NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER vs NVIDIA Tesla P4 Comparison

Where Each One Wins

The benchmark data splits these two NVIDIA cards cleanly by workload type. The Tesla P4 is a compute-oriented accelerator from the Pascal generation, while the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is a modern GeForce part. Across the two shared benchmark tests, the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER wins both, but the margins tell different stories.

The Tesla P4 shows its strength in Vulkan compute. Its Geekbench Vulkan score of 40309 is substantially closer to the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's 53683 than the OpenCL gap would suggest. The delta is 24.9% in favor of the newer card, a significant but not overwhelming margin. For workloads that leverage Vulkan's compute pipeline, the Pascal part remains competitive despite its age.

The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER dominates OpenCL compute. Its score of 199267 dwarfs the Tesla P4's 34947, a delta of 82.5%. This is the single largest performance gap in the shared test set. Any workload that relies on OpenCL will see a massive advantage for the Ada Lovelace card.

The Tesla P4 sits at the 81st percentile among all GPUs in the database, while the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER sits at the 76th percentile. This is curious, as the newer card wins both head-to-head tests. The explanation lies in the average benchmark scores: the Tesla P4 averages 37628 across its two tests, while the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER averages 31087 across ten tests. The newer card's average is dragged down by several low-scoring legacy DirectX tests that the Tesla P4 does not run.

In terms of nearest rivals, the Tesla P4's average score of 37628 places it within 0.1% of the GeForce RTX 4070, 0.3% ahead of the Radeon RX Vega 56, 1.3% ahead of the Radeon PRO W6400, and 1.3% behind the RTX 4080 Mobile. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's average of 31087 places it 0.4% behind the Quadro M5000 and GRID M60-1Q, 1.4% behind the RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell, and 1.9% behind the TITAN RTX. These figures suggest that the Tesla P4's two-test average is flattered by the absence of legacy DirectX workloads.

Architecture Differences

The two cards come from different architectural eras. The Tesla P4 uses the GP104 chip on the Pascal architecture, built on a 16 nm TSMC process. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER uses the AD103 chip on the Ada Lovelace architecture, built on a 5 nm TSMC process. The process node difference is substantial, and the transistor counts reflect it.

The Tesla P4 packs 7,200 million transistors onto a 314 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 22.9 million per square millimeter. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER crams 45,900 million transistors onto a 379 mm² die, yielding 121.1 million per square millimeter. That is a density advantage of more than five times for the Ada Lovelace part, which explains how so much more compute fits into a similar physical footprint.

Shader resources differ enormously. The Tesla P4 has 2560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has 8448 shading units, 264 TMUs, and 96 ROPs. The newer card has over three times the shading units. Additionally, the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER includes 66 ray tracing cores and 264 tensor cores, while the Tesla P4 has none of either, reflecting its pre-RTX, pre-tensor-core Pascal design.

Memory configurations also diverge. The Tesla P4 has 8 GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus, delivering 192.3 GB/s of bandwidth. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has 16 GB of GDDR6X on the same 256-bit bus width, delivering 672.3 GB/s. That is 3.5 times the bandwidth and double the capacity. Clock speeds shift accordingly, with the Tesla P4 boosting to 1114 MHz versus 2610 MHz for the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER.

Clock and throughput rates follow the architecture gap. The Tesla P4's pixel rate is 71.30 GPixel/s and texture rate is 178.2 GTexel/s. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER reaches 250.6 GPixel/s and 689.0 GTexel/s. FP32 compute is 5.704 TFLOPS for the Pascal card versus 44.10 TFLOPS for the Ada card. FP16 shows the starkest architectural difference: the Tesla P4 manages only 89.12 GFLOPS at a 1:64 ratio, while the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER delivers 44.10 TFLOPS at 1:1. The Pascal part treats FP16 as a low-priority throughput path, while Ada Lovelace provides full-rate FP16.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The shared test suite contains only two benchmarks, but the results are instructive. In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER scores 199267 against the Tesla P4's 34947. The delta is 82.5% in favor of the newer card. This is not a close contest. OpenCL workloads that scale with raw shader count and memory bandwidth will see the Ada Lovelace card run roughly six times faster in this specific test.

The Geekbench Vulkan test is closer. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER scores 53683, while the Tesla P4 scores 40309. The delta is 24.9% in favor of the newer card. The Pascal architecture's Vulkan implementation, which supports Vulkan 1.4, appears to handle this workload efficiently enough to keep the gap modest. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER still wins, but a 24.9% margin is far less dramatic than the OpenCL result.

The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER also has a broader benchmark profile. Its additional tests include 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 with a score of 5569, Passmark DirectX 10 through 12 and 9 tests scoring 181, 278, 119, and 360 respectively, Passmark G2D at 1225, Passmark G3D at 31811, and Passmark GPU Compute at 18372. The Tesla P4 has no equivalent records in the database, so its 81st percentile placement rests entirely on the two Geekbench tests.

The nearest rival data reinforces the positioning. The Tesla P4's closest rival is the GeForce RTX 4070, which scores 37648, a 0.1% delta. That is essentially a statistical tie. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's closest rival is the Quadro M5000 at 31206, a 0.4% delta. Both cards sit in competitive neighborhoods relative to their peers, but the absolute performance difference between them is large.

