nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR6

Memory

5888

Cores

448 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

$499 Aug 2020 View Details

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6X

Memory

5888

Cores

504.2 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

$599 Apr 2023 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

8GB GDDR6 220W $499 Aug 2020

GeForce RTX 3070

$499 • Aug 2020

GeForce RTX 4070

$599 • Apr 2023

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

12GB GDDR6X 200W $599 Apr 2023

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Memory Size	8 GB	12 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
TDP	220 W	200 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1725 MHz	2475 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	448 GB/s	504.2 GB/s
Process Size	8nm	5nm
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Shading Units	5888	5888
RT Cores	46	46
TMUs	184	184
ROPs	96	64
Memory Bus	256-bit	192-bit
Memory Clock	1750 MHz	1313 MHz
Pixel Rate	165.6 GPixel/s	158.4 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	448 GTexel/s	504.2 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	20.31 GFLOPS	29.15 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	4.00 MB	36.00 MB
Die Size	392 mm²	294 mm²
Transistors	17400 Million	35800 Million
Required PSU	550 W	550 W
Power Connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 16-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	Samsung	TSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

14126

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

18116 (+28%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

126195

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

167522 (+33%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

170.2 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

192 FPS (+13%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

22256

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

26955 (+21%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Game Benchmarks Comparison (294 benchmarks)

Dying Light The Beast

8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Techland

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 4070 (+25%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 87 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 4070 (+29%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 4070 (+29%)

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

Winner

Loser

Borderlands 4

7.8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Gearbox Software

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+61%)

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+113%)

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+114%)

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 11 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 7 FPS

MIN 6 FPS

Winner

Loser

Split Fiction

8.7 2025 • Action, Adventure • Hazelight Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+30%)

AVG 166 FPS

MIN 143 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 128 FPS

MIN 102 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+34%)

AVG 125 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+27%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

Winner

Loser

Marvel's Spider-Man 2

7.9 2025 • Action, Adventure • Insomniac Games, Nixxes Software

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+120%)

AVG 108 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+135%)

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+275%)

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 12 FPS

MIN 5 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4070 (+181%)

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4070 (+200%)

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4070 (+600%)

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 3 FPS

MIN 2 FPS

Winner

Loser

Sniper Elite Resistance

8.5 2025 • Action, Adventure • Rebellion

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+46%)

AVG 187 FPS

MIN 172 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 128 FPS

MIN 112 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+49%)

AVG 146 FPS

MIN 130 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 98 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+23%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

Winner

Loser

FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH

8.1 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Square Enix

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+33%)

AVG 101 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+34%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+44%)

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Wins!

Based on 294 benchmarks across 88 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

+36%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4070