Component comparison
GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce RTX 2070
GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce RTX 2070 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 4070
- + Release year (+5)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+56 GB/s)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+35 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-7 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+25,000M)
- + Die size (mm²) (+151 mm²)
- + CUDA cores (+3584)
- + TMUs (+40)
- + RT cores (+10)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+23.69 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+54.70 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+222.10 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+14.4)
- + PassMark (overall) (+3426)
- + 3DMark Time Spy (+5299)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+6865)
- + Geekbench OpenCL (+80258)
- + Geekbench Vulkan (+75877)
- + Normalized score (+14.0)
B
GeForce RTX 2070
- + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
- + Tensor cores (+104)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 4070
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 2070
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2023 (+5) | 2018 |
| VRAM (GB) | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 2000 MHz | — |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 504 GB/s (+56 GB/s) | 448 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 192 bit | 256 bit (+64 bit) |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 115 W (+35 W) | 80 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 5 nm (-7 nm) | 12 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 35,800M (+25,000M) | 10,800M |
| Die size (mm²) | 294 mm² (+151 mm²) | 445 mm² |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | — |
| CUDA cores | 5,888 (+3584) | 2,304 |
| TMUs | 184 (+40) | 144 |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| RT cores | 46 (+10) | 36 |
| Tensor cores | 184 | 288 (+104) |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 29.15 TFLOPS (+23.69 TFLOPS) | 5.46 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 158.40 GPixel/s (+54.70 GPixel/s) | 103.70 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 455.40 GTexel/s (+222.10 GTexel/s) | 233.30 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 31.5 (+14.4) | 17.0 |
| PassMark (overall) | 19,489 (+3426) | 16,063 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 11,960 (+5299) | 6,661 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 30,051 (+6865) | 23,186 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 168,695 (+80258) | 88,437 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 159,285 (+75877) | 83,408 |
| Normalized score | 84.5 (+14.0) | 70.5 |
Only in component A
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In both
CUDA
DLSS
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 4070 | GeForce RTX 2070 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anno 1800 | 92 FPS | 69 FPS | +33.3% (A) |
| Battlefield 5 | 140 FPS | 92 FPS | +52.2% (A) |
| Borderlands 3 | 107 FPS | 71 FPS | +50.7% (A) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 250 FPS | 150 FPS | +66.7% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 135 FPS | 60 FPS | +125% (A) |
| Days Gone | 155 FPS | 101 FPS | +53.5% (A) |
| Dota 2 | 178 FPS | 127 FPS | +40.2% (A) |
| Escape from Tarkov | 120 FPS | 119 FPS | +0.8% (A) |
| F1 2020 | 228 FPS | 146 FPS | +56.2% (A) |
| F1 2021 | 163 FPS | 139 FPS | +17.3% (A) |
| Far Cry 5 | 139 FPS | 103 FPS | +35% (A) |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 102 FPS | 91 FPS | +12.1% (A) |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 41 FPS | 77 FPS | 87.8% (B) |
| Flight Simulator 2020 | 83 FPS | 49 FPS | +69.4% (A) |
| Fortnite | 200 FPS | 122 FPS | +63.9% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 180 FPS | 121 FPS | +48.8% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 190 FPS | 85 FPS | +123.5% (A) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 134 FPS | 127 FPS | +5.5% (A) |
| Hitman 3 | 208 FPS | 124 FPS | +67.7% (A) |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 143 FPS | 85 FPS | +68.2% (A) |
| Metro Exodus | 111 FPS | 61 FPS | +82% (A) |
| Monster Hunter World | 169 FPS | 103 FPS | +64.1% (A) |
| Outriders | 145 FPS | 94 FPS | +54.3% (A) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 160 FPS | 65 FPS | +146.2% (A) |
| Resident Evil Village | 212 FPS | 126 FPS | +68.3% (A) |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 149 FPS | 149 FPS | ≈ |
| The Witcher 3 | 229 FPS | 122 FPS | +87.7% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 124 FPS | 116 FPS | +6.9% (A) |
| Total War: Three Kingdoms | 133 FPS | 89 FPS | +49.4% (A) |
| Valorant | 260 FPS | 180 FPS | +44.4% (A) |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 130 FPS | 82 FPS | +58.5% (A) |
| X-Plane 11.11 | 52 FPS | 72 FPS | 38.5% (B) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 4070 wins 19 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).