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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060

55 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
VS
36 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

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  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison
Processors:
GeForce RTX 4070
vs
GeForce RTX 4060

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
170
113
105
79
127
81
70
49
The Witcher 3
191
160
114
61
142
114
82
46
Counter-Strike 2
262
207
148
82
204
154
114
57
Far Cry 6
148
135
112
71
107
96
75
42
Hogwarts Legacy
120
96
78
43
80
66
50
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
154
141
110
72
96
89
64
41
Ghost of Tsushima
104
87
74
40
74
61
45
25
Cyberpunk 2077
133
115
78
34
83
74
44
22
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
209
194
148
81
130
119
87
43
Avg FPS
1080p High166116
1080p Ultra13995
1440p Ultra10770
4K Ultra6339
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
10688
Time Spy1782510620
Solar Bay8264549040
Port Royal111496050
Fire Strike4410928559
Night Raid152587121867
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
106633
Background Blur233 frames/s186.9 frames/s
Face Detection141.7 frames/s112.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.62 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.19 Gpix/sec5.16 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.2 Gpix/sec4.94 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.78 Gpix/sec1.34 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching845.4 Gpix/sec446.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics25043.9 fps14935.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
19712
G2D Mark11651080
DirectX 11245 fps174 fps
DirectX 12102 fps77 fps
GPU Compute14820 Ops/s9311 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
118.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1039 fps709 fps
Car Chase900 fps615.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)761.2 fps496.1 fps
T-Rex3848.1 fps2635.8 fps
ALU 25980.8 fps3284 fps
Driver Overhead 2296.7 fps280.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6200.73372.6
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
17857
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
29214
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
14234
Image Classification (SP)n/a7696
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a13706
Horizon Detectionn/a23289
Face Detection (HP)n/a31126
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a78361
Text Classification (SP)n/a3315
Machine Translation (HP)n/a3491
Object Detection (SP)n/a9386
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a36778
Style Transfer (SP)n/a148120
Frameworkn/aONNX
Backendn/aDirectML
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
3174.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 13, 2023 May, 18, 2023
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Ada Lovelace
Codename AD104 AD107
Price 599 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1920 MHz 1830 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2475 MHz 2460 MHz
Shader Units 5888 3072
TMUs 184 96
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units 46 24
Ray Tracing Cores 46 24
Tensor Cores 184 96
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 36000 KB/core 24000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 158 Gpix/sec 118 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 455 GTex/s 236 GTex/s
FLOPS 29.1 TFLOPS 15.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 200 W 115 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 294 mm² 159 mm²
Transistor count 35 billion 18 billion
Transistor density 119.05 MTr/mm² 113.21 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1313 MHz n/a
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 21000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 12 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
504.2 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
272 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.9 8.9
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 DLSS 3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 the clear winner in this comparison.

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