NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER vs NVIDIA Quadro GV100 Comparison

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER leads with an average benchmark score of 43,223, compared to 35,520 for the NVIDIA Quadro GV100. That places the RTX 4070 SUPER in the 83rd percentile of all GPUs, while the Quadro GV100 sits in the 80th percentile.

Q: How large is the performance gap between the two cards?

A: The RTX 4070 SUPER wins all nine head-to-head benchmark comparisons. The smallest margin is 15.2% in Geekbench OpenCL, and the largest is 88.6% in Passmark GPU Compute. In the flagship Passmark G3D test, the RTX 4070 SUPER scores 29,995 versus 19,650, a 52.6% lead.

Q: What are the memory configurations of each card?

A: The RTX 4070 SUPER has 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth. The Quadro GV100 has 32 GB of HBM2 memory on a 4096-bit bus, delivering 868.4 GB/s of bandwidth. The GV100's memory bandwidth is roughly 72% higher, but its smaller raw compute performance limits overall benchmark results.

Q: Which card is more power-efficient based on the recorded data?

A: The RTX 4070 SUPER draws 220 W TDP and achieves 35.48 TFLOPS FP32, while the Quadro GV100 draws 250 W TDP and achieves 16.66 TFLOPS FP32. The RTX 4070 SUPER delivers more than double the FP32 throughput per watt in this comparison.

Q: Do both cards support the same graphics APIs?

A: No. The RTX 4070 SUPER supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), while the Quadro GV100 supports DirectX 12 (12_1). Both cards support OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.4 according to the database.

Q: What are the release timelines for these products?

A: The Quadro GV100 was released in March 2018, while the RTX 4070 SUPER was released in January 2024. Both are now listed as end-of-life products in the database.

Architecture Differences

The RTX 4070 SUPER is built on the AD104 chip using Ada Lovelace architecture, fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC. The Quadro GV100 uses the GV100 chip with Volta architecture, fabricated on a 12 nm process also at TSMC. This process node difference is significant: the RTX 4070 SUPER packs 35,800 million transistors into a 294 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 121.8 million transistors per mm². The Quadro GV100 contains 21,100 million transistors on an 815 mm² die, for a density of just 25.9 million transistors per mm². The Ada Lovelace chip achieves nearly five times the transistor density of the Volta chip.

The shading unit counts differ substantially. The RTX 4070 SUPER has 7,168 shading units, while the Quadro GV100 has 5,120. Texture mapping units are 224 on the RTX card versus 320 on the Quadro, and ROPs are 80 versus 128 respectively. The RTX 4070 SUPER also includes 56 ray tracing cores, a feature entirely absent from the Quadro GV100, which has no RT cores listed. Both cards include tensor cores, with the RTX 4070 SUPER carrying 224 and the Quadro GV100 carrying 640.

Memory architecture is a major divergence. The RTX 4070 SUPER uses 12 GB of GDDR6X on a 192-bit bus, while the Quadro GV100 uses 32 GB of HBM2 on a 4096-bit bus. The HBM2 implementation provides substantially higher bandwidth at 868.4 GB/s versus 504.2 GB/s, but the memory clock differs: 1313 MHz effective 21 Gbps on the RTX card versus 848 MHz effective 1696 Mbps on the Quadro. The bus interface also differs, with PCIe 4.0 x16 on the RTX 4070 SUPER and PCIe 3.0 x16 on the Quadro GV100.

Where Each One Wins

The recorded data shows a clean sweep: the RTX 4070 SUPER wins all nine head-to-head benchmarks. However, the magnitude of each win reveals where the two cards diverge in practical strength.

The RTX 4070 SUPER dominates in DirectX legacy workloads. Its Passmark DirectX 9 score is 344 versus 207, a 66.2% advantage. DirectX 11 shows 273 versus 168, a 62.5% lead. Even DirectX 12, where both cards are weakest in absolute terms, the RTX card leads 110 to 84, a 31% margin. This suggests the Ada Lovelace architecture handles older API paths more efficiently than Volta.

The compute gap is even more pronounced. The Passmark GPU Compute score for the RTX 4070 SUPER is 17,108, while the Quadro GV100 scores 9,069, a massive 88.6% difference. This indicates that for general-purpose GPU compute workloads, the newer architecture's higher FP32 throughput (35.48 TFLOPS versus 16.66 TFLOPS) translates directly into benchmark superiority.

The Vulkan API shows the largest single gap: 205,624 versus 139,526, a 47.4% lead for the RTX 4070 SUPER. This low-level API benefit reflects the architectural efficiency of Ada Lovelace. The G2D test also favors the RTX card at 1,184 versus 836, a 41.6% margin.

The Quadro GV100's strengths do not appear in the head-to-head results. Its 32 GB HBM2 memory and 640 tensor cores are not reflected in any benchmark win. However, the data shows its memory bandwidth of 868.4 GB/s is far higher, which could benefit specific workloads not captured in these particular tests. The database does not record wins for the GV100 in any of the nine comparisons.

Specification Differences

| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER | NVIDIA Quadro GV100 |

|---|---|---|

| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Volta |

| Process node | 5 nm | 12 nm |

| Transistors | 35,800 million | 21,100 million |

| Die size | 294 mm² | 815 mm² |

| Base clock | 1980 MHz | 1132 MHz |

| Boost clock | 2475 MHz | 1627 MHz |

| Memory size | 12 GB | 32 GB |

| Memory type | GDDR6X | HBM2 |

| Memory bus width | 192 bit | 4096 bit |

| Memory bandwidth | 504.2 GB/s | 868.4 GB/s |

| Shading units | 7168 | 5120 |

| TMUs | 224 | 320 |

| ROPs | 80 | 128 |

| RT cores | 56 | None |

| Tensor cores | 224 | 640 |

| FP32 performance | 35.48 TFLOPS | 16.66 TFLOPS |

| FP16 performance | 35.48 TFLOPS (1:1) | 33.32 TFLOPS (2:1) |

| TDP | 220 W | 250 W |

| Power connectors | 1x 16-pin | 1x 8-pin |

| Suggested PSU | 550 W | 600 W |

| Bus interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |

| Display outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a |

| DirectX support | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (12_1) |

The clock speeds show a clear advantage for the RTX 4070 SUPER: its base clock of 1980 MHz is 75% higher than the GV100's 1132 MHz, and the boost clock of 2475 MHz exceeds 1627 MHz by 52%. The pixel rate favors the Quadro slightly at 208.3 GPixel/s versus 198.0 GPixel/s, while the texture rate favors the RTX card at 554.4 GTexel/s versus 520.6 GTexel/s.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database records nine direct comparisons between these two GPUs. The RTX 4070 SUPER emerges victorious in every single one, with an aggregate win count of 9 versus 0.

The most lopsided result is Passmark GPU Compute. The RTX 4070 SUPER scores 17,108, while the Quadro GV100 manages only 9,069. That is an 88.6% difference, the largest margin in the entire comparison. This result aligns with the FP32 throughput gap: 35.48 TFLOPS versus 16.66 TFLOPS, more than double.

The second-largest margin comes in Passmark DirectX 9. The RTX card scores 344, the Quadro scores 207, a 66.2% advantage. This indicates that even older DirectX 9 workloads run substantially faster on the Ada Lovelace architecture, despite the GV100's higher ROP count of 128 versus 80.

Passmark DirectX 11 shows a 62.5% lead for the RTX 4070 SUPER, with scores of 273 versus 168. The Vulkan benchmark records a 47.4% gap: 205,624 versus 139,526. Passmark G3D, often used as a general gaming proxy, shows 29,995 versus 19,650, a 52.6% difference.

The Passmark G2D test favors the RTX card at 1,184 versus 836, a 41.6% margin. DirectX 12 shows a narrower 31% gap, with 110 versus 84. The smallest win for the RTX 4070 SUPER is in Geekbench OpenCL, where it scores 172,795 versus 150,004, a 15.2% advantage.

These results paint a consistent picture: the RTX 4070 SUPER is faster across every measured workload, from legacy DirectX paths to modern compute and Vulkan. The Quadro GV100's advantages in memory capacity and bandwidth do not translate into benchmark wins in the recorded tests. The 32 GB HBM2 pool and 868.4 GB/s bandwidth are notable specifications, but the raw compute throughput of the RTX 4070 SUPER, combined with its higher clock speeds and newer architecture, produces a decisive performance lead in every recorded metric.