GeForce RTX 4070 vs 3070 Ti
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
AD104
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB with 46 pipelines and 5888 shaders against the 1 year and 10 months older RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB that utilizes 48 pipelines and 6144 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
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)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4070
- Performs slightly better (up to 18%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
- 34% higher maximum theoretical performance (29.1 vs 21.7 TFLOPS)
- Shows 12% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 106 vs 95 FPS
- Includes 4 GB more video memory
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 3 technology
- Achieves 23% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (167K vs 136K)
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
- Has 21% higher memory bandwidth: 608.3 vs 504 GB/s
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 172 115 102 79 |
157 101 93 66 |
| The Witcher 3 | 194 159 114 61 |
177 149 104 57 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 272 205 149 81 |
255 203 142 83 |
| Far Cry 6 | 149 133 115 68 |
136 127 106 61 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 117 97 77 39 |
104 85 69 38 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 149 145 107 69 |
129 121 92 58 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 106 88 72 43 |
96 78 62 34 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 129 119 75 37 |
113 100 65 32 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 211 190 145 80 |
176 167 124 67 |
| 1080p High | 167 | 149 |
| 1080p Ultra | 139 | 126 |
| 1440p Ultra | 106 | 95 |
| 4K Ultra | 62 | 55 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 17799 | 14881 |
| Solar Bay | 82861 | 69901 |
| Port Royal | 11156 | 8884 |
| Fire Strike | 44067 | 37242 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 35472 | 31912 |
| Night Raid | 153385 | 134068 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 233 img/sec | 197 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 141.7 img/sec | 128.1 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 6.62 Gpixels/sec | 6.56 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 9.19 Gpixels/sec | 8.81 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 9.2 Gpixels/sec | 6.47 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.78 Gpixels/sec | 1.26 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 845.4 Gpixels/sec | 609.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 25043.9 FPS | 18205 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1165 | 1057 |
| DirectX 11 | 243 FPS | 192 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 103 FPS | 90 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 14570 Ops/s | 11384 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 4070
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-12-14 (kashitsu) | Cinebench 2024 | 18051 |
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
No benchmark results yet
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 10246 | 8615 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 26153 | 24659 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 32054 | 20631 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 51337 | 43834 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 124617 | 98347 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3703 | 3162 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 5484 | 4911 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 13134 | 11498 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 50548 | 34719 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 263477 | 196833 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4070 and 3070 TiGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | April 13, 2023 | June 10, 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | $599 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ampere |
| GPU Codename | AD104 | GA104 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 7900 XT | - Radeon RX 7800 XT |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5070 | - GeForce RTX 5070 Ti |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i7 14700K or above | - Intel Core i7 12700K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (28th and 36th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1920 MHz | 1575 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2475 MHz | 1770 MHz |
| Shading Units | 5888 | 6144 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 184 | 192 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 64 | 96 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 46 | 48 |
| Tensor Cores | 184 | 192 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 46 | 48 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 36MB shared | 4MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 158 GPixel/s | 170 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 455 GTexel/s | 340 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 200 W | 290 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 8 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | 392 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 35 billion | 17 billion |
| Transistor Density | 119.05 MTr/mm² | 43.37 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR6X |
| Memory Size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1313 MHz | 1188 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 21000 Mbps | 19000 Mbps |
| Bus | 192-bit | 256-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | 8.6 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 3 | DLSS 2 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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