Component comparison

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti vs GeForce RTX 4090

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti vs GeForce RTX 4090 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
  • + Die size (mm²) (+217 mm²)
B GeForce RTX 4090
  • + Release year (+1)
  • + VRAM (GB) (+8 GB)
  • + Memory clock (MHz) (+500 MHz)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+426 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+128 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+5 W)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
  • + Transistors (M) (+58,900M)
  • + CUDA cores (+10240)
  • + TMUs (+320)
  • + ROPs (+80)
  • + RT cores (+80)
  • + Tensor cores (+320)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+60.83 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+273.60 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+950.20 GTexel/s)
  • + Energy efficiency (+13.9)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+9744)
  • + 3DMark Time Spy (+10789)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+18415)
  • + Normalized score (+11.4)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
Component B
GeForce RTX 4090
Release year 2022 2023 (+1)
VRAM (GB) 8 GB 16 GB (+8 GB)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory clock (MHz) 1750 MHz 2250 MHz (+500 MHz)
Bandwidth (GB/s) 608 GB/s 1034 GB/s (+426 GB/s)
Memory bus (bit) 256 bit 384 bit (+128 bit)
TGP / TDP (W) 115 W 120 W (+5 W)
Lithography (nm) 8 nm 4 nm (-4 nm)
Transistors (M) 17,400M 76,300M (+58,900M)
Die size (mm²) 392 mm² (+217 mm²) 609 mm²
Base clock (MHz)
Boost clock (MHz)
CUDA cores 6,144 16,384 (+10240)
TMUs 192 512 (+320)
ROPs 96 176 (+80)
RT cores 48 128 (+80)
Tensor cores 192 512 (+320)
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 21.75 TFLOPS 82.58 TFLOPS (+60.83 TFLOPS)
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 169.90 GPixel/s 443.50 GPixel/s (+273.60 GPixel/s)
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 339.80 GTexel/s 1290.00 GTexel/s (+950.20 GTexel/s)
Energy efficiency 27.9 41.9 (+13.9)
PassMark (overall) 17,303 27,047 (+9744)
3DMark Time Spy 10,462 21,251 (+10789)
3DMark Fire Strike 27,776 46,191 (+18415)
Geekbench OpenCL
Geekbench Vulkan
Normalized score 63.6 75.0 (+11.4)

In both

CUDA DLSS ReBAR ray_tracing

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 3070 Ti GeForce RTX 4090 Delta
A Plague Tale Requiem 71 FPS 87 FPS 22.5% (B)
Armored Core 6 90 FPS 109 FPS 21.1% (B)
Assassin's Creed Mirage 102 FPS 195 FPS 91.2% (B)
Assassin´s Creed Valhalla 85 FPS 144 FPS 69.4% (B)
Atlas Fallen 119 FPS 182 FPS 52.9% (B)
Atomic Heart 95 FPS 144 FPS 51.6% (B)
Back 4 Blood 189 FPS 309 FPS 63.5% (B)
Baldur's Gate 3 95 FPS 123 FPS 29.5% (B)
Battlefield 5 130 FPS 170 FPS 30.8% (B)
Borderlands 3 92 FPS 162 FPS 76.1% (B)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 2022 87 FPS 147 FPS 69% (B)
Company of Heroes 3 148 FPS 235 FPS 58.8% (B)
Counter-Strike 2 220 FPS 300 FPS 36.4% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 129 FPS 147 FPS 14% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 65 FPS 98 FPS 50.8% (B)
Dead Island 2 173 FPS 190 FPS 9.8% (B)
Dead Space Remake 68 FPS 130 FPS 91.2% (B)
Death Stranding 132 FPS 167 FPS 26.5% (B)
Diablo 4 223 FPS 361 FPS 61.9% (B)
Dota 2 146 FPS 199 FPS 36.3% (B)
Dying Light 2 66 FPS 145 FPS 119.7% (B)
EA Sports FC 24 134 FPS 179 FPS 33.6% (B)
Elden Ring 60 FPS 60 FPS
Elex 2 83 FPS 116 FPS 39.8% (B)
Escape from Tarkov 120 FPS 120 FPS
F1 2021 139 FPS 276 FPS 98.6% (B)
F1 22 157 FPS 199 FPS 26.8% (B)
F1 23 178 FPS 152 FPS +17.1% (A)
Far Cry 5 138 FPS 173 FPS 25.4% (B)
Far Cry 6 89 FPS 103 FPS 15.7% (B)
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 50 FPS 122 FPS 144% (B)
Fortnite 180 FPS 300 FPS 66.7% (B)
Forza Horizon 4 160 FPS 250 FPS 56.3% (B)
Forza Horizon 5 210 FPS 281 FPS 33.8% (B)
GRID Legends 148 FPS 190 FPS 28.4% (B)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS
GTA V 80 FPS 154 FPS 92.5% (B)
Ghostwire Tokyo 124 FPS 234 FPS 88.7% (B)
God of War 77 FPS 167 FPS 116.9% (B)
Guardians of the Galaxy 111 FPS 158 FPS 42.3% (B)
High On Life 118 FPS 211 FPS 78.8% (B)
Hogwarts Legacy 70 FPS 45 FPS +55.6% (A)
Hunt Showdown 116 FPS 262 FPS 125.9% (B)
Immortals of Aveum 53 FPS 108 FPS 103.8% (B)
Lies of P 134 FPS 208 FPS 55.2% (B)
Lords of the Fallen 56 FPS 87 FPS 55.4% (B)
Mafia Definitive Edition 95 FPS 179 FPS 88.4% (B)
Metro Exodus 95 FPS 156 FPS 64.2% (B)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS
Rainbow Six Extraction 176 FPS 346 FPS 96.6% (B)
Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart 60 FPS 135 FPS 125% (B)
Resident Evil 4 Remake 110 FPS 218 FPS 98.2% (B)
Returnal 103 FPS 159 FPS 54.4% (B)
Riders Republic 104 FPS 185 FPS 77.9% (B)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 124 FPS 243 FPS 96% (B)
Sons of the Forest 83 FPS 88 FPS 6% (B)
Spider-Man Miles Morales 93 FPS 118 FPS 26.9% (B)
Star Wars Jedi Survivor 74 FPS 106 FPS 43.2% (B)
Starfield 50 FPS 84 FPS 68% (B)
The Callisto Protocol 71 FPS 116 FPS 63.4% (B)
The Crew Motorfest 60 FPS 60 FPS
The Quarry 98 FPS 177 FPS 80.6% (B)
The Witcher 3 188 FPS 394 FPS 109.6% (B)
The Witcher 3 140 FPS 290 FPS 107.1% (B)
The Witcher 3 v4 81 FPS 138 FPS 70.4% (B)
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 115 FPS 168 FPS 46.1% (B)
Valorant 230 FPS 350 FPS 52.2% (B)
Watch Dogs Legion 96 FPS 131 FPS 36.5% (B)
X-Plane 11.11 52 FPS 78 FPS 50% (B)
Yakuza Like a Dragon 113 FPS 167 FPS 47.8% (B)

Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 4090 wins 21 of the comparable criteria. The choice depends on your use case.

🤔 How to choose

Universal advice for any use case.

  • Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
  • Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
  • Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).