NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 4070 is going to be an extremely efficient graphics card for gaming when it launches in a few weeks.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Specs Leak Shows RTX 3060 Power Consumption With RTX 3080-Tier Performance
In an official slide leaked by Videocardz, we get to see the specifications, pricing and a few compute performance figures of the GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Graphics Card Specifications
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 is expected to feature the AD104-250/251 GPU core. The GPU will feature 5888 CUDA cores, and 12 GB GDDR6X VRAM clocked at 21 Gbps, driving the bandwidth up to 504 GB/s (a 12.5% increase over the RTX 3070), The GPU gets 36 MB L2 cache which is 9x higher than the RTX 3070’s GA104 GPU.
There seem to be three PCB boards designed for the GeForce RTX 4070 graphics cards. Two of these are for the reference cards while one is for the Founders Edition as listed below:
- PG141-SKU343 RTX 4070 Reference Edition AD104-250-A1
- PG141-SKU344 RTX 4070 Founders Edition AD104-250-A1
- PG141-SKU345 RTX 4070 Reference Edition AD104-251-A1
Following is a comparison of all the known Ada GPU dies for desktop graphics cards. (Credits to MEGAsizeGPU/TechpowerUP GPU Database for the AD102/AD103/AD104 die shots).
The graphics card is expected to feature a 200W TGP so you’re getting an 8% reduction in power compared to the RTX 3070. The slide also lists down average gaming power which is rated at 186 Watts or 13.5% lower than the RTX 3070 and 22.5% lower than the RTX 3070 Ti. This is in fact the same power consumption as the NVIDIA RTX 3060 while the card should deliver performance on par or faster than the RTX 3080 12 GB which consumed anywhere between 300-320W. That’s a massive increase in efficiency.
As for the compute performance figures, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card features 29 Shader FP32 TFLOPs, 67 RT TFLOPs, 300 OFA, and 400 Tensor TOPs. The compute performance is on par with NVIDIA’s RTX 3080 12 GB (30 TFLOPs).
Also, another interesting thing to note is that the GeForce RTX 4070 core config is very similar to the RTX 3070 which also features 5888 cores but the successor houses the Ada GPU core which should not only bring extra performance but also higher efficiency. The card is also reportedly clocked at 1920 MHz base and 2475 MHz boost clocks which gives it just around 30 TFLOPs of compute power.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card is expected to launch on the 13th of April with reviews for the FE variant landing a day earlier followed by custom AIC reviews on launch day. The graphics card will retail at an official MSRP of $599 US though certain custom models with factory overclocks and better cooling designs will come at a slight premium.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series “Expected” Lineup Specs:
| Graphics Card Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU Name | Ada Lovelace AD102-300(1) | Ada Lovelace AD103-300(1) | Ada Lovelace AD104-400(1) | Ada Lovelace AD104-250(1) | Ada Lovelace AD106-350 | Ada Lovelace AD107-400 | Ada Lovelace AD107 |
| Process Node | TSMC 4N | TSMC 4N | TSMC 4N | TSMC 4N | TSMC 4N | TSMC 4N | TSMC 4N |
| Die Size | 608mm2 | 378.6mm2 | 294.5mm2 | 294.5mm2 | 190.1mm2 | TSMC 4N | TSMC 4N |
| Transistors | 76 Billion | 45.9 Billion | 35.8 Billion | 35.8 Billion | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| CUDA Cores | 16384 | 9728 | 7680 | 5888 | 4352 | 3072 | 2560 |
| TMUs / ROPs | 512 / 176 | 320 / 112 | 240 / 80 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Tensor / RT Cores | 512 / 128 | 304 / 76 | 240 / 60 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Base Clock | 2230 MHz | 2210 MHz | 2310 MHz | 1920 MHz | 2310 MHz | TBD | TBD |
| Boost Clock | 2520 MHz | 2510 MHz | 2610 MHz | 2475 MHz | 2535 MHz | TBD | TBD |
| FP32 Compute | 83 TFLOPs | 49 TFLOPs | 40 TFLOPs | 29 TFLOPs | 22 TFLOPs | TBD | TBD |
| RT TFLOPs | 191 TFLOPs | 113 TFLOPs | 82 TFLOPs | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Tensor-TOPs | 1321 TOPs | 780 TOPs | 641 TOPs | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Memory Capacity | 24 GB GDDR6X | 16 GB GDDR6X | 12 GB GDDR6X | 12 GB GDDR6X | 8 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 6 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 256-bit | 192-bit | 192-bit | 128-bit | 128-bit | 96-bit |
| Memory Speed | 21.0 Gbps | 22.4 Gbps | 21.0 Gbps | 21.0 Gbps | 18 Gbps | 18 Gbps | TBD |
| Bandwidth | 1008 GB/s | 717 GB/s | 504 GB/s | 504 GB/s | 288 GB/s | 288 GB/s | TBD |
| TBP | 450W | 320W | 285W | 200W | 160W | 115W | ~75W |
| Price (MSRP / FE) | $1599 US / 1949 EU | $1199 US / 1469 EU | $799 US | $599 US | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Price (Current) | $1599 US / 1859 EU | $1199 US / 1399 EU | $799 US | $599 US | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Launch (Availability) | 12th October 2022 | 16th November 2022 | 5th January 2023 | 13th April, 2023 | May 2023 | May 2023 | June 2023 |
