GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 leads on 6 of 8 shared benchmarks (7% in 3DMark Time Spy); the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER takes 2 (3% in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme). On qwen2.5:14b, the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER generates 24.9 tokens/s (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)) against 20.8 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)), best community run on file for each.
Side-by-side GPU comparison of the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070. MSRP range: $599 · $549. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.
Where to buy
A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.
Specs side-by-side
| Spec | GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 12 | 12 |
| vram type | — | GDDR7 |
| tdp w | — | 250 |
| cuda cores | — | 6144 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from WorthPlaying, Overclocking.com, Wccftech, PC Guide, Dexerto, LANOC and 3DMark; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.
| Benchmark | GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) Source: WorthPlaying, Overclocking.com |
40,528 points | 41,611 points |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better) Source: WorthPlaying |
23,212 points | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (Graphics) (higher is better) Source: Wccftech |
26,006 points | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better) Source: PC Guide, WorthPlaying |
12,182 points | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (Graphics) (higher is better) Source: Wccftech |
12,879 points | — |
| 3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) Source: PC Guide, WorthPlaying, Overclocking.com, Wccftech, Dexerto |
13,035 points | 13,939 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: WorthPlaying, LANOC, Overclocking.com, Wccftech, Dexerto |
5,199 points | 5,787 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, WorthPlaying |
4,650 points | 5,154 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: LANOC, WorthPlaying, Overclocking.com |
20,835 points | 22,221 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (Graphics) (higher is better) Source: Wccftech |
22,846 points | — |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better) Source: PC Guide, WorthPlaying, Overclocking.com |
9,831 points | 9,535 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (Graphics) (higher is better) Source: Wccftech, Dexerto |
10,102 points | — |
AI inference (tokens/sec)
Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
- llama3.2:1b: 183.0 tok/s (LocalScore (Mozilla Builders))
- Llama 3.2 1B Instruct: 183.0 tok/s (LocalScore (UL Benchmarks))
- llama3.2:1b: 183.0 tok/s (LocalScore (Mozilla Builders))
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
- llama2:7b: 127.5 tok/s (knightli.com)
- llama2:7b: 127.5 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub (CUDA performance scoreboard))
- llama2:7b: 127.5 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub)
Quick answers
Which is faster, the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 leads on 6 of 8 shared benchmarks (7% in 3DMark Time Spy); the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER takes 2 (3% in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme).
Which is better for running local LLMs?
On qwen2.5:14b, the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER generates 24.9 tokens/s (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)) against 20.8 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)), best community run on file for each.
What did the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 cost at launch?
The GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER launched at a $599 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 at $549. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.
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