GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 vs Data Center GPU Flex 140
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Generation 12.7 (2022−2023) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | DG2-128 | AD104 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 24 August 2022 (3 years ago) | 20 August 2024 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $599 |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1024 ×2 | 5888 |
| Core clock speed | 1600 MHz | 1920 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1950 MHz | 2475 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 7,200 million | 35,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 200 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 124.8 ×2 | 455.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.994 TFLOPS ×2 | 29.15 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 ×2 | 64 |
| TMUs | 64 ×2 | 184 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 184 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 8 ×2 | 46 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 5.8 MB |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | 36 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 170 mm | 240 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 16-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB ×2 | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 96 Bit ×2 | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1937 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 186.0 GB/s ×2 | 480.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | + | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0 | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | + | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 24 August 2022 | 20 August 2024 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 12 GB |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 200 Watt |
Data Center GPU Flex 140 has 167% lower power consumption.
RTX 4070 GDDR6, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 20% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Data Center GPU Flex 140 and GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Data Center GPU Flex 140 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 is a desktop one.
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