nvidia
Brand24GB GDDR6X
Memory16384
Cores1010 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
VS
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory5888
Cores448 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
24GB GDDR6X 450W $1599 Sep 2022
GeForce RTX 4090
$1599 • Sep 2022
VS
GeForce RTX 3070
$499 • Aug 2020
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
8GB GDDR6 220W $499 Aug 2020
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 24 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 450 W | 220 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 2520 MHz | 1725 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 1010 GB/s | 448 GB/s |
| Process Size | 5nm | 8nm |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ampere |
| Shading Units | 16384 | 5888 |
| RT Cores | 128 | 46 |
| TMUs | 512 | 184 |
| ROPs | 176 | 96 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1313 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 443.5 GPixel/s | 165.6 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 1.01 GTexel/s | 448 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 82.58 GFLOPS | 20.31 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 72.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Die Size | 609 mm² | 392 mm² |
| Transistors | 76300 Million | 17400 Million |
| Required PSU | 850 W | 550 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 16-pin | 1x 12-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 | Samsung |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
42193 (+199%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
14126
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
316301 (+151%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
126195
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
615.9 FPS (+262%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
170.2 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
38309 (+72%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
22256
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Game Benchmarks Comparison (348 benchmarks)
Dying Light The Beast
8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG Techland
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+128%)
AVG 171 FPS
MIN 154 FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+145%)
AVG 135 FPS
MIN 123 FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+165%)
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 75 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 4090 (+185%)
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 78 FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+313%)
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+486%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 31 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 4090 (+130%)
AVG 295 FPS
MIN 258 FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
AVG 128 FPS
MIN 102 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+155%)
AVG 237 FPS
MIN 206 FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
AVG 93 FPS
MIN 79 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+173%)
AVG 153 FPS
MIN 137 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 4090 (+224%)
AVG 159 FPS
MIN 117 FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+319%)
AVG 155 FPS
MIN 114 FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+742%)
AVG 101 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
AVG 12 FPS
MIN 5 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 4090 (+333%)
AVG 91 FPS
MIN 70 FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 4090 (+500%)
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
AVG 14 FPS
MIN 9 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 4090 (+1600%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 37 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 4090 (+168%)
AVG 343 FPS
MIN 318 FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
AVG 128 FPS
MIN 112 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+183%)
AVG 277 FPS
MIN 235 FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
AVG 98 FPS
MIN 83 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+190%)
AVG 174 FPS
MIN 153 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 4090 (+125%)
AVG 171 FPS
MIN 155 FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
AVG 76 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+143%)
AVG 141 FPS
MIN 127 FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+203%)
AVG 97 FPS
MIN 85 FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!
Based on 351 benchmarks across 97 games
146
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
VS
+135.5%
62
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA • 24GB GDDR6X
342
Wins
146
Avg FPS
126
Min FPS
97%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR6
0
Wins
62
Avg FPS
53
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
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