GeForce RTX 4090 vs GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
Summary
GeForce RTX 4090
437%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 4090 |
| 337% higher gaming performance. |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1070 Ti |
| 270 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 4090 . |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 4090
The GeForce RTX 4090 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (9 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce RTX 4090 | | GeForce GTX 1070 Ti | |
|---|
| GPU Name | AD102 (AD102-300-A1) | vs | GP104 (GP104-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 4 nm | vs | 16 nm |
| Die Size | 608 mm² | vs | 314 mm² |
| Transistors | 76,300 million | vs | 7,200 million |
| Shaders | 16384 | vs | 2432 |
| Tensor Cores | 512 | vs | none |
| Raytracing Cores | 128 | vs | none |
| Compute Units | 128 | vs | 19 |
| Core clock | 2235 MHz | vs | 1607 MHz |
| ROPs | 176 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 512 | vs | 152 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce RTX 4090 | | GeForce GTX 1070 Ti | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1325 MHz
21.2 Gbps effective | vs | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 24576 Mb | vs | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce RTX 4090 | | GeForce GTX 1070 Ti | |
|---|
| TDP | 450 watts | vs | 180 watts |
| Release Date | 20 Sep 2022 | vs | 26 Oct 2017 |
GeForce RTX 4090
443.50 GP/s
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
107.70 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 4090
1290.00 GT/s
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
255.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 4090
1018.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
256.30 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce RTX 4090
82580.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
8186.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 4090
190
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
62
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 4090
319
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
84
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 4090
436
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
106
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 4090
186
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
47
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 4090
263
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
56
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 4090
370
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
79
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 4090
130
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
30
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 4090
176
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 4090
215
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
46
FPS (higher is better)