NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

• Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
• Around 54% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1500 MHz
• Around 51% higher boost clock speed: 2610 MHz vs 1725 MHz
• Around 51% higher texture fill rate: 480.2 GTexel/s vs 317.4 GTexel/s
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
• Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
• Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1166 vs 999
• Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26959 vs 22253
• Around 36% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 168049 vs 123479
• Around 22% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3854 vs 3163
• Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 55.476 vs 40.757
• Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 245.639 vs 182.055
• Around 48% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2459.317 vs 1664.554

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

• Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 220 Watt vs 285 Watt
• Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
• Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 453.922 vs 417.133

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	1166 999
PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	26959 22253
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	168049 123479
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	3854 3163
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	417.133 453.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	55.476 40.757
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	245.639 182.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	2459.317 1664.554

Compare specifications (specs)