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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

100%
100%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

123%
123%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is approximately 23% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
AD104
GA102
CoresDifferent
5888
10752
TMUsDifferent
184
336
ROPsDifferent
64
112
Memory SizeDifferent
12 GB
24 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6X
GDDR6X
Bus WidthDifferent
192 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
GPU NameDifferent
AD104
GA102
GPU VariantDifferent
AD104-250-A1
GA102-350-A1
ArchitectureDifferent
Ada Lovelace
Ampere
FoundryDifferent
TSMC
Samsung
Process SizeDifferent
5 nm
8 nm
TransistorsDifferent
35,800 million
28,300 million
DensityDifferent
121.8M / mm²
45.1M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
294 mm²
628 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
N/A
BGA-3328

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
Release DateDifferent
Apr 12th, 2023
Jan 27th, 2022
AvailabilityDifferent
Apr 13th, 2023
Mar 29th, 2022
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 40
GeForce 30
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 30
GeForce 20
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 50
GeForce 40
Production
Active
Active
Launch PriceDifferent
599 USD
1,999 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
53 in our database
31 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
Base ClockDifferent
1920 MHz
1560 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
2475 MHz
1860 MHz
Memory Clock
1313 MHz21 Gbps effective
1313 MHz21 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
Memory SizeDifferent
12 GB
24 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6X
GDDR6X
Memory BusDifferent
192 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
504.2 GB/s
1.01 TB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
Shading UnitsDifferent
5888
10752
TMUsDifferent
184
336
ROPsDifferent
64
112
SM CountDifferent
46
84
Tensor CoresDifferent
184
336
RT CoresDifferent
46
84
L1 Cache
128 KB (per SM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 CacheDifferent
36 MB
6 MB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
Pixel RateDifferent
158.4 GPixel/s
208.3 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
455.4 GTexel/s
625.0 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
29.15 TFLOPS (1:1)
40.00 TFLOPS (1:1)
FP32 (float)Different
29.15 TFLOPS
40.00 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
455.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
625.0 GFLOPS (1:64)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
Slot WidthDifferent
Dual-slot
Triple-slot
LengthDifferent
240 mm9.4 inches
336 mm13.2 inches
HeightDifferent
110 mm4.3 inches
140 mm5.5 inches
WidthDifferent
40 mm1.6 inches
61 mm2.4 inches
TDPDifferent
200 W
450 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
550 W
850 W
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
Power Connectors
1x 16-pin
1x 16-pin
Board NumberDifferent
PG141 SKU 343
PG136 SKU 5

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
1.3
CUDADifferent
8.9
8.6
Shader Model
6.8
6.8

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