GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB vs Quadro RTX 4000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking109not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation36.23no data
Power efficiency17.01no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU104GA104
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date13 November 2018 (6 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$899 $699

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 cores23046144
Core clock speed1005 MHz1575 MHz
Boost clock speed1545 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)160 Watt290 Watt
Texture fill rate222.5339.8
Floating-point processing power7.119 TFLOPS21.75 TFLOPS
ROPs6496
TMUs144192
Tensor Cores288192
Ray Tracing Cores3648

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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length241 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 12-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 typeGDDR6GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1625 MHz1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth416.0 GB/s608.3 GB/s

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 Connectors3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C1x 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_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 290 Watt

RTX 4000 has 81.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro RTX 4000 and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 4000 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB
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