GeForce RTX 3070 TiM vs RTX 4090

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1not rated
Place by popularity5not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation29.62no data
Power efficiency16.31no data
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameAD102GA104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 September 2022 (2 years ago)November 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,599 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores163845888
Core clock speed2235 MHz915 MHz
Boost clock speed2520 MHz1410 MHz
Number of transistors76,300 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)450 Watt220 Watt
Texture fill rate1,290259.4
Floating-point processing power82.58 TFLOPS16.6 TFLOPS
ROPs17696
TMUs512184
Tensor Cores512184
Ray Tracing Cores12846

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length304 mm270 mm
Width3-slot3-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 16-pin1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount24 GB8 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1313 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth1.01 TB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI++

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.98.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 5 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 450 Watt 220 Watt

RTX 4090 has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

RTX 3070 TiM, on the other hand, has 104.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4090 and GeForce RTX 3070 TiM. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
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