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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 vs RTX 4500 Ada Generation — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The RTX 4500 Ada Generation is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 16% to 46%, including 41% in 3DMark Time Spy (19,774 vs 13,997).

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 and the RTX 4500 Ada Generation. Released 2020 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070), 2023 (RTX 4500 Ada Generation). MSRP range: $499 · $2,250. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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*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

SpecNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070RTX 4500 Ada Generation
vram gb 824
vram type GDDR6GDDR6
tdp w 220210
memory bus —192-bit
cuda cores 58887680
rt cores —60
tensor cores —240

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from KitGuru, DigiStatement, Guru3D, 3DMark, VideoCardz, UL Benchmarks, Technical.city 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.

BenchmarkNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070RTX 4500 Ada Generation
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better)
Source: KitGuru, DigiStatement		 17,115 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: Guru3D		 8,749 points—
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: KitGuru, DigiStatement, 3DMark, VideoCardz		 8,324 points—
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 3,421 points5,002 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: UL Benchmarks		 3,181 points—
3DMark Steel Nomad (DX12) graphics score (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 3,182 points—
3DMark Steel Nomad Graphics (higher is better)
Source: UL Benchmarks		 3,180 points—
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: KitGuru, 3DMark, DigiStatement, VideoCardz		 13,997 points19,774 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: KitGuru, 3DMark, DigiStatement		 6,907 points9,588 points
Geekbench 5 OpenCL (higher is better)
Source: Technical.city		 —193,592 points
Geekbench 5 Vulkan (higher is better)
Source: Technical.city		 —171,168 points
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 1,005 pts1,161 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

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RTX 4500 Ada Generation

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 or the RTX 4500 Ada Generation?

The RTX 4500 Ada Generation is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 16% to 46%, including 41% in 3DMark Time Spy (19,774 vs 13,997).

What did the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 and the RTX 4500 Ada Generation cost at launch?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 launched at a $499 MSRP and the RTX 4500 Ada Generation at $2,250. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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