GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER vs TU117SB

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated8
Place by popularitynot in top-10037
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data32.90
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameTU117SBAD104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release dateno data17 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$699
Current priceno data$719 (1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores10247168
Core clock speedno data1980 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2475 MHz
Number of transistors4,700 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data220 Watt
Texture fill rateno data584.6

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data285 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeno dataGDDR6X
Maximum RAM amountno data12 GB
Memory bus widthno data192 Bit
Memory clock speedno data21000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data504.2 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMIno data+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

NVENC6th Genno data
PureVideo HDVP10no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA7.58.9

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 12 nm 5 nm

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