nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR6

Memory

5888

Cores

448 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

$499 Aug 2020 View Details

nvidia

Brand

24GB GDDR6X

Memory

16384

Cores

1010 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

$1599 Sep 2022 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

8GB GDDR6 220W $499 Aug 2020

GeForce RTX 3070

$499 • Aug 2020

GeForce RTX 4090

$1599 • Sep 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

24GB GDDR6X 450W $1599 Sep 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Memory Size	8 GB	24 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
TDP	220 W	450 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1725 MHz	2520 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	448 GB/s	1010 GB/s
Process Size	8nm	5nm
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Shading Units	5888	16384
RT Cores	46	128
TMUs	184	512
ROPs	96	176
Memory Bus	256-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	1750 MHz	1313 MHz
Pixel Rate	165.6 GPixel/s	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	448 GTexel/s	1.01 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	20.31 GFLOPS	82.58 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	4.00 MB	72.00 MB
Die Size	392 mm²	609 mm²
Transistors	17400 Million	76300 Million
Required PSU	550 W	850 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

42193 (+199%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

126195

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

316301 (+151%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

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

615.9 FPS (+262%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

22256

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

38309 (+72%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (114 benchmarks)

The Callisto Protocol™

7.3 2022 • Action, Adventure • Striking Distance Studios

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090 (+65%)

AVG 117 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090 (+111%)

AVG 112 FPS

MIN 97 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090 (+211%)

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

Winner

Loser

Cities: Skylines II

7.8 2023 • Simulation • Colossal Order Ltd.

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+121%)

AVG 128 FPS

MIN 114 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+168%)

AVG 110 FPS

MIN 97 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+233%)

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Mirage

8 2023 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Bordeaux

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+96%)

AVG 192 FPS

MIN 157 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 98 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+123%)

AVG 167 FPS

MIN 149 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+160%)

AVG 117 FPS

MIN 106 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

Winner

Loser

FINAL FANTASY XVI

7.7 2024 • Action, RPG • Square Enix

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+110%)

AVG 128 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+132%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+195%)

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

Winner

Loser

Starfield

7.6 2023 • RPG • Bethesda Game Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+151%)

AVG 118 FPS

MIN 110 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+161%)

AVG 99 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+191%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 1 quality

| Patch: v1.8.86

GeForce RTX 4090 (+105%)

AVG 115 FPS

MIN 95 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 1 quality

| Patch: v1.8.86

GeForce RTX 4090 (+145%)

AVG 115 FPS

MIN 95 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 1 quality

| Patch: v1.8.86

GeForce RTX 4090 (+171%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 87 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

Winner

Loser

REMNANT II®

2023 • • Gunfire Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+95%)

AVG 162 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+162%)

AVG 144 FPS

MIN 122 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+170%)

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!

Based on 114 benchmarks across 27 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

+138.8%

140

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4090