NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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 4070 SUPER

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 27% higher core clock speed: 1980 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Around 33% higher boost clock speed: 2475 MHz vs 1860 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 220 Watt vs 450 Watt
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 29969 vs 29502

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 Jan 2024 vs 27 Jan 2022
Core clock speed	1980 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Boost clock speed	2475 MHz vs 1860 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	220 Watt vs 450 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	29969 vs 29502

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 625.0 GTexel/s vs 554.4 GTexel/s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 10752 vs 7168
2x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 12 GB
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1227 vs 1180
Around 7% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 206084 vs 192400
Around 24% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 5741 vs 4627

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	625.0 GTexel/s vs 554.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10752 vs 7168
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 12 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1227 vs 1180
Geekbench - OpenCL	206084 vs 192400
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5741 vs 4627

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1180

1227

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

29969

29502

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

192400

206084

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4627

5741

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
PassMark - G2D Mark	1180	1227
PassMark - G3D Mark	29969	29502
Geekbench - OpenCL	192400	206084
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4627	5741
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		259.78
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		63.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		177.665
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		3026.082

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD104	GA102
Launch date	8 Jan 2024	27 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	23	25
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2475 MHz	1860 MHz
Core clock speed	1980 MHz	1560 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	7168	10752
Pixel fill rate	198.0 GPixel/s	208.3 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	554.4 GTexel/s	625.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	220 Watt	450 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		625.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		40.00 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		40.00 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	Triple-slot
Height	42 mm, 1.7 inches	61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	336 mm, 13.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	850 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 16-pin
Width	112 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	12 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	504.2 GB/s	1,008 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6X