NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation

Around 22% higher texture fill rate: 386.3 GTexel/s vs 317.4 GTexel/s
Around 26% higher pipelines: 7424 vs 5888
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 220 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 23308 vs 22408
Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 139284 vs 124849

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	386.3 GTexel/s vs 317.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	7424 vs 5888
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt vs 220 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	23308 vs 22408
Geekbench - OpenCL	139284 vs 124849

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1725 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 999 vs 747

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Boost clock speed	1725 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	999 vs 747

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

747

999

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

23308

22408

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

139284

124849

Name	NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
PassMark - G2D Mark	747	999
PassMark - G3D Mark	23308	22408
Geekbench - OpenCL	139284	124849
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		452.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		5803.174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		40.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		184.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1634.218
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		31930
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		31930
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		13611

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD104	GA104
Place in performance rating	42	41
Launch date		1 Sep 2020
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	1725 MHz
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	7424	5888
Pixel fill rate	133.2 GPixel/s	165.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	386.3 GTexel/s	317.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt	220 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	17400 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		317.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		20.31 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		20.31 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		112 mm (4.4 inches)
Length		242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		550 Watt
Width		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	432.0 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6