Nvidia's RTX 4070 is expected to deliver RTX 3090-level performance (possibly better)
Published: 29th August 2022 | Source: @kopite7kimi - Twitter | Author: Mark Campbell
Nvidia hasn't finalised its RTX 4070 specifications, and they appear to be considering two options
Nvidia's reportedly considering two different sets of hardware specifications for their RTX 4070 graphics card, with one potential design offering users 12GB of GDDR6X memory and 7680 FP32 cores and the other offering users 7168 CUDA cores and 10GB of GDDR6X memory. Both graphics cards appear to utilise 21Gbps GDDR6X memory and these GPU models are expected to consume 285W and 250W of power respectively.
The higher end of these two SKUs reportedly has the PG141-SKU340/341 name, offering users 20% more VRAM capacity and bandwidth then the slower PG141-SKU336/337 design. Nvidia's higher-end design could be transformed into a future RTX 4070 Ti model in the future, should Nvidia decide to use their lower-end RTX 4070 design.
Nvidia's two RTX 4070 designs are reportedly being considered by the company, with their higher-end model offering 3DMARK Time Spy Extreme Scores of near 11,000 while the lower-tier model offers scores of near 10,000 while consuming less power. These performance levels give both of these RTX 4070 performance levels that are similar to or greater than an RTX 3090.
Nvidia's planning to start discussing their next-generation graphics cards at GTC (GPU Technology Conference) keynote next month. That said, Nvidia is reportedly pushing back their RTX 40 series launch to give the company deal with their oversupply of RTX 30 series graphics cards. Some reports have claimed that Nvidia's RTX 40 series will launch in Q4 2022, starting with high-end SKUs.
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