NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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 RTX 3000 Ada Generation

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 285 Watt
Around 52% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 285 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 66% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Around 54% higher boost clock speed: 2610 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Around 97% higher texture fill rate: 480.2 GTexel/s vs 244.1 GTexel/s
Around 28% higher pipelines: 5888 vs 4608
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 74% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 168049 vs 96838
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1166 vs 548
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26959 vs 15893

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 21 Mar 2023
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Texture fill rate	480.2 GTexel/s vs 244.1 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5888 vs 4608
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	168049 vs 96838
PassMark - G2D Mark	1166 vs 548
PassMark - G3D Mark	26959 vs 15893

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

96838

168049

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

548

1166

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15893

26959

Name	NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Geekbench - OpenCL	96838	168049
PassMark - G2D Mark	548	1166
PassMark - G3D Mark	15893	26959
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 RTX 3000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
Code name	AD106	AD104
Launch date	21 Mar 2023	2023
Place in performance rating	103	35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	2610 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	2310 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	4608	5888
Pixel fill rate	81.36 GPixel/s	167.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	244.1 GTexel/s	480.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 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	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	256.0 GB/s	504.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X