NVIDIA has officially launched the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER today which comes with a supercharged AD104 GPU & starts at $599 US.
NVIDIA Brings Supercharged Ada Lovelace To Gamers With Highly Competitive GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER, Starting at $599 US
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER GPU is the first to hit retail shelves and it is a gamer delight, offering the performance of a last-gen BFGPU such as the RTX 3090 at a price point of just $599 US. The graphics card is a 1440p gamers paradise, hitting the right perf/$ mark and even flexing up to 4K gaming by leveraging NVIDIA's DLSS 3 technologies.
You can check out our review of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Founders Edition & the custom PNY XLR8 Gaming OC variants too. In our tests, we found the RTX 4070 SUPER to be around 15% faster than the RTX 4070 Non-SUPER and around 10% faster than the RX 7800 XT & consumed a fraction of the power of an RTX 3090 while delivering similar (& sometimes better) performance. You can also use the following links to purchase the card (Affiliate):
Newegg US:
- Gigabyte RTX 4070 SUPER Master OC - $699.99
- ASUS RTX 4070 SUPER TUF Gaming OC - $689.99
- Gigabyte RTX 4070 SUPER AERO OC - $679.99
- MSI RTX 4070 SUPER Gaming X - $649.99
- Gigabyte RTX 4070 SUPER Gaming OC - $649.99
- ASUS RTX 4070 SUPER Dual White OC - $629.99
- ZOTAC RTX 4070 SUPER Twin Edge OC - $629.99
- MSI RTX 4070 SUPER Ventus 2X - $619.99
- ASUS RTX 4070 SUPER Dual OC - $609.99
- ASUS RTX 4070 SUPER Dual - $599.99
- PNY RTX 4070 SUPER VERTO OC - $599.99
- Gigabyte RTX 4070 SUPER Windforce OC - $599.99
B&H US:
- ASUS RTX 4070 SUPER Dual - $599.99
- PNY RTX 4070 SUPER Verto - $599.99
- Gigabyte RTX 4070 SUPER Windforce OC - $599.99
- ASUS RTX 4070 SUPER Dual OC - $609.99
- MSI RTX 4070 SUPER Ventus 2X OC - $609.99
- MSI RTX 4070 SUPER Ventus 2X White OC - $619.99
- MSI RTX 4070 SUPER Ventus 3X OC - $629.99
- ASUS RTX 4070 SUPER Dual OC White - $629.99
- Gigabyte RTX 4070 SUPER Eagle OC - $629.99
- Gigabyte RTX 4070 SUPER Gaming OC - $649.99
- MSI RTX 4070 SUPER Gaming X SLIM - $649.99
- Gigabyte RTX 4070 SUPER AERO OC - $679.99
- ASUS RTX 4070 SUPER TUF Gaming OC - $689.99
- Gigabyte RTX 4070 SUPER Master OC - $699.99
- ASUS RTX 4070 SUPER ROG STRIX OC - $759.99
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER GPU Specifications: Upgraded AD104 GPU With 20% More Cores
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER will feature AD104-350 or AD103-175 GPU (PG141 SKU 335) configurations with the same 7,168 cores across both variants. The GPU is expected to get 36 MB of L2 cache. The card will stick with the 12 GB GDDR6X memory across the same 192-bit bus interface. For the RTX 4070 SUPER, the card will have a 20W higher TBP than the existing 4070 at 220W.
The card offers 36 Shader TFLOPs, 82 RT TFLOPs, and 568 AI TOPs while supporting all the latest NV encode technologies such as AV1 and H.264. All of these combined put the RTX 4070 within 95% of the performance of the 4070 Ti.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER GPU Performance: Faster Than An RTX 3090 & Just 5% Slower Than A 4070 Ti On Average
In terms of gaming performance, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is said to be around 15% faster than the RTX 4070 Non-SUPER, marking the biggest uplifts in the SUPER lineup. The card is also stated to be faster than an RTX 3090 without frame-generation though the performance is going to vary on a game-to-game basis. NVIDIA also confirms that the card is just 5% slower than an RTX 4070 Ti which retailed for $799 US. That too has been replaced by the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER.
