NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Max-Q 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, 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 Max-Q

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Max-Q

3.4x lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 285 Watt
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 285 Watt
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

3.1x more core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 735 MHz
2.1x more boost clock speed: 2610 MHz vs 1230 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 480.2 GTexel/s vs 177.1 GTexel/s
Around 28% higher pipelines: 5888 vs 4608
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB

Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz vs 1230 MHz
Texture fill rate	480.2 GTexel/s vs 177.1 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5888 vs 4608
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
PassMark - G2D Mark		1166
PassMark - G3D Mark		26959
Geekbench - OpenCL		168049
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3854
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		417.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		55.476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		245.639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2459.317

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
Code name	AD106	AD104
Launch date	2023	2023
Place in performance rating	not rated	35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1230 MHz	2610 MHz
Core clock speed	735 MHz	2310 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	4 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	177.1 GFLOPS (1:64)	480.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	11.34 TFLOPS (1:1)	30.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	11.34 TFLOPS	30.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4608	5888
Pixel fill rate	59.04 GPixel/s	167.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	177.1 GTexel/s	480.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	285 Watt
Transistor count		35800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 12-pin
Height		61 mm, 2.4 inches
Length		336 mm, 13.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		600 Watt
Width		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	8 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	504.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X