GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 vs RTX 3070 Ti

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking32not rated
Place by popularity92not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation52.62no data
Power efficiency14.55no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA104AD104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date31 May 2021 (3 years ago)20 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 $599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores61445888
Core clock speed1575 MHz1920 MHz
Boost clock speed1770 MHz2475 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)290 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate339.8455.4
Floating-point processing power21.75 TFLOPS29.15 TFLOPS
ROPs9664
TMUs192184
Tensor Cores192184
Ray Tracing Cores4846

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm240 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pin1x 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 typeGDDR6XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1188 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth608.3 GB/s480.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.68.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 May 2021 20 August 2024
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 290 Watt 200 Watt

RTX 4070 GDDR6 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 45% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3070 Ti and GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6. We've got no test results to judge.


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