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).

NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

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
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1145 vs 1129

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	1145 vs 1129

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 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 30% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26956 vs 20796
Around 35% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 167972 vs 124347

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	26956 vs 20796
Geekbench - OpenCL	167972 vs 124347

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1145

1129

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

20796

26956

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

124347

167972

Name	NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
PassMark - G2D Mark	1145	1129
PassMark - G3D Mark	20796	26956
Geekbench - OpenCL	124347	167972
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		17857
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		417.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		55.476
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 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	32	35
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