NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 5% to 65%, including 65% in 3DMark Time Spy (37,979 vs 22,990). On gemma:26b, both reach about 5.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA; per LocalLLaMA).
Side-by-side GPU comparison of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090. Released 2024 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER), 2022 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090). MSRP range: $799 · $1,599. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
*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 4070 Ti SUPER | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 16 | 24 |
| vram type | GDDR6X | GDDR6X |
| tdp w | 285 | 450 |
| cuda cores | 8448 | 16384 |
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, 3DMark, HWBOT, Overclocking.com, Overclock3D, HWCooling.net, Wccftech, The FPS Review, UL Benchmarks, [H]ard|Forum RTX 4090 Time Spy Thread and TechPowerUp; 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 4070 Ti SUPER | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) Source: WorthPlaying |
42,724 points | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better) Source: WorthPlaying |
26,435 points | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better) Source: WorthPlaying |
14,209 points | — |
| 3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, HWBOT, Overclocking.com, Overclock3D, HWCooling.net, Wccftech |
15,798 points | 25,820 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, Overclocking.com, Wccftech |
6,395 points | 10,527 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: The FPS Review, UL Benchmarks |
— | 27,805 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad Light (higher is better) Source: The FPS Review |
— | 11,287 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, [H]ard|Forum RTX 4090 Time Spy Thread, WorthPlaying, Overclocking.com |
22,990 points | 37,979 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (Graphics) (higher is better) Source: Wccftech |
23,983 points | — |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better) Source: TechPowerUp, WorthPlaying, Overclocking.com, The FPS Review |
11,170 pts | 29,321 pts |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (Graphics) (higher is better) Source: TechPowerUp, Wccftech |
11,981 points | 19,000 pts |
| 3DMark Time Spy GPU (higher is better) Source: TechPowerUp |
— | 35,200 pts |
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 4070 Ti SUPER
- llama3.2:1b: 161.0 tok/s (LocalScore (Mozilla Builders))
- llama2:7b: 132.3 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub (CUDA Scoreboard))
- llama2:7b: 132.3 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub (CUDA performance scoreboard))
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
- llama3.1:8b: 2550.0 tok/s (Spheron Blog)
- qwen3:32b: 650.0 tok/s (Spheron Blog)
- llama3:8b: 440.0 tok/s (LocalLLaMA)
Quick answers
Which is faster, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER on all 6 shared benchmarks on file, by 5% to 65%, including 65% in 3DMark Time Spy (37,979 vs 22,990).
Which is better for running local LLMs?
On gemma:26b, both reach about 5.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA; per LocalLLaMA).
What did the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 cost at launch?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER launched at a $799 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 at $1,599. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.
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