As part of their CES 2024 presentation, Nvidia announced its upcoming lineup of 40-series Super GPUs: the RTX 4070 Super, RTX 4070 Ti Super, and the RTX 4080 Super. The first of these, the RTX 4070 Super sits at the bottom of the stack, taking the place of the RTX 4070, which launched last year.
With more CUDA cores than its predecessor, as well as a larger pool of L2 cache than its predecessor, sitting closer to big brother the RTX 4070 Ti, does the RTX 4070 Super provide enough uplift over the original to make it worth the price tag? Also, how does Nvidia’s claim of the card being faster than the RTX 3090, last generation’s flagship card, stack up? Here’s our review.
Specifications:
Graphics Processing Clusters: 5
Texture Processing Clusters: 28
Streaming Multiprocessors: 56
CUDA Cores: 7168
Shader FLOPS: 35.5
Tensor Cores: 224 (4th Generation)
AI TOPS: 568
RT Cores: 56 (3rd Generation)
RT FLOPS: 82.1
Texture Units: 224
ROP Units: 80
Base Clock: 1980 MHz
Boost Clock: 2475 MHz
Memory Clock: 10500 MHz
Memory Data: 21 Gbps
L1 Data Cache/Shared Memory: 7168 K
L2 Cache Size: 49152 K
Total Video Memory: 12 GB GDDR6X
Memory Interface: 192-bit
Total Memory Bandwidth: 504 GB/s
Texture Rate (Billinear): 56.1 GigaTexels/second
Max Display Resolution: 4K at 240Hz or 8K at 60 Hz with DSC
Fabrication process: 4N Nvidia Custom Process
Transistor Count: 35.8 Billion
I/O:
3 x DisplayPort
1 x HDMI
Power Connector:
2x PCIe 8-pin cables (with adapter) OR
300 W or Greater PCIe Gen 5 Cable
Required PSU: 650 W
Total Graphics Power: 220 W
Price: $599 MSRP For Founders Edition
Launches January 17th, 2024
First Thoughts
One of the biggest differences I noticed when opening the RTX 4070 Super Founders Edition sample Nvidia sent us is the color. While the non-Super version has a two-tone color scheme with a silver Mobius strip banding over the card in stark contrast to its softer, gunmetal finish, the RTX 4070 Super is just straight jet black. Everything, from the diamond strip wrapping around the GPU body to the fans themselves, is black, giving an almost obsidian-like appearance. Even the branding, the RTX 4070 Super badge on the back of the card is black, which actually makes it hard to see, especially in low light or while in the case.
I’m not sure I like this look — though I know it will appeal to many out there. It took me a while to come around on the overall look of Nvidia’s GPUs from the Ampere generation forward for some reason I’m still attached to the gaudy gamer aesthetic — if it’s more flamboyant, that must mean it’s faster, right? I think I would like the look of the RTX 4070 Super better if the badge was a different color, maybe taking a cue from the silvers or the dark metallic hues from the other 40-series
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