NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 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), 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 47% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1575 MHz
Around 47% higher boost clock speed: 2610 MHz vs 1770 MHz
Around 41% higher texture fill rate: 480.2 GTexel/s vs 339.8 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
Around 2% lower typical power consumption: 285 Watt vs 290 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1166 vs 1051
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26959 vs 23411
Around 22% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 168049 vs 137664
Around 11% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3854 vs 3478
Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 417.133 vs 342.287
Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 55.476 vs 42.369
Around 68% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 245.639 vs 146.214
Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2459.317 vs 1807.647

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 31 May 2021
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1575 MHz
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz vs 1770 MHz
Texture fill rate	480.2 GTexel/s vs 339.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	285 Watt vs 290 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1166 vs 1051
PassMark - G3D Mark	26959 vs 23411
Geekbench - OpenCL	168049 vs 137664
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3854 vs 3478
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	417.133 vs 342.287
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	55.476 vs 42.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	245.639 vs 146.214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2459.317 vs 1807.647

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Around 4% higher pipelines: 6144 vs 5888

Pipelines	6144 vs 5888

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1166

1051

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

26959

23411

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

168049

137664

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

3854

3478

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

417.133

342.287

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

55.476

42.369

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

245.639

146.214

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2459.317

1807.647

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
PassMark - G2D Mark	1166	1051
PassMark - G3D Mark	26959	23411
Geekbench - OpenCL	168049	137664
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3854	3478
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	417.133	342.287
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	55.476	42.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	245.639	146.214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2459.317	1807.647
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		31420
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8897
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		8004
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		31420
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8897
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		8004

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD104	GA104
Launch date	2023	31 May 2021
Place in performance rating	35	66
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz	1770 MHz
Core clock speed	2310 MHz	1575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	480.2 GFLOPS (1:64)	339.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	30.74 TFLOPS (1:1)	21.75 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	30.74 TFLOPS	21.75 TFLOPS
Pipelines	5888	6144
Pixel fill rate	167.0 GPixel/s	169.9 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	480.2 GTexel/s	339.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	285 Watt	290 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	17400 million
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	61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	336 mm, 13.2 inches	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	140 mm, 5.5 inches	112 mm, 4.4 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	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	504.2 GB/s	608.3 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6X