NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6X

Memory

5888

Cores

504.2 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 4070

$569.99 Apr 2023 View Details

$569.99

nvidia

Brand

24GB GDDR6X

Memory

16384

Cores

1010 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 4090

$2,591.99 Sep 2022 View Details

$2,591.99

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

12GB GDDR6X 200W $569.99 Apr 2023

GeForce RTX 4070

$599 • Apr 2023

GeForce RTX 4090

$1599 • Sep 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

24GB GDDR6X 450W $2,591.99 Sep 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Memory Size	12 GB	24 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6X	GDDR6X
TDP	200 W	450 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2475 MHz	2520 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	504.2 GB/s	1010 GB/s
Process Size	5nm	5nm
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
Shading Units	5888	16384
RT Cores	46	128
TMUs	184	512
ROPs	64	176
Memory Bus	192-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	1313 MHz	1313 MHz
Pixel Rate	158.4 GPixel/s	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	504.2 GTexel/s	1.01 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	29.15 GFLOPS	82.58 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	36.00 MB	72.00 MB
Die Size	294 mm²	609 mm²
Transistors	35800 Million	76300 Million
Required PSU	550 W	850 W
Power Connectors	1x 16-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	TSMC	TSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

18116

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

42193 (+133%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

167522

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

316301 (+89%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

192 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

615.9 FPS (+221%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

26955

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

38309 (+42%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (654 benchmarks)

Phantom Blade Zero

7.7 2026 • Action, RPG • S-GAME Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+82%)

AVG 113 FPS

MIN 94 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+100%)

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+139%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+79%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+97%)

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+132%)

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

Winner

Loser

Valor Mortis

8.2 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • One More Level

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+79%)

AVG 113 FPS

MIN 102 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+93%)

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+123%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered Background

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered

7.5 2026 • Action, RPG • CD PROJEKT RED

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+85%)

AVG 102 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+95%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+100%)

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

Winner

Loser

SILENT HILL: Townfall

7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure • Screen Burn

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+67%)

AVG 159 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+90%)

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+120%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+67%)

AVG 159 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+90%)

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+120%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

Winner

Loser

CONTROL Resonant

7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Remedy Entertainment

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+96%)

AVG 153 FPS

MIN 136 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+96%)

AVG 110 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+121%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Blood of Dawnwalker

7 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Rebel Wolves

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+60%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+81%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+110%)

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!

Based on 654 benchmarks across 168 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

+81%

128

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4090