NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

Around 73% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 285 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
Around 71% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 285 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 2610 MHz vs 2535 MHz
Around 39% higher texture fill rate: 480.2 GTexel/s vs 344.8 GTexel/s
Around 35% higher pipelines: 5888 vs 4352
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1121 vs 1073
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 27034 vs 22947
Around 32% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 17863 vs 13496

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 18 May 2023
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz vs 2535 MHz
Texture fill rate	480.2 GTexel/s vs 344.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5888 vs 4352
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1121 vs 1073
PassMark - G3D Mark	27034 vs 22947
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	17863 vs 13496

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1073

1121

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

22947

27034

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

13496

17863

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
PassMark - G2D Mark	1073	1121
PassMark - G3D Mark	22947	27034
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	13496	17863
Geekbench - OpenCL		167599
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		380.329
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		55.419
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		303.359
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2470.261

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
Code name	AD106	AD104
Launch date	18 May 2023	2023
Place in performance rating	28	30
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2535 MHz	2610 MHz
Core clock speed	2310 MHz	2310 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	4352	5888
Pixel fill rate	121.7 GPixel/s	167.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	344.8 GTexel/s	480.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	285 Watt
Transistor count	22900 million	35800 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		480.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		30.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		30.74 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Height	40 mm, 1.6 inches	61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	240 mm, 9.4 inches	336 mm, 13.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	111 mm, 4.4 inches	140 mm, 5.5 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	504.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X