Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada vs GeForce RTX 4070
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Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
AD104
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
AD104
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada 20 GB with 48 pipelines and 6144 shaders against the 4 months older GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB that utilizes 46 pipelines and 5888 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 Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
- Includes 8 GB more video memory
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4070
- Performs better (up to 23%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Shows 15% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 106 vs 92 FPS
- Has 40% higher memory bandwidth: 504 vs 360 GB/s
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 149 98 91 63 |
172 115 102 79 |
| The Witcher 3 | 177 143 103 54 |
194 159 114 61 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 253 201 135 80 |
272 205 149 81 |
| Far Cry 6 | 131 123 101 58 |
149 133 115 68 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 102 82 66 34 |
117 97 77 39 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 126 119 88 56 |
149 145 107 69 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 94 79 61 33 |
106 88 72 43 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 112 96 64 30 |
129 119 75 37 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 175 157 119 65 |
211 190 145 80 |
| 1080p High | 147 | 167 |
| 1080p Ultra | 122 | 139 |
| 1440p Ultra | 92 | 106 |
| 4K Ultra | 53 | 62 |
| Margin of Error | High | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 14438 | 17799 |
| Solar Bay | 65875 | 82861 |
| Port Royal | 8974 | 11156 |
| Fire Strike | 37396 | 44067 |
| Wild Life Extreme | - | 35472 |
| Night Raid | 158480 | 153385 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 235.3 img/sec | 233 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 157.9 img/sec | 141.7 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 5.53 Gpixels/sec | 6.62 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 7.44 Gpixels/sec | 9.19 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 7.87 Gpixels/sec | 9.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.58 Gpixels/sec | 1.78 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 737.7 Gpixels/sec | 845.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 22409.2 FPS | 25043.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1110 | 1165 |
| DirectX 11 | 203 FPS | 243 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 93 FPS | 103 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 11869 Ops/s | 14561 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
No benchmark results yet
GeForce RTX 4070
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-12-14 (kashitsu) | Cinebench 2024 | 18051 |
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) | 9717 | 10246 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 19365 | 26153 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 29227 | 32054 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 40416 | 51337 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 105639 | 124617 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3577 | 3703 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4193 | 5484 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 10820 | 13134 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 36574 | 50548 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 200936 | 263477 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada and GeForce RTX 4070General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | August 9, 2023 | April 13, 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1250 | $599 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ada Lovelace |
| GPU Codename | AD104 | AD104 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - 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 (36th and 30th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1500 MHz | 1920 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2175 MHz | 2475 MHz |
| Shading Units | 6144 | 5888 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 192 | 184 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 80 | 64 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 48 | 46 |
| Tensor Cores | 192 | 184 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 48 | 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 | 174 GPixel/s | 158 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 418 GTexel/s | 455 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 130 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 | GDDR6 | GDDR6X |
| Memory Size | 20 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2250 MHz | 1313 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 18000 Mbps | 21000 Mbps |
| Bus | 160-bit | 192-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 | 8.9 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 3 | DLSS 3 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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