GeForce RTX 4070
The GeForce RTX 4070 is Nvidia’s 12GB graphics card with a 200W board power rating, built on the Ada Lovelace AD104 architecture. Below you’ll find its full spec sheet and gaming and productivity benchmarks, plus all 4 board versions we track, each with its cheapest current price.
Prices update regularly and may differ at the retailer. This page contains affiliate links.
Gaming performance
Gaming score: geometric mean of in-game FPS, normalized so the RTX 5090 = 100. Render and synthetic scores are in the Benchmarks section below.
1080p Gaming
1440p Gaming
4K Gaming
The GeForce RTX 4070 scores 65.6 at 1080p, 47.9 at 1440p, and 37.2 at 4K on a scale where 100 = the fastest GPU we test (RTX 5090). These scores apply to all board versions of this chip.
Performance-per-dollar rank among all GPUs with live pricing
Value at 1080p
#28
of 52
Value at 1440p
#25
of 51
Value at 4K
#21
of 47
Benchmarks
Standardized benchmark scores for this chip, each compared to the fastest card we track and linked to its source. They apply to every board version.
3D & gaming
Render
Compute & AI
GeForce RTX 4070 versions (4)
Every board version we track, cheapest first.
| Version | Boost Clock | Length | Color | From | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GIGABYTE RTX 4070 WINDFORCE OCOC | — | 261 mm | — | $809.99 |  |
 | ASUS DUAL RTX 4070 OCOC | — | 267 mm | — | $995.00 | |
 | MSI RTX 4070 VENTUS 3X OCOC | — | 308 mm | — | $1,145.00 | |
 | GIGABYTE RTX 4070 EAGLE OCOC | — | 261 mm | — | $1,150.00 | |
4 board versions of the GeForce RTX 4070 are listed above, starting from $809.99. Prices update daily from live retailer stock. Click any version name for its full spec sheet and all current retailer prices.
Specifications
Board versions of the GeForce RTX 4070 range from 261–308 mm long, so check your case's GPU clearance before buying.
Performance
- Boost clock
- 2475 MHz
- Base clock
- 1920 MHz
- Shader cores
- 5,888
- SM count
- 46
- Texture units (TMUs)
- 184
- Render outputs (ROPs)
- 64
- RT cores
- 46 · 3rd gen
- Tensor / AI cores
- 184 · 4th gen
Memory
- VRAM
- 12GB GDDR6X
- Memory bus
- 192-bit
- Bandwidth
- 504 GB/s
- Memory speed
- 21 Gbps
- L2 cache
- 36 MB
GPU die
- Architecture
- Ada Lovelace AD104
- Process node
- TSMC 4N
- Foundry
- TSMC
- Die size
- 295 mm²
- Transistors
- 35.8 billion
- Generation
- GeForce RTX 40
Power
- TDP
- 200W
- Recommended PSU
- 650W
- Power connectors
- 1 16-pin
Display & outputs
- Max resolution
- 7680 × 4320
- Max displays
- 4
- HDCP
- 2.3
- Outputs
- 1 HDMI 2.1, 3 Displayport 1.4a
- PCIe interface
- PCIe 4.0 ×16
APIs & software
- DirectX
- 12 Ultimate (12.2)
- Vulkan
- 1.3
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 3.0
- CUDA
- Compute 8.9
- Shader model
- 6.8
Video encoding & decoding
| Codec | Encode | Decode |
|---|---|---|
| H.264 / AVC | Supported | Supported |
| H.265 / HEVC | Supported | Supported |
| AV1 | Supported | Supported |
| VP9 | Not supported | Supported |
Encoder: NVENC 8th gen · Decoder: NVDEC 5th gen
Features
- Upscaling
- DLSS Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation
- Also runs
- FSR 3, FSR 3 Frame Generation, XeSS 2, XeSS 2 Frame Generation
- Resizable BAR
- Yes
Physical
- Reference length
- 240 mm
- Slot width
- 2 slots
- Released
- 2023-04-13
- MSRP
- $599.00
5,888 shader cores feed a 192-bit memory interface delivering 504 GB/s of peak bandwidth. 46 RT cores handle real-time ray tracing; 184 tensor cores accelerate AI workloads and DLSS Super Resolution. Compare the GeForce RTX 4070 against the full GPU lineup on the GPU comparison table.
Across generations
Where the GeForce RTX 4070 sits in Nvidia’s lineup — the generation before and after.
How the GeForce RTX 4070 compares
Similar cards worth a look, based on live prices and 1440p gaming performance. Open any head-to-head for the full specs, benchmark and price breakdown.
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