NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is an end-of-life Ada Lovelace generation card built on TSMC's 5 nm process, housing 45,900 million transistors on a 379 mm² die with a transistor density of 121.1M per mm². It launches into a market where its average benchmark score of 48,704 places it at the 86th percentile of all GPUs, putting it in the upper tier of performance but with notable competition from specialized and mobile parts. The data shows a card that balances high-end features with a triple-slot physical footprint, making it a substantial installation that demands planning for case dimensions and power delivery.

Power and Cooling

The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER carries a TDP of 285 W, which is the figure to use when sizing a system. The suggested power supply rating is 600 W, a number that leaves headroom for a typical CPU and peripheral load without being excessive. Power is delivered through a single 16-pin connector, so the PSU must have that native cable or an appropriate adapter; older power supplies with only 8-pin PCIe connectors will require a conversion cable.

Cooling is handled by a triple-slot design, which is a significant physical commitment. The card measures 310 mm in length, 140 mm in height, and 61 mm in width, meaning it will not fit in compact cases or those with restricted clearance near the PCIe slot. The triple-slot width also means that adjacent PCIe slots are likely blocked, so plan for vertical GPU mounting or ensure the motherboard layout has sufficient spacing. The 285 W TDP is manageable for a well-ventilated case, but the triple-slot cooler suggests the card is designed to run quietly rather than at the edge of thermal limits. The 16-pin connector should be seated firmly, as the power draw is substantial enough that a loose connection could cause instability.

Ray Tracing and Feature Set

The card includes 66 RT cores and 264 tensor cores, which are the dedicated hardware units for ray tracing and AI-accelerated workloads respectively. These are the same architectural blocks found throughout the Ada Lovelace lineup, so the feature set is consistent with the generation. API support is comprehensive: DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4 are all listed. DirectX 12 Ultimate means the card supports mesh shaders, variable rate shading, and other modern rendering techniques that are mandatory for current AAA titles.

The tensor cores enable DLSS and other AI-based features, though the FACT PACK does not list specific DLSS versions or performance multipliers. What the data does show is that the GPU compute score from Passmark is 18,372, which is a general indicator of compute throughput but not a direct measure of RT performance. For ray tracing specifically, the RT core count of 66 is the relevant hardware spec, and it is backed by the 44.10 TFLOPS of FP32 compute. The pixel rate is 250.6 GPixel/s and texture rate is 689.0 GTexel/s, which are high enough to handle ray-traced effects at reasonable resolutions when combined with the tensor core acceleration.

Memory Subsystem

The memory configuration is a 16 GB pool of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus, yielding a bandwidth of 672.3 GB/s. The memory clock is listed at 1313 MHz with 21 Gbps effective data rate. This is a large capacity for a card in this class, and the bandwidth figure is sufficient for high-resolution textures and heavy compute workloads.

For 4K gaming, 16 GB is a meaningful advantage over 8 GB cards, as many modern titles with high-resolution texture packs can exceed 10 GB of usage. The 256-bit bus width is narrower than some high-end cards, but the 672.3 GB/s bandwidth compensates with the fast GDDR6X memory speed. The combination means the card can handle 4K with high texture settings without stuttering due to memory paging. In compute tasks, the 16 GB capacity allows for larger datasets to be resident on the GPU, which is beneficial for rendering or machine learning inference where memory capacity often bottlenecks performance more than raw compute.

How It Compares

NVIDIA CMP 50HX: The CMP 50HX is a mining-focused card with an average score of 49,071, which is 0.7% higher than the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER. This is a negligible difference in raw average scores, but the 50HX lacks the RT cores, tensor cores, and display outputs that make the 4070 Ti SUPER a usable gaming card. The comparison is purely academic since the 50HX is not a consumer product.

NVIDIA RTX A2000: The RTX A2000 scores 47,915 on average, which is 1.6% lower than the 4070 Ti SUPER. This is a workstation card with a much lower power envelope and smaller physical footprint, but the performance gap is surprisingly small in average scores. The 4070 Ti SUPER pulls ahead due to its higher memory bandwidth and larger VRAM pool, but the A2000 is a better fit for space-constrained professional builds.

NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile: The mobile A1000 scores 47,743, which is 2% lower than the 4070 Ti SUPER. This is a laptop chip, so the comparison highlights how mobile parts have closed the gap in average scores, though the 4070 Ti SUPER has far superior sustained performance due to desktop cooling and power delivery. The 2% delta is within noise for most workloads, but the desktop card will maintain that score indefinitely while the mobile part may throttle.

Intel Arc A550M: The Arc A550M scores 49,737, which is 2.1% higher than the 4070 Ti SUPER. This is the only rival that beats the 4070 Ti SUPER in average score, but it is also a mobile part with a much lower feature set. The 2.1% lead is not meaningful in real-world gaming, and the 4070 Ti SUPER has superior driver maturity and feature support.

Benchmark Performance

The average benchmark score of 48,704 positions the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER at the 86th percentile of all GPUs, meaning it outperforms the vast majority of installed cards. The delta to the nearest rival, the Intel Arc A550M, is -2.1%, meaning the 4070 Ti SUPER trails that mobile part by 2.1% in average score. Against the NVIDIA CMP 50HX, the delta is -0.7%, a virtual tie. The RTX A2000 is 1.6% behind, and the RTX A1000 Mobile is 2% behind, so the 4070 Ti SUPER is in the middle of a tight cluster.

Looking at individual benchmarks, the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score is 5,569, which is a modern DirectX 12 test that stresses ray tracing and mesh shading. The Geekbench OpenCL score of 223,091 and Vulkan score of 206,035 are both strong, with Vulkan slightly lower as is typical. Passmark results show a DirectX 12 score of 119, which is lower than the DirectX 11 score of 278 and DirectX 9 score of 360, a pattern that reflects older APIs being more driver-optimized. The overall Passmark G3D score is 31,811, which is a solid mid-high range result. The 2D score of 1,225 is less relevant for gaming but indicates adequate desktop rendering performance.

The FP32 compute is 44.10 TFLOPS, with FP16 at the same 1:1 ratio, which is useful for AI inference tasks that use FP16 precision. The 2% and 2.1% deltas to the mobile rivals are within margin of error for different test configurations, but the 1.6% lead over the RTX A2000 is consistent with the 4070 Ti SUPER's higher memory bandwidth. The data suggests that in raw average score, this card is well-matched against its immediate competitors, but its advantage lies in the feature set and memory capacity rather than a dominant compute lead.

FAQ

Q: What is the launch MSRP of the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER?

A: The launch MSRP is 799 USD.

Q: Does the card require a new power supply?

A: The suggested PSU is 600 W, and the card uses a single 16-pin connector. If the existing PSU has that connector and sufficient wattage, no upgrade is needed; otherwise, an adapter or new PSU is required.

Q: How much VRAM does it have and what type?

A: It has 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, with 672.3 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: Is the card suitable for 4K gaming?

A: The 16 GB VRAM and 672.3 GB/s bandwidth are ample for 4K textures, and the 44.10 TFLOPS FP32 compute is sufficient for modern titles, though the data does not specify a target resolution or frame rate.

Q: How does it compare to the Intel Arc A550M?

A: The Arc A550M has a 2.1% higher average score, but the 4070 Ti SUPER is a desktop card with more VRAM and a triple-slot cooler, making it a more capable long-term gaming solution.

Q: What APIs are supported?

A: DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4 are all supported, covering current and near-future game requirements.