NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER vs NVIDIA RTX A1000 Comparison

FAQ

Q: Which GPU is faster in the recorded benchmarks?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER wins all three shared tests. It leads by 377.5% in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 (4627 vs 969), by 314.8% in Geekbench Vulkan (205624 vs 49574), and by 231.8% in Geekbench OpenCL (172795 vs 52078).

Q: How do the two cards rank against all other GPUs in the database?

A: The RTX 4070 SUPER sits at the 83rd percentile, with an average benchmark score of 43223. The RTX A1000 sits at the 79th percentile, with an average score of 34207.

Q: What are the closest rivals to each card according to average score?

A: For the RTX 4070 SUPER, the nearest rival is the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB at 43262 (0.1% lower). For the RTX A1000, the nearest rival is the NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB at 34154 (0.2% higher).

Q: What is the memory configuration difference?

A: The RTX 4070 SUPER has 12 GB of GDDR6X on a 192-bit bus, delivering 504.2 GB/s bandwidth. The RTX A1000 has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, delivering 192.0 GB/s.

Q: Which card has more shading units and ray tracing cores?

A: The RTX 4070 SUPER has 7168 shading units and 56 RT cores. The RTX A1000 has 2304 shading units and 18 RT cores.

Q: What are the power requirements for each card?

A: The RTX 4070 SUPER has a 220 W TDP and requires a 550 W suggested PSU. The RTX A1000 has a 50 W TDP, draws power from the slot only (no power connectors, none listed), and requires a 250 W suggested PSU.

The Verdict

The data separates these two cards cleanly by purpose. The RTX 4070 SUPER is the performance pick. It is a desktop GeForce 40-series part built on a 5 nm process, with a 220 W TDP, a dual-slot cooler, and a 1x 16-pin power connector. It posts the higher score in every shared benchmark and sits at the 83rd percentile of all GPUs. It also has a launch MSRP of 599 USD.

The RTX A1000 is the efficiency and form-factor pick. It is an active, workstation-generation Ampere card on an 8 nm Samsung process, with a 50 W TDP, a single-slot design, no power connectors, and a 250 W suggested PSU. It uses PCIe 4.0 x8 instead of x16 and is significantly smaller. Its average benchmark score is 34207, which places it at the 79th percentile, and its nearest rivals are cards like the RTX A2000 12 GB and the AMD Radeon RX 560 XT, not desktop GeForce flagships.

Who should pick which? The RTX 4070 SUPER is for users who need raw compute and graphics throughput: the recorded data shows it outperforms the A1000 by over 200% in every shared test, and it has more memory, higher bandwidth, and more shading units across the board. The RTX A1000 is for users who need a low-power, single-slot workstation card in constrained chassis or power-limited environments. Its 50 W TDP, lack of external power connectors, and compact 163 mm length make it a different class of hardware entirely. The benchmark scores are not close, but the use cases are not the same either.

The verdict is straightforward: the RTX 4070 SUPER wins on performance, the RTX A1000 wins on efficiency and physical footprint.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The shared test suite consists of three benchmarks: 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, Geekbench OpenCL, and Geekbench Vulkan. The RTX 4070 SUPER wins all three.

In 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, the RTX 4070 SUPER scores 4627 against the RTX A1000's 969. That is a 377.5% advantage, the largest margin in the head-to-head set. This test is a modern DirectX 12 workload, and the gap reflects the difference in shading units (7168 vs 2304), RT cores (56 vs 18), and memory bandwidth (504.2 GB/s vs 192.0 GB/s).

In Geekbench Vulkan, the RTX 4070 SUPER scores 205624 against 49574, a 314.8% lead. Vulkan is a low-level API, and the RTX 4070 SUPER's Ada Lovelace architecture with 224 tensor cores and 224 TMUs delivers a far higher compute ceiling than the A1000's 72 tensor cores and 72 TMUs.

In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 4070 SUPER scores 172795 against 52078, a 231.8% lead. This is the smallest margin of the three, but still a decisive victory. OpenCL tends to be more sensitive to driver and memory subsystem behavior, but the 35.48 TFLOPS FP32 throughput of the RTX 4070 SUPER versus 6.737 TFLOPS for the RTX A1000 explains the outcome.

The RTX A1000's best showing is its relative standing among its own peers. Its average benchmark score of 34207 is within 0.2% of the RTX A2000 12 GB (34154) and 0.2% of the AMD Radeon RX 560 XT (34133). It trails the NVIDIA TITAN V (34355) by 0.4%. That places it in a completely different performance tier from the RTX 4070 SUPER, which averages 43223 and sits within 0.1% of the Quadro M6000 24 GB (43262) and the GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile (43268).

The recorded data is unambiguous: across all three shared tests, the RTX 4070 SUPER more than triples the A1000's score in two cases and more than doubles it in the third.

Specification Differences

Process and Foundry: The RTX 4070 SUPER is built on a 5 nm process at TSMC. The RTX A1000 uses an 8 nm process at Samsung.

