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NVIDIAUpper mid-rangeRTX 40 Series

GeForce RTX 4070

4.3 · 974 votes
Best for 1440p high-refresh gaming

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VRAM
12 GB
CUDA
5,888
FP32
29.15 TF
Bandwidth
504.2 GB/s
TDP
200W
Boost
2475 MHz
Strengths at a Glance

How it stacks up to the flagship

Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.

FP32 compute29.15 TFLOPS28%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth504.2 GB/s28%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity12 GB38%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units5,88827%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency47/10081%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks

Estimated benchmark results

Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.

3DMark Time Spy23,400pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)11,880pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)3,380spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute163,200pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts

Performance breakdown

Gaming65
Ray tracing66
AI / Compute68
Creator / 3D65
Power efficiency47
Real-World Gaming

FPS Across Resolutions

1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 79 fps
1080p
124
1440p
79
4K
35
Counter-Strike 2avg 196 fps
1080p
315
1440p
189
4K
85
Fortniteavg 180 fps
1080p
315
1440p
150
4K
76
Battlefield 5avg 150 fps
1080p
170
1440p
160
4K
121
Far Cry 5avg 156 fps
1080p
211
1440p
168
4K
90
Valorantavg 380 fps
1080p
364
1440p
461
4K
315

Average FPS across all PC games

1080p
187fps
1440p
98fps
4K
60fps

Cost per frame

Launch MSRP ($599) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.

1080p
$2.84
1440p
$5.42
4K
$10.00
Community Feedback

What Owners Say

People love the smooth 1440p gaming and solid ray tracing performance. The main complaint is the limited VRAM feels tight for future games at this price.

Pros
  • Idles cool in most gaming cases
  • Fits smaller cases without issue
  • Great for 1440p high refresh gaming
  • DLSS 3 makes older cards look slow
Cons
  • Memory bus is too narrow
  • Only twelve gigs of VRAM
  • Price still feels too high

Supported technologies

Ray TracingDLSSNVENCAV1 Encode

Full specifications

Graphics processor
Architecture
Ada Lovelace
Process node
5 nm
Transistors
35.8 B
SM Count
46
Release date
2023
Launch price
$599
Core configuration
CUDA Cores
5,888
RT Cores
46
Tensor Cores
184
TMUs
184
ROPs
64
L2 cache
36 MB
Memory
Size
12 GB
Type
GDDR6X
Bus width
192-bit
Bandwidth
504.2 GB/s
Memory clock
1313 MHz
Clocks & throughput
Base clock
1920 MHz
Boost clock
2475 MHz
FP32 (float)
29.15 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
29.15 TFLOPS
Pixel rate
158 GPixel/s
Texture rate
455.4 GTexel/s
Board & power
TDP
200W
Suggested PSU
400W
Power connectors
1x 16-pin
Bus interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
Length
240 mm
Slot width
2-slot
Display & outputs
Max resolution
7680×4320
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a

API and SDK support

DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model
6.7
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
CUDA
8.9
Verdict

Our verdict on the RTX 4070

The RTX 4070 is a midrange Ada card that runs cool and quiet, held back by its limited memory bandwidth.

Get it if you want solid 1440p gaming with ray tracing and DLSS 3 without breaking the bank. Skip it if you need heavy 4K performance or more than 12 GB VRAM for future games.

Buy it if…

  • You want smooth 1440p gaming without breaking the bank.
  • You need reliable ray tracing for modern AAA titles.
  • You upgrade from a GTX 10-series card for a big leap.
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