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

ReBAR ray_tracing

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).