NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF 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: 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation

  • Around 4% higher pipelines: 6144 vs 5888
  • 4.1x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 285 Watt
  • Around 67% higher maximum memory size: 20 GB vs 12 GB
  • Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 6144 vs 5888
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt vs 285 Watt
Maximum memory size 20 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1128 vs 1125

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 79% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1290 MHz
  • Around 67% higher boost clock speed: 2610 MHz vs 1565 MHz
  • Around 60% higher texture fill rate: 480.2 GTexel/s vs 300.5 GTexel/s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26979 vs 21042
  • Around 36% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 167932 vs 123076
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2023 vs 21 Mar 2023
Core clock speed 2310 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Boost clock speed 2610 MHz vs 1565 MHz
Texture fill rate 480.2 GTexel/s vs 300.5 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 5 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 26979 vs 21042
Geekbench - OpenCL 167932 vs 123076

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1128
1125
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
21042
26979
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
123076
167932
Name NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
PassMark - G2D Mark 1128 1125
PassMark - G3D Mark 21042 26979
Geekbench - OpenCL 123076 167932
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 17857
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 417.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 55.419
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 4000 SFF Ada Generation NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Ada Lovelace
Code name AD104 AD104
Launch date 21 Mar 2023 2023
Place in performance rating 31 34

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1565 MHz 2610 MHz
Core clock speed 1290 MHz 2310 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 4 nm
Pipelines 6144 5888
Pixel fill rate 125.2 GPixel/s 167.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 300.5 GTexel/s 480.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt 285 Watt
Transistor count 35800 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 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 168 mm, 6.6 inches 336 mm, 13.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 250 Watt 600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 12-pin
Width 69 mm, 2.7 inches 140 mm, 5.5 inches
Height 61 mm, 2.4 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 20 GB 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 280.0 GB/s 504.2 GB/s
Memory bus width 160 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6X