GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER vs RTX 4070

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER with 56 pipelines and 7168 shaders against the 9 months older RTX RTX 4070 that utilizes 46 pipelines and 5888 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

Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 GB GDDR6X
VS
12 GB GDDR6X
46.2
(Average)
Value Index
40.8
(Average)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RTX 4070 over RTX 4070 SUPER
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
  • Performs better (up to 19%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 22% higher maximum theoretical performance (35.5 vs 29.1 TFLOPS)
  • Achieves 23% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (206K vs 167K)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5 -
172
115
102
79
The Witcher 3 -
194
159
114
61
Counter-Strike 2 -
272
205
149
81
Far Cry 6 -
149
133
115
68
Hogwarts Legacy -
117
97
77
39
CoD: Modern Warfare III -
149
145
107
69
Ghost of Tsushima -
106
88
72
43
Cyberpunk 2077 -
129
119
75
37
Shadow of the Tomb Raider -
211
190
145
80
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High - 167
1080p Ultra - 139
1440p Ultra - 106
4K Ultra - 62
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
18089
Time Spy 20879 17799
Solar Bay 98188 82861
Port Royal 13123 11156
Fire Strike 50092 44067
Wild Life Extreme 41625 35472
Night Raid 164614 153385
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
206598
167522
Background Blur 359.5 img/sec 233 img/sec
Face Detection 210 img/sec 141.7 img/sec
Horizon Detection 7.61 Gpixels/sec 6.62 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 10.4 Gpixels/sec 9.19 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 11.3 Gpixels/sec 9.2 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.97 Gpixels/sec 1.78 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 969.3 Gpixels/sec 845.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 29061.4 FPS 25043.9 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
20703
18051

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
29939
26856
G2D Mark 1193 1165
DirectX 11 271 FPS 243 FPS
DirectX 12 110 FPS 103 FPS
GPU Compute 16925 Ops/s 14561 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 15799 & 20710 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
6145.7
5387.27
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 2595 & 3020 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 4070
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-12-14 (kashitsu)Cinebench 202418051

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
30706
27166
GB6 ML Half Precision
43851
40963
GB6 ML Quantized
23776
20332
Image Classification (SP) 12146 10246
Image Segmentation (HP) 23932 26153
Image Super Resolution (Q) 36321 32054
Face Detection (HP) 52836 51337
Pose Estimation (Q) 179788 124617
Text Classification (SP) 3371 3703
Machine Translation (HP) 5017 5484
Object Detection (SP) 15164 13134
Depth Estimation (Q) 62500 50548
Style Transfer (SP) 357489 263477
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER and RTX 4070

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released January 17, 2024 April 13, 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $599 $599
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Ada Lovelace
GPU Codename AD104 AD104
Rival Equivalent - Radeon RX 7900 XT - Radeon RX 7900 XT
Successor - - GeForce RTX 5070
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i7 14700K or above - Intel Core i7 14700K or above
Desktop GPU rating (19th and 30th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1980 MHz 1920 MHz
Boost Clock 2475 MHz 2475 MHz
Shading Units 7168 5888
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 224 184
Render Output Units (ROPs) 80 64
Compute Units (Pipelines) 56 46
Tensor Cores 224 184
Ray-tracing Cores 56 46
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 48MB shared 36MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 198 GPixel/s 158 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 554 GTexel/s 455 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
35.5 TFLOPS
29.1 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 220 W 200 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 5 nm 5 nm
Die Size 294 mm² 294 mm²
Transistor Count 35 billion 35 billion
Transistor Density 119.05 MTr/mm² 119.05 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6X GDDR6X
Memory Size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory Clock 1313 MHz 1313 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 21000 Mbps 21000 Mbps
Bus 192-bit 192-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
504.2 GB/s
504 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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