FAQ

Q: Which card is faster in OpenCL compute?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER scores 199267 versus the Tesla P4's 34947 in Geekbench OpenCL, a delta of 82.5% in favor of the newer card.

Q: How close is the Vulkan performance between the two?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER leads with 53683 against 40309 in Geekbench Vulkan, a 24.9% margin. The Tesla P4 remains competitive in this workload.

Q: Do both cards support the same graphics APIs?

A: Both support DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), while the Tesla P4 supports DirectX 12 (12_1).

Q: What is the memory capacity difference?

A: The Tesla P4 has 8 GB of GDDR5, while the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has 16 GB of GDDR6X. Both use a 256-bit bus.

Q: Does the Tesla P4 have ray tracing or tensor cores?

A: No. The Tesla P4 has neither ray tracing cores nor tensor cores. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has 66 ray tracing cores and 264 tensor cores.

Q: What is the power requirement difference?

A: The Tesla P4 has a TDP of 75 W and requires no power connectors with a suggested 250 W PSU. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has a TDP of 285 W, requires a 1x 16-pin connector, and suggests a 600 W PSU.

The Verdict

The data points to a clear split by use case. For OpenCL-heavy compute workloads, the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is the overwhelming choice. Its 199267 OpenCL score is 82.5% ahead of the Tesla P4, and its 44.10 TFLOPS FP32 throughput dwarfs the Pascal card's 5.704 TFLOPS. The Ada Lovelace card also offers full-rate FP16 at 44.10 TFLOPS, while the Tesla P4's FP16 throughput is a negligible 89.12 GFLOPS. Anyone doing compute that can leverage these paths should choose the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER without hesitation.

For Vulkan-centric workloads, the choice is less lopsided but still favors the newer card. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER leads by 24.9% in Geekbench Vulkan. The Tesla P4's 40309 score is respectable, and its 81st percentile ranking among all GPUs shows it remains a capable accelerator for its era. However, the newer card still wins the test.

The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER also brings features the Tesla P4 lacks entirely. Ray tracing cores and tensor cores open up workloads beyond pure rasterization and compute. DirectX 12 Ultimate support enables modern graphics features. The 16 GB GDDR6X memory with 672.3 GB/s bandwidth provides room for larger datasets than the Tesla P4's 8 GB GDDR5 at 192.3 GB/s.

The Tesla P4's advantages are physical and practical. It is a single-slot card with no power connectors, a 75 W TDP, and a 168 mm length. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is a triple-slot card with a 1x 16-pin connector, 285 W TDP, 310 mm length, 140 mm height, 61 mm width, and a suggested 600 W PSU. The Tesla P4 has no display outputs, making it unsuitable as a primary graphics card for a desktop, while the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has 1x HDMI 2.1 and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a outputs. The Tesla P4 is end-of-life, as is the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, so availability is limited for both.

The verdict is straightforward. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER wins on raw performance, features, memory capacity, and bandwidth. The Tesla P4 wins on power draw, physical footprint, and its percentile ranking within its own benchmark set. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is the right choice for anyone who needs the higher compute throughput, ray tracing, tensor cores, or larger memory pool. The Tesla P4 is the right choice for a low-power, single-slot accelerator in Vulkan compute scenarios where the 24.9% gap is acceptable and the 75 W TDP is a hard constraint.

Specification Differences

| Specification | NVIDIA Tesla P4 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER |

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

| Architecture | Pascal | Ada Lovelace |

| Process Node | 16 nm | 5 nm |

| Transistors | 7,200 million | 45,900 million |

| Die Size | 314 mm² | 379 mm² |

| Transistor Density | 22.9M / mm² | 121.1M / mm² |

| Base Clock | 886 MHz | 2340 MHz |

| Boost Clock | 1114 MHz | 2610 MHz |

| Memory Clock | 1502 MHz, 6 Gbps effective | 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective |

| Memory Size | 8 GB | 16 GB |

| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6X |

| Memory Bus Width | 256 bit | 256 bit |

| Memory Bandwidth | 192.3 GB/s | 672.3 GB/s |

| Shading Units | 2560 | 8448 |

| TMUs | 160 | 264 |

| ROPs | 64 | 96 |

| RT Cores | None | 66 |

| Tensor Cores | None | 264 |

| Pixel Rate | 71.30 GPixel/s | 250.6 GPixel/s |

| Texture Rate | 178.2 GTexel/s | 689.0 GTexel/s |

| FP32 Performance | 5.704 TFLOPS | 44.10 TFLOPS |

| FP16 Performance | 89.12 GFLOPS (1:64) | 44.10 TFLOPS (1:1) |

| TDP | 75 W | 285 W |

| Slot Width | Single-slot | Triple-slot |

| Power Connectors | None | 1x 16-pin |

| Suggested PSU | 250 W | 600 W |

| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |

| Display Outputs | No outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |

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

| Dimensions | 168 mm (6.6 inches) length | 310 mm (12.2 inches) length, 140 mm (5.5 inches) height, 61 mm (2.4 inches) width |

| Release Date | 2016-09-12 | 2024-01-23 |

| Launch MSRP | None | 799 USD |