Component comparison
GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce RTX 3070
GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce RTX 3070 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 4070
- + Release year (+2)
- + Memory clock (MHz) (+250 MHz)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+56 GB/s)
- + Lithography (nm) (-3 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+18,400M)
- + Die size (mm²) (+98 mm²)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+8.84 TFLOPS)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+138.00 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+8.3)
- + PassMark (overall) (+5125)
- + 3DMark Time Spy (+2341)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+4573)
- + Geekbench OpenCL (+45216)
- + Geekbench Vulkan (+38303)
- + Normalized score (+6.0)
B
GeForce RTX 3070
- + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+10 W)
- + ROPs (+32)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+7.20 GPixel/s)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 4070
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 3070
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2023 (+2) | 2021 |
| VRAM (GB) | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 2000 MHz (+250 MHz) | 1750 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 | 125 W (+10 W) |
| Lithography (nm) | 5 nm (-3 nm) | 8 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 35,800M (+18,400M) | 17,400M |
| Die size (mm²) | 294 mm² (+98 mm²) | 392 mm² |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | — |
| CUDA cores | 5,888 | 5,888 |
| TMUs | 184 | 184 |
| ROPs | 64 | 96 (+32) |
| RT cores | 46 | 46 |
| Tensor cores | 184 | 184 |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 29.15 TFLOPS (+8.84 TFLOPS) | 20.31 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 158.40 GPixel/s | 165.60 GPixel/s (+7.20 GPixel/s) |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 455.40 GTexel/s (+138.00 GTexel/s) | 317.40 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 31.5 (+8.3) | 23.2 |
| PassMark (overall) | 19,489 (+5125) | 14,364 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 11,960 (+2341) | 9,619 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 30,051 (+4573) | 25,478 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 168,695 (+45216) | 123,479 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 159,285 (+38303) | 120,982 |
| Normalized score | 84.5 (+6.0) | 78.5 |
In both
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FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 4070 | GeForce RTX 3070 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 007 First Light | 74 FPS | 58 FPS | +27.6% (A) |
| A Plague Tale Requiem | 59 FPS | 56 FPS | +5.4% (A) |
| ARC Raiders | 116 FPS | 92 FPS | +26.1% (A) |
| Alan Wake 2 | 65 FPS | 53 FPS | +22.6% (A) |
| Alone in the Dark | 126 FPS | 150 FPS | 19% (B) |
| Anno 117: Pax Romana | 67 FPS | 56 FPS | +19.6% (A) |
| Anno 1800 | 92 FPS | 35 FPS | +162.9% (A) |
| Armored Core 6 | 91 FPS | 101 FPS | 11% (B) |
| Assassin's Creed Mirage | 116 FPS | 101 FPS | +14.9% (A) |
| Assassin's Creed Shadows | 46 FPS | 39 FPS | +17.9% (A) |
| Atlas Fallen | 107 FPS | 127 FPS | 18.7% (B) |
| Atomic Heart | 86 FPS | 89 FPS | 3.5% (B) |
| Avatar Frontiers of Pandora | 65 FPS | 61 FPS | +6.6% (A) |
| Back 4 Blood | 221 FPS | 205 FPS | +7.8% (A) |
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 73 FPS | 102 FPS | 39.7% (B) |
| Battlefield 5 | 140 FPS | 120 FPS | +16.7% (A) |
| Battlefield 6 | 105 FPS | 81 FPS | +29.6% (A) |
| Black Myth: Wukong | 54 FPS | 46 FPS | +17.4% (A) |
| Borderlands 3 | 107 FPS | 78 FPS | +37.2% (A) |
| Borderlands 4 | 52 FPS | 40 FPS | +30% (A) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Call of Duty Black Ops 6 | 81 FPS | 72 FPS | +12.5% (A) |
| Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 2022 | 111 FPS | 90 FPS | +23.3% (A) |
| Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 2023 | 99 FPS | 101 FPS | 2% (B) |
| Civilization 7 | 118 FPS | 122 FPS | 3.4% (B) |
| Company of Heroes 3 | 135 FPS | 134 FPS | +0.7% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 250 FPS | 241 FPS | +3.7% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 152 FPS | 194 FPS | 27.6% (B) |
| Crimson Desert | 69 FPS | 54 FPS | +27.8% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 135 FPS | 119 FPS | +13.4% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 | 58 FPS | 67 FPS | 15.5% (B) |
| Days Gone | 155 FPS | 112 FPS | +38.4% (A) |
| Dead Island 2 | 152 FPS | 164 FPS | 7.9% (B) |
| Dead Space Remake | 81 FPS | 73 FPS | +11% (A) |
| Death Stranding 2 | 73 FPS | 57 FPS | +28.1% (A) |
| Deathloop | 130 FPS | 106 FPS | +22.6% (A) |
| Diablo 4 | 207 FPS | 159 FPS | +30.2% (A) |
| Doom: The Dark Ages | 68 FPS | 55 FPS | +23.6% (A) |
| Dota 2 | 178 FPS | 130 FPS | +36.9% (A) |
| Dragon's Dogma 2 | 61 FPS | 53 FPS | +15.1% (A) |
| Dying Light 2 | 95 FPS | 75 FPS | +26.7% (A) |
| EA Sports FC 24 | 162 FPS | 162 FPS | ≈ |
| EA Sports WRC | 85 FPS | 91 FPS | 7.1% (B) |
| Elden Ring | 60 FPS | 59 FPS | +1.7% (A) |
| Elex 2 | 118 FPS | 87 FPS | +35.6% (A) |
| Enshrouded | 63 FPS | 59 FPS | +6.8% (A) |
| Escape from Tarkov | 120 FPS | 110 FPS | +9.1% (A) |
| F1 2020 | 228 FPS | 118 FPS | +93.2% (A) |
| F1 2021 | 163 FPS | 66 FPS | +147% (A) |
| F1 22 | 109 FPS | 171 FPS | 56.9% (B) |
| F1 24 | 179 FPS | 182 FPS | 1.7% (B) |
| F1 25 | 156 FPS | 138 FPS | +13% (A) |
| Far Cry 5 | 139 FPS | 119 FPS | +16.8% (A) |
| Far Cry 6 | 105 FPS | 91 FPS | +15.4% (A) |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 102 FPS | 80 FPS | +27.5% (A) |
| Farming Simulator 22 | 148 FPS | 139 FPS | +6.5% (A) |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 41 FPS | 28 FPS | +46.4% (A) |
| Final Fantasy XVI | 59 FPS | 57 FPS | +3.5% (A) |
| Flight Simulator 2020 | 83 FPS | 42 FPS | +97.6% (A) |
| Fortnite | 200 FPS | 150 FPS | +33.3% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 180 FPS | 189 FPS | 5% (B) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 190 FPS | 159 FPS | +19.5% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 6 | 71 FPS | 48 FPS | +47.9% (A) |
| GRID Legends | 126 FPS | 153 FPS | 21.4% (B) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 134 FPS | 58 FPS | +131% (A) |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 82 FPS | 75 FPS | +9.3% (A) |
| Ghostwire Tokyo | 172 FPS | 160 FPS | +7.5% (A) |
| God of War | 96 FPS | 88 FPS | +9.1% (A) |
| God of War Ragnarök | 98 FPS | 91 FPS | +7.7% (A) |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | 147 FPS | 111 FPS | +32.4% (A) |
| Halo Infinite | 149 FPS | 94 FPS | +58.5% (A) |
| Helldivers 2 | 92 FPS | 91 FPS | +1.1% (A) |
| High On Life | 127 FPS | 124 FPS | +2.4% (A) |
| Hitman 3 | 208 FPS | 121 FPS | +71.9% (A) |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 57 FPS | 72 FPS | 26.3% (B) |
| Horizon Forbidden West | 59 FPS | 63 FPS | 6.8% (B) |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 143 FPS | 83 FPS | +72.3% (A) |
| Immortals of Aveum | 56 FPS | 51 FPS | +9.8% (A) |
| Indiana Jones and the Great Circle | 55 FPS | 63 FPS | 14.5% (B) |
| Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 | 89 FPS | 69 FPS | +29% (A) |
| Last Epoch | 156 FPS | 167 FPS | 7.1% (B) |
| Lies of P | 150 FPS | 130 FPS | +15.4% (A) |
| Lords of the Fallen | 63 FPS | 65 FPS | 3.2% (B) |
| Metro Exodus | 111 FPS | 97 FPS | +14.4% (A) |
| Need for Speed Unbound | 99 FPS | 90 FPS | +10% (A) |
| Once Human | 105 FPS | 109 FPS | 3.8% (B) |
| Outriders | 145 FPS | 94 FPS | +54.3% (A) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Palworld | 102 FPS | 103 FPS | 1% (B) |
| Pragmata | 92 FPS | 69 FPS | +33.3% (A) |
| Prince of Persia The Lost Crown | 322 FPS | 356 FPS | 10.6% (B) |
| Rainbow Six Extraction | 240 FPS | 171 FPS | +40.4% (A) |
| Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart | 58 FPS | 67 FPS | 15.5% (B) |
| Ready or Not | 194 FPS | 175 FPS | +10.9% (A) |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 160 FPS | 140 FPS | +14.3% (A) |
| Resident Evil Requiem | 102 FPS | 80 FPS | +27.5% (A) |
| Resident Evil Village | 212 FPS | 136 FPS | +55.9% (A) |
| Returnal | 64 FPS | 93 FPS | 45.3% (B) |
| Riders Republic | 135 FPS | 106 FPS | +27.4% (A) |
| Senua's Saga Hellblade 2 | 34 FPS | 38 FPS | 11.8% (B) |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 149 FPS | 88 FPS | +69.3% (A) |
| Skull & Bones | 94 FPS | 84 FPS | +11.9% (A) |
| Sons of the Forest | 72 FPS | 73 FPS | 1.4% (B) |
| Space Marine 2 | 58 FPS | 68 FPS | 17.2% (B) |
| Spider-Man Miles Morales | 115 FPS | 101 FPS | +13.9% (A) |
| Stalker 2 | 50 FPS | 53 FPS | 6% (B) |
| Star Wars Jedi Survivor | 65 FPS | 67 FPS | 3.1% (B) |
| Star Wars Outlaws | 40 FPS | 38 FPS | +5.3% (A) |
| Starfield | 51 FPS | 52 FPS | 2% (B) |
| The Callisto Protocol | 112 FPS | 79 FPS | +41.8% (A) |
| The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered | 67 FPS | 48 FPS | +39.6% (A) |
| The Finals | 168 FPS | 161 FPS | +4.3% (A) |
| The First Descendant | 87 FPS | 78 FPS | +11.5% (A) |
| The Last of Us | 57 FPS | 72 FPS | 26.3% (B) |
| The Outer Worlds 2 | 84 FPS | 65 FPS | +29.2% (A) |
| The Quarry | 122 FPS | 96 FPS | +27.1% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 229 FPS | 170 FPS | +34.7% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 124 FPS | 122 FPS | +1.6% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 v4 | 101 FPS | 128 FPS | 26.7% (B) |
| Tiny Tina's Wonderlands | 74 FPS | 103 FPS | 39.2% (B) |
| Total War Pharaoh | 137 FPS | 127 FPS | +7.9% (A) |
| Total War: Three Kingdoms | 133 FPS | 101 FPS | +31.7% (A) |
| Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection | 84 FPS | 77 FPS | +9.1% (A) |
| Valorant | 260 FPS | 210 FPS | +23.8% (A) |
| Vampire Bloodhunt | 200 FPS | 226 FPS | 13% (B) |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 130 FPS | 62 FPS | +109.7% (A) |
| X-Plane 11.11 | 52 FPS | 12 FPS | +333.3% (A) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 4070 wins 15 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).