NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti vs NVIDIA RTX A4000 16GB — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is ahead of the NVIDIA RTX A4000 16GB on all 4 shared benchmarks on file, by 18% to 36%, including 30% in 3DMark Time Spy (14,354 vs 11,079). On llama3.1:8b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti generates 102.1 tokens/s (per GPU Battle) against 76.0 for the NVIDIA RTX A4000 16GB (per Trooper.AI GPU benchmarks), best community run on file for each.
Side-by-side GPU comparison of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti and the NVIDIA RTX A4000 16GB. Both released in 2021. MSRP range: $599 · $1,000. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.
NVIDIA RTX A4000 16GB
*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 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti | NVIDIA RTX A4000 16GB |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 8 | 16 |
| vram type | GDDR6X | — |
| tdp w | 290 | 140 |
| cuda cores | 6144 | 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 Digital Trends, Beebom, HWBOT, 3DMark, Notebookcheck, UL Solutions, CpuTronic, TopCPU.net, GPU-Monkey and PassMark; 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 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti | NVIDIA RTX A4000 16GB |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) Source: Digital Trends |
26,516 points | — |
| 3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) Source: Beebom, HWBOT, 3DMark |
8,717 points | 7,380 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck, 3DMark |
3,710 points | — |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: UL Solutions, Notebookcheck, HWBOT, CpuTronic, 3DMark |
3,552 points | 2,613 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad Light (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck |
15,570 points | — |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: Beebom, TopCPU.net, Digital Trends, 3DMark, CpuTronic |
14,354 points | 11,079 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (graphics) (higher is better) Source: GPU-Monkey |
— | 10,968 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better) Source: Beebom |
7,526 points | — |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (graphics) (higher is better) Source: GPU-Monkey |
— | 5,299 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck |
14,931 points | — |
| PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
1,061 pts | — |
| PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
23,253 pts | 19,365 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.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
- Llama 3.2 1B Instruct: 297.0 tok/s (LocalScore.ai)
- llama3.2:1b-instruct: 297.0 tok/s (LocalScore (Mozilla Builders))
- llama3.2:1b: 297.0 tok/s (LocalScore.ai)
NVIDIA RTX A4000 16GB
- Qwen/Qwen3-4B: 163.0 tok/s (Trooper.AI GPU benchmarks)
- qwen3:4b: 116.2 tok/s (GPUBattle)
- llama2:7b: 85.2 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub Discussion)
Quick answers
Which is faster, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti or the NVIDIA RTX A4000 16GB?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is ahead of the NVIDIA RTX A4000 16GB on all 4 shared benchmarks on file, by 18% to 36%, including 30% in 3DMark Time Spy (14,354 vs 11,079).
Which is better for running local LLMs?
On llama3.1:8b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti generates 102.1 tokens/s (per GPU Battle) against 76.0 for the NVIDIA RTX A4000 16GB (per Trooper.AI GPU benchmarks), best community run on file for each.
What did the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti and the NVIDIA RTX A4000 16GB cost at launch?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti launched at a $599 MSRP and the NVIDIA RTX A4000 16GB at $1,000. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.
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