GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER vs Quadro NVS 450

Place in the ranking	1409	9
Place by popularity	not in top-100	12
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	67.41
Power efficiency	0.33	24.38
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	G98	AD104
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	11 November 2008 (16 years ago)	8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$163.14	$599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

NVS 450 and RTX 4070 SUPER have a nearly equal value for money.

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 cores	8	7168
Core clock speed	480 MHz	1980 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2475 MHz
Number of transistors	210 million	35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	220 Watt
Texture fill rate	3.840	554.4
Floating-point processing power	0.0192 TFLOPS	35.48 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	80
TMUs	8	224
Tensor Cores	no data	224
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	56

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 1.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	GDDR3	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	12 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	700 MHz	1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth	11.2 GB/s	504.2 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 Connectors	4x DisplayPort	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.0	6.7
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	1.1	8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

NVS 450 0.17

RTX 4070 SUPER 78.23
+45918%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

NVS 450 66

RTX 4070 SUPER 30147
+45577%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	-0−1	221
1440p	-0−1	139
4K	-0−1	86

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	2.71
1440p	no data	4.31
4K	no data	6.97

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Battlefield 5	240−250 +0%	240−250 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	240−250 +0%	240−250 +0%
Hitman 3	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	270−280 +0%	270−280 +0%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	300−350 +0%	300−350 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Battlefield 5	240−250 +0%	240−250 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	240−250 +0%	240−250 +0%
Hitman 3	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	270−280 +0%	270−280 +0%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	428 +0%	428 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	240−250 +0%	240−250 +0%
Hitman 3	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	270−280 +0%	270−280 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	381 +0%	381 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	201 +0%	201 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	139 +0%	139 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

120−130

+0%

120−130

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Far Cry 5	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	270−280 +0%	270−280 +0%
Hitman 3	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%
Metro Exodus	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	265 +0%	265 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	154 +0%	154 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	240−250 +0%	240−250 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

120−130

+0%

120−130

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Hitman 3	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%
Metro Exodus	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	133 +0%	133 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	132 +0%	132 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	62 +0%	62 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

90−95

+0%

90−95

+0%

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 66 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.17	78.23
Recency	11 November 2008	8 January 2024
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	12 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	220 Watt

NVS 450 has 528.6% lower power consumption.

RTX 4070 SUPER, on the other hand, has a 45917.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 15 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1200% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro NVS 450 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro NVS 450 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.