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GTX 1080 Ti vs. RTX 4070

GTX 1080 Ti and RTX 4070 support multiple game generations despite performance. This complete comparison covers features, benefits, drawbacks, and gameplay:

Features

RTX 4070:

5nm Ada Lovelace architecture

5,888 CUDA

12GB GDDR6X

Compliant with DLSS 3.0 and Ray Tracing

power usage 200W

GTX 1080 Ti:

16nm Pascal architecture

3,584 CUDA processors

11GB GDDR5X

DLSS, Ray Tracing: Unsupported

Power consumption: 250W

GTX 1080 Ti, RTX 4070 Benefits

RTX 4070:

It outperforms the GTX 1080 Ti in contemporary games.

DLSS 3.0 and Ray Tracing improve graphics and performance.

Less heat and power than GTX 1080 Ti.

Elegant and future-proof, it supports new games and tech.

GTX 1080 Ti:

GDDR5X 11GB VRAM was significant upon launch.

Legacy Support: Many modern games play well at reasonable settings.

The second-hand market may have it cheaper.

GTX 1080 Ti, RTX 4070 Drawbacks

RTX 4070:

Cost: Higher upfront than prior cards.

For less difficult games, it may be too powerful.

GTX 1080 Ti:

Unsupported modern features: DLSS and Ray Tracing.

Heat and power use increase.

Ageing Architecture: New AAA games may run poorly at high settings.

1080 Ti vs. 4070

RTX 4070 raises frame rates to over 100 FPS in modern games.

GTX 1080 Ti: May struggle with recent, demanding games, but can run 60–80 fps in others.

Resolution: 1440p

The RTX 4070 handles high settings and gaming smoothly.

GPU 1080 Ti: Performance drops; some games demand medium settings for fluidity.

4K resolution:

RTX 4070: 4K gameplay with DLSS, although settings may need revision.

Due to 4K gaming issues, GTX 1080 Ti requires lower settings for good frame rates.

Ray Tracing, DLSS, and efficiency are better on RTX 4070 than GTX 1080 Ti. The RTX 4070 outperforms the GTX 1080 Ti for current and future gaming.

Finally, gaming configurations favour the RTX 4070 over the GTX 1080 Ti. It performs better, is more efficient, and supports modern game technology.

6700 XT vs. 4070

AMD RX 6700 XT

RDNA 2 Architecture: AMD Radeon RX 6700 Series

Upper mid-range 1440p GPU Aim for high settings and 60–90+ FPS.

GPU: RTX 4070

GeForce RTX 4070 design: Ada Lovelace

Placement: Luxury midrange GPU Goal: Entry-level 4K and high-end 1440p DLSS 3 performance.

Comparing Features

AI Acceleration, Ray Tracing

Because GPU lacks AI acceleration and RT processors, the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT struggles at high resolutions while supporting ray tracing. Lack of hardware support for DLSS and other upscaling methods.

Third-generation RT cores make the RTX 4070 a superb ray tracer. DLSS 3 with Frame Generation improves performance and smoothness in demanding games.

Increasing Tech

AMD FSR (FidelityFX Super Resolution), open-source and GPU-compatible, is lower-quality than DLSS 3, especially FSR 1.0 and 2.0.

DLSS 3: Combines frame generation and super resolution to improve responsiveness and frame rate in supported games. RTX 4070 maximises this.

Effectiveness

NVIDIA's 5nm Ada Lovelace design makes the RTX 4070 more power-efficient despite its increased power.

AV1 Encoding

RTX 4070 supports AV1 hardware encoding, making it suitable for YouTubers and streamers.

The RX 6700 supports only decoding, not AV1 encoding.

Video Game Performance

1080p Games

Both GPUs are decent at 1080p.

RX 6700 XT raster performance is comparable to the RTX 3070 for high-refresh-rate gaming.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 leads RT and DLSS games.

1440p Gaming

In most games, the RTX 4070 has 15–25% greater frame rates than the RX 6700 XT.

It can easily push 100+ frames per second using DLSS and ray tracing.

The RX 6700 XT runs most games at 1440p High/Ultra, but current AAA games with RT lower the frame rate below 60.

4K video games

It didn't recommend the RX 6700 XT for 4K gaming.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 is ideal for 1440p but can support 4K with DLSS in many games.

Productivity and Content Creation

The RTX 4070 renders and encodes well:

CUDA/Blender workflows

Premiere Pro (AV1 and NVIDIA encoder) DaVinci Resolve, Topaz AI assignments

Streaming

NVENC + AV1 encoder improves streaming RTX 4070 performance.

The RX 6700 XT supports H.264 and H.265, but not newer codecs.

Price-to-performance

If DLSS and ray tracing are off, the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is better value.

For broadcasters, editors, and DLSS 3 & RT fans, the RTX 4070 is high-end.

Advantages of RX 6700 over RTX 4070

The RX 6700 and 6700 XT Pros:

Great unprocessed gaming performance

More affordable and accessible

Solid, RT-free 1440p card

Cons:

Poor ray tracing.

No DLSS/AV1 encoