Component comparison

GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce RTX 3070 Ti — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 4070
  • + Release year (+1)
  • + Memory clock (MHz) (+250 MHz)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-3 nm)
  • + Transistors (M) (+18,400M)
  • + Die size (mm²) (+98 mm²)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+7.40 TFLOPS)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+115.60 GTexel/s)
  • + Energy efficiency (+3.5)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+2186)
  • + 3DMark Time Spy (+1498)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+2275)
  • + Normalized score (+20.8)
B GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+104 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
  • + CUDA cores (+256)
  • + TMUs (+8)
  • + ROPs (+32)
  • + RT cores (+2)
  • + Tensor cores (+8)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+11.50 GPixel/s)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 4070
Component B
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
Release year 2023 (+1) 2022
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 608 GB/s (+104 GB/s)
Memory bus (bit) 192 bit 256 bit (+64 bit)
TGP / TDP (W) 115 W 115 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 6,144 (+256)
TMUs 184 192 (+8)
ROPs 64 96 (+32)
RT cores 46 48 (+2)
Tensor cores 184 192 (+8)
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 29.15 TFLOPS (+7.40 TFLOPS) 21.75 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 158.40 GPixel/s 169.90 GPixel/s (+11.50 GPixel/s)
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 455.40 GTexel/s (+115.60 GTexel/s) 339.80 GTexel/s
Energy efficiency 31.5 (+3.5) 27.9
PassMark (overall) 19,489 (+2186) 17,303
3DMark Time Spy 11,960 (+1498) 10,462
3DMark Fire Strike 30,051 (+2275) 27,776
Geekbench OpenCL 168,695 —
Geekbench Vulkan 159,285 —
Normalized score 84.5 (+20.8) 63.6

In both

CUDA DLSS ReBAR ray_tracing

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 4070 GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Delta
A Plague Tale Requiem 59 FPS 71 FPS 20.3% (B)
Armored Core 6 91 FPS 90 FPS +1.1% (A)
Assassin's Creed Mirage 116 FPS 102 FPS +13.7% (A)
Atlas Fallen 107 FPS 119 FPS 11.2% (B)
Atomic Heart 86 FPS 95 FPS 10.5% (B)
Back 4 Blood 221 FPS 189 FPS +16.9% (A)
Baldur's Gate 3 73 FPS 95 FPS 30.1% (B)
Battlefield 5 140 FPS 130 FPS +7.7% (A)
Borderlands 3 107 FPS 92 FPS +16.3% (A)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 2022 111 FPS 87 FPS +27.6% (A)
Company of Heroes 3 135 FPS 148 FPS 9.6% (B)
Counter-Strike 2 250 FPS 220 FPS +13.6% (A)
Cyberpunk 2077 135 FPS 129 FPS +4.7% (A)
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 58 FPS 65 FPS 12.1% (B)
Days Gone 155 FPS 115 FPS +34.8% (A)
Dead Island 2 152 FPS 173 FPS 13.8% (B)
Dead Space Remake 81 FPS 68 FPS +19.1% (A)
Deathloop 130 FPS 98 FPS +32.7% (A)
Diablo 4 207 FPS 223 FPS 7.7% (B)
Dota 2 178 FPS 146 FPS +21.9% (A)
Dying Light 2 95 FPS 66 FPS +43.9% (A)
EA Sports FC 24 162 FPS 134 FPS +20.9% (A)
Elden Ring 60 FPS 60 FPS ≈
Elex 2 118 FPS 83 FPS +42.2% (A)
Escape from Tarkov 120 FPS 120 FPS ≈
F1 2021 163 FPS 139 FPS +17.3% (A)
F1 22 109 FPS 157 FPS 44% (B)
F1 23 153 FPS 178 FPS 16.3% (B)
Far Cry 5 139 FPS 138 FPS +0.7% (A)
Far Cry 6 105 FPS 89 FPS +18% (A)
Farming Simulator 22 148 FPS 149 FPS 0.7% (B)
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 41 FPS 50 FPS 22% (B)
Flight Simulator 2020 83 FPS 70 FPS +18.6% (A)
Fortnite 200 FPS 180 FPS +11.1% (A)
Forza Horizon 4 180 FPS 160 FPS +12.5% (A)
Forza Horizon 5 190 FPS 210 FPS 10.5% (B)
GRID Legends 126 FPS 148 FPS 17.5% (B)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
GTA V 134 FPS 80 FPS +67.5% (A)
Ghostwire Tokyo 172 FPS 124 FPS +38.7% (A)
God of War 96 FPS 77 FPS +24.7% (A)
Guardians of the Galaxy 147 FPS 111 FPS +32.4% (A)
Halo Infinite 149 FPS 101 FPS +47.5% (A)
High On Life 127 FPS 118 FPS +7.6% (A)
Hitman 3 208 FPS 146 FPS +42.5% (A)
Hogwarts Legacy 57 FPS 70 FPS 22.8% (B)
Immortals of Aveum 56 FPS 53 FPS +5.7% (A)
Lies of P 150 FPS 134 FPS +11.9% (A)
Lords of the Fallen 63 FPS 56 FPS +12.5% (A)
Metro Exodus 111 FPS 95 FPS +16.8% (A)
Need for Speed Unbound 99 FPS 93 FPS +6.5% (A)
Outriders 145 FPS 124 FPS +16.9% (A)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Rainbow Six Extraction 240 FPS 176 FPS +36.4% (A)
Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart 58 FPS 60 FPS 3.4% (B)
Resident Evil 4 Remake 160 FPS 110 FPS +45.5% (A)
Resident Evil Village 212 FPS 160 FPS +32.5% (A)
Returnal 64 FPS 103 FPS 60.9% (B)
Riders Republic 135 FPS 104 FPS +29.8% (A)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 149 FPS 124 FPS +20.2% (A)
Sons of the Forest 72 FPS 83 FPS 15.3% (B)
Spider-Man Miles Morales 115 FPS 93 FPS +23.7% (A)
Star Wars Jedi Survivor 65 FPS 74 FPS 13.8% (B)
Starfield 51 FPS 50 FPS +2% (A)
The Callisto Protocol 112 FPS 71 FPS +57.7% (A)
The Crew Motorfest 60 FPS 60 FPS ≈
The Quarry 122 FPS 98 FPS +24.5% (A)
The Witcher 3 229 FPS 188 FPS +21.8% (A)
The Witcher 3 124 FPS 140 FPS 12.9% (B)
The Witcher 3 v4 101 FPS 81 FPS +24.7% (A)
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 74 FPS 115 FPS 55.4% (B)
Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection 84 FPS 72 FPS +16.7% (A)
Valorant 260 FPS 230 FPS +13% (A)
Vampire Bloodhunt 200 FPS 173 FPS +15.6% (A)
Watch Dogs Legion 130 FPS 96 FPS +35.4% (A)
X-Plane 11.11 52 FPS 52 FPS ≈

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

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 4070 wins 12 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).