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

$633.00

$569.99

nvidia

Brand

24GB GDDR6X

Memory

16384

Cores

1010 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 4090

$2,591.99 Sep 2022 View Details

$3,390.00

$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 (549 benchmarks)

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora From The Ashes

7.6 2025 • Action, Adventure • Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft Studio, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Toronto, Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Reflections

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+88%)

AVG 130 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+96%)

AVG 98 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+132%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Winner

Loser

PRAGMATA SKETCHBOOK - DEMO

8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+75%)

AVG 147 FPS

MIN 134 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+94%)

AVG 126 FPS

MIN 115 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+133%)

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories Background

Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories

8 2025 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Bordeaux

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

GeForce RTX 4090 (+75%)

AVG 180 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 103 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

GeForce RTX 4090 (+84%)

AVG 156 FPS

MIN 137 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 75 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

GeForce RTX 4090 (+112%)

AVG 108 FPS

MIN 97 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

Winner

Loser

Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy Background

Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy

8.5 2025 • Action, Strategy • Relic Entertainment

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+43%)

AVG 276 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 193 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+73%)

AVG 248 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 143 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+126%)

AVG 138 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

Winner

Loser

Of Ash and Steel

8.7 2025 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG • Fire & Frost

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+65%)

AVG 281 FPS

MIN 236 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 170 FPS

MIN 134 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+78%)

AVG 258 FPS

MIN 219 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 145 FPS

MIN 115 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+130%)

AVG 177 FPS

MIN 147 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

Winner

Loser

Where Winds Meet

8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play • Everstone Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+111%)

AVG 194 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 82 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+114%)

AVG 156 FPS

MIN 142 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+143%)

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 97 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!

Based on 549 benchmarks across 145 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

+79.7%

132

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4090