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GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce RTX 3070

Compare the GeForce RTX 4070 and GeForce RTX 3070 on real gaming benchmarks, full specifications, live retailer prices and performance-per-dollar, then jump straight to the cheapest in-stock version of either card.

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From$420.60
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The short answer

The GeForce RTX 3070 is the better value, though the GeForce RTX 4070 is the faster card at 1080p.

  • GeForce RTX 4070 is about 39% faster at 1080p (gaming index 66 vs 47).
  • GeForce RTX 3070 is the cheaper card right now, by roughly 116%.
  • GeForce RTX 3070 delivers about 56% more frames per dollar at 1080p.
  • GeForce RTX 4070 carries more VRAM (12GB vs 8GB), an edge at 4K and in memory-heavy games.
  • GeForce RTX 4070 draws less power (200W vs 220W), so it runs cooler and asks less of your PSU.

Gaming performance

Gaming score: geometric mean of in-game FPS, normalized so the RTX 5090 = 100. Switch resolution with the toggle above.

1080p gaming
GeForce RTX 407066
GeForce RTX 307047

GeForce RTX 4070 is about 39% faster at 1080p.

Performance per dollar

1080p gaming score for every $100 of the card’s current cheapest price. Higher is better value.

GeForce RTX 4070

7.2

per $100 spent

GeForce RTX 3070

11.2

per $100 spent

Better value

Specs head-to-head

GeForce RTX 4070
GeForce RTX 3070
Price (from)
$909.00
$420.60
1080p gaming index
66
47
VRAM
12GB GDDR6X
8GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
504 GB/s
448 GB/s
Boost clock
2475 MHz
1725 MHz
Shader cores
5,888
5,888
Ray tracing cores
46
46
Tensor / AI cores
184
184
TDP
200W
220W
Recommended PSU
650W
650W
Upscaling
DLSS Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation
DLSS Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction
Architecture
Ada Lovelace AD104
Ampere GA104
Process node
TSMC 4N
Samsung 8N
MSRP
$599.00
$499.00

Productivity & compute

GeForce RTX 4070
GeForce RTX 3070
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics (points)
44,065
31,058
Geekbench 7 OpenCL (points)
158,655
114,484
Render-Blender (samples/min)
5,399
3,378

Where to buy

GeForce RTX 3070from $420.60
From$420.60
16 versions in stock
GeForce RTX 4070from $909.00
From$909.00
2 versions in stock

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