NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4070 is going to be an extremely efficient graphics card for gaming when it launches in a few weeks.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Specs Leak Shows RTX 3060 Power Consumption With RTX 3080-Tier Performance

In an official slide leaked by Videocardz, we get to see the specifications, pricing and a few compute performance figures of the GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card specifications have been leaked which showcase amazing power efficiency in gaming. (Image Creidts: Videocardz)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Graphics Card Specifications

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 is expected to feature the AD104-250/251 GPU core. The GPU will feature 5888 CUDA cores, and 12 GB GDDR6X VRAM clocked at 21 Gbps, driving the bandwidth up to 504 GB/s (a 12.5% increase over the RTX 3070), The GPU gets 36 MB L2 cache which is 9x higher than the RTX 3070's GA104 GPU.

There seem to be three PCB boards designed for the GeForce RTX 4070 graphics cards.Two of these are for the reference cards while one is for the Founders Edition as listed below:

PG141-SKU343 RTX 4070 Reference Edition AD104-250-A1PG141-SKU344 RTX 4070 Founders Edition AD104-250-A1PG141-SKU345 RTX 4070 Reference Edition AD104-251-A1

Following is a comparison of all the known Ada GPU dies for desktop graphics cards. (Credits to MEGAsizeGPU/TechpowerUP GPU Database for the AD102/AD103/AD104 die shots).

The graphics card is expected to feature a 200W TGP so you're getting an 8% reduction in power compared to the RTX 3070. The slide also lists down average gaming power which is rated at 186 Watts or 13.5% lower than the RTX 3070 and 22.5% lower than the RTX 3070 Ti. This is in fact the same power consumption as the NVIDIA RTX 3060 while the card should deliver performance on par or faster than the RTX 3080 12 GB which consumed anywhere between 300-320W. That's a massive increase in efficiency.

As for the compute performance figures, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card features 29 Shader FP32 TFLOPs, 67 RT TFLOPs, 300 OFA, and 400 Tensor TOPs. The compute performance is on par with NVIDIA's RTX 3080 12 GB (30 TFLOPs).

FP32 Compute Horsepower Comparisons (Higher is Better)

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RTX 4090 82

7900 XTX 61

7900 XT 51

RTX 4080 49

RTX 3090 Ti 40

RTX 4070 Ti 40

RTX 3090 36

RTX 4070 29

RTX 3080 29

RX 6900 XTX 25

RTX 3070 Ti 22

RTX 4060 Ti (Theoretical) 22

RTX 3070 20

RTX 3060 Ti 16

RTX 3060 13

Xbox Series X 12

PlayStation 5 10

Also, another interesting thing to note is that the GeForce RTX 4070 core config is very similar to the RTX 3070 which also features 5888 cores but the successor houses the Ada GPU core which should not only bring extra performance but also higher efficiency. The card is also reportedly clocked at 1920 MHz base and 2475 MHz boost clocks which gives it just around 30 TFLOPs of compute power.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card is expected to launch on the 13th of April with reviews for the FE variant landing a day earlier followed by custom AIC reviews on launch day. The graphics card will retail at an official MSRP of $599 US though certain custom models with factory overclocks and better cooling designs will come at a slight premium.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series "Expected" Lineup Specs: