 6.99 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.97 Gpixels/sec 1.6 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 969.3 Gpixels/sec 652.6 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 29061.4 FPS 19534.7 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
20703

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
29939
G2D Mark 1193 1078
DirectX 11 271 FPS 199 FPS
DirectX 12 110 FPS 89 FPS
GPU Compute 16925 Ops/s 11953 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 15799 & 2402 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
6145.7
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 2595 & 2727 samples

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-12-08 (Rickey)Cinebench 202419110
📘 2025-11-28 (Caleb)Geekbench 6 OpenCL212148
📘 2025-11-28 (Caleb)Cinebench 202420703
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
No benchmark results yet

Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
Image Classification (SP) 12146 -
Image Segmentation (HP) 23932 -
Image Super Resolution (Q) 36321 -
Face Detection (HP) 52836 -
Pose Estimation (Q) 179788 -
Text Classification (SP) 3371 -
Machine Translation (HP) 5017 -
Object Detection (SP) 15164 -
Depth Estimation (Q) 62500 -
Style Transfer (SP) 357489 -
Framework ONNX -
Backend DirectML -
Sources: Geekbench [9]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER and 4060 Ti 16GB

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released January 17, 2024 July 18, 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $599 $499
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Ada Lovelace
GPU Codename AD104 AD106
Rival Equivalent - Radeon RX 7900 XT -
Successor - - GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i7 14700K or above - Intel Core i5 14600K or above
Desktop GPU rating (19th and 40th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1980 MHz 2310 MHz
Boost Clock 2475 MHz 2535 MHz
Shading Units 7168 4352
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 224 136
Render Output Units (ROPs) 80 48
Compute Units (Pipelines) 56 34
Tensor Cores 224 136
Ray-tracing Cores 56 34
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 48MB shared 32MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 198 GPixel/s 122 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 554 GTexel/s 345 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
35.5 TFLOPS
22.1 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 220 W 165 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 5 nm 5 nm
Die Size 294 mm² 188 mm²
Transistor Count 35 billion 22 billion
Transistor Density 119.05 MTr/mm² 117.02 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Size 12 GB 16 GB
Memory Clock 1313 MHz 2250 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 21000 Mbps 18000 Mbps
Bus 192-bit 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
504.2 GB/s
288 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA 8.9 8.9
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 DLSS 3
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a

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