AI is a major talking point for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER and the RTX 40 SUPER series in general, delivering up to 2x faster performance with DLSS 3.5, 70% faster image generation & 50% faster video generation speeds using ML optimizations through the Tensor-RT and Tensor-RT LLM stack that has been available on Windows and is being updated on the go.
The card will be challenging the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE and RX 7800 XT. The GRE retails for $649 US while the 7800 XT retails for $499 US. Having 4070 Ti or 3090-class performance at $599 US is a very aggressive approach by NVIDIA and one that should definitely be appreciated by gamers. At the same time, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 will continue to live on with a $549 US price tag but at this point, it is better to go for the new SUPER variant.
Relative Performance Across 14 Rasterized Games (Percentage)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER GPU Power Efficiency: Absolutely Shattering Perf/Watt
Another talking point for the NVIDIA GeForce RT 40 SUPER GPUs such as the RTX 4070 SUPER is its class-leading performance efficiency. While the GPU is rated at 220W, the actual gaming wattage is around 200W on average which is less than half the TGP of the RTX 4090 and much lower than what the Radeon RX 7900 series consumes. Even the 7800 XT is rated at a much higher 263W TBP. The video playback power is also 16W out of the box while idle power is 11W, something that the AMD RDNA 3 GPUs had trouble fixing during launch.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER GPU Pricing & Availability
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER GPU is available now in both Founders Edition and custom variants, starting at $599 US. There are plenty of custom models to select from such as the ones shown below:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Founders Edition Gallery:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Desktop GPU Family:
| Graphics Card | GPU SKU | GPU Cores | TMUs / ROPs | Clock Speed (Boost) | VRAM / Bus | Bandwidth | TGP | Price (MSRP) | Launch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GeForce RTX 4090 | AD102-300 | 16384 | 512 / 176 | 2520 MHz | 24 GB GDDR6X / 384-bit | 1008 GB/s | 450W | $1599 US | October 2022 |
| GeForce RTX 4090D | AD102-250 | 14592 | 456 / 176 | 2520 MHz | 24 GB GDDR6X / 384-bit | 1008 GB/s | 425W | 12999 RMB | January 2024 |
| GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER | AD103-400 | 10240 | 320 / 112 | 2550 MHz | 16 GB GDDR6X / 256-bit | 736 GB/s | 320W | $999 US | January 2024 |
| GeForce RTX 4080 | AD103-300 | 9728 | 320 / 112 | 2510 MHz | 16 GB GDDR6X / 256-bit | 716 GB/s | 320W | $1199 US | November 2022 |
| GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER | AD103-275/AD102-175 | 8448 | 264 / 96 | 2610 MHz | 16 GB GDDR6X / 256-bit | 672 GB/s | 285W | $799 US | January 2024 |
| GeForce RTX 4070 Ti | AD104-400 | 7680 | 240 / 80 | 2610 MHz | 12 GB GDDR6X /192-bit | 504 GB/s | 285W | $799 US | January 2023 |
| GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER | AD104-350/AD103-175 | 7168 | 224 / 80 | 2475 MHz | 12 GB GDDR6X / 192-bit | 504 GB/s | 220W | $599 US | January 2024 |
| GeForce RTX 4070 | AD104-250 | 5888 | 184 / 64 | 2475 MHz | 12 GB GDDR6X / 192-bit | 504 GB/s | 200W | $549 US | April 2023 |
| GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB | AD106-350 | 4352 | 136 / 48 | 2535 MHz | 16 GB GDDR6 /128-bit | 288 GB/s | 165W | $449 US | July 2023 |
| GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB | AD106-350 | 4352 | 136 / 48 | 2535 MHz | 8 GB GDDR6 / 128-bit | 288 GB/s | 160W | $399 US | May 2023 |
| GeForce RTX 4060 | AD107-400 | 3072 | 96 / 48 | 2460 MHz | 8 GB GDDR6 / 128-bit | 272 GB/s | 115W | $299 US | June 2023 |
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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