Transistors and Die: The RTX 4070 SUPER has 35,800 million transistors on a 294 mm² die, for a density of 121.8M / mm². The RTX A1000 has 8,700 million transistors on a 200 mm² die, for a density of 43.5M / mm².

Clocks: The RTX 4070 SUPER has a base clock of 1980 MHz and a boost clock of 2475 MHz, with memory at 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective). The RTX A1000 has a base clock of 727 MHz and a boost clock of 1462 MHz, with memory at 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective).

Memory: The RTX 4070 SUPER has 12 GB of GDDR6X on a 192-bit bus with 504.2 GB/s bandwidth. The RTX A1000 has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 192.0 GB/s bandwidth.

Compute Units: The RTX 4070 SUPER has 7168 shading units, 224 TMUs, and 80 ROPs. The RTX A1000 has 2304 shading units, 72 TMUs, and 32 ROPs.

RT and Tensor Cores: The RTX 4070 SUPER has 56 RT cores and 224 tensor cores. The RTX A1000 has 18 RT cores and 72 tensor cores.

Rates: The RTX 4070 SUPER delivers 198.0 GPixel/s pixel rate, 554.4 GTexel/s texture rate, and 35.48 TFLOPS FP32 (35.48 TFLOPS FP16 at 1:1). The RTX A1000 delivers 46.78 GPixel/s, 105.3 GTexel/s, and 6.737 TFLOPS FP32 (6.737 TFLOPS FP16 at 1:1).

Power and Cooling: The RTX 4070 SUPER has a 220 W TDP, is dual-slot, uses a 1x 16-pin power connector, and suggests a 550 W PSU. The RTX A1000 has a 50 W TDP, is single-slot, uses no power connectors (none listed), and suggests a 250 W PSU.

Bus and Dimensions: The RTX 4070 SUPER uses PCIe 4.0 x16 and measures 267 mm by 112 mm by 42 mm. The RTX A1000 uses PCIe 4.0 x8 and measures 163 mm by 69 mm.

Display Outputs: The RTX 4070 SUPER has 1x HDMI 2.1 and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a. The RTX A1000 has 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a.

Lifecycle: The RTX 4070 SUPER is end-of-life, released 2024-01-16, with predecessor GeForce 30 and successor GeForce 50. The RTX A1000 is active, released 2024-04-15, with predecessor Quadro Turing and successor Workstation Ada.

Architecture Differences

The two cards come from different NVIDIA architectures and different product generations. The RTX 4070 SUPER uses the AD104 chip with Ada Lovelace architecture, part of the GeForce 40-series. The RTX A1000 uses the GA107 chip with Ampere architecture, part of the Workstation Ampere (Ax000) generation.

The process node difference is central. The RTX 4070 SUPER is fabricated on TSMC's 5 nm node, while the RTX A1000 uses Samsung's 8 nm node. That alone explains much of the density gap: 121.8M transistors per mm² versus 43.5M per mm².

The transistor budgets reflect the architectural gulf. The RTX 4070 SUPER packs 35,800 million transistors, more than four times the A1000's 8,700 million. The die sizes are closer, 294 mm² versus 200 mm², but the 5 nm process allows far more logic in the same area.

Ray tracing and tensor performance scale with the core counts. The RTX 4070 SUPER has 56 RT cores and 224 tensor cores, versus 18 and 72 for the RTX A1000. Both cards support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, so API coverage is identical, but the execution resources are not.

Memory architecture also differs generationally. The RTX 4070 SUPER uses GDDR6X with a 192-bit bus and 504.2 GB/s bandwidth. The RTX A1000 uses GDDR6 with a 128-bit bus and 192.0 GB/s bandwidth. The RTX 4070 SUPER's memory clock is 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective) versus 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective) for the A1000.

Power delivery is another architectural signature. The RTX 4070 SUPER is a 220 W dual-slot card with a 16-pin connector and a 550 W PSU recommendation. The RTX A1000 is a 50 W single-slot card with no power connectors and a 250 W PSU recommendation. The A1000's base clock of 727 MHz and boost of 1462 MHz are far lower than the 4070 SUPER's 1980 MHz and 2475 MHz, reflecting its low-power workstation positioning.

Physical design differs as well. The RTX 4070 SUPER is 267 mm long, 112 mm tall, and 42 mm wide. The RTX A1000 is 163 mm long and 69 mm tall. The A1000 also uses a narrower PCIe 4.0 x8 interface, while the 4070 SUPER uses PCIe 4.0 x16. The A1000 offers four mini-DisplayPort 1.4a outputs, while the 4070 SUPER offers one HDMI 2.1 and three DisplayPort 1.4a outputs.

In summary, the RTX 4070 SUPER is a high-power, high-density Ada Lovelace part built for maximum throughput. The RTX A1000 is a low-power, compact Ampere workstation part built for efficiency and small form factors. The benchmark data confirms the performance hierarchy, while the specification table confirms the design philosophy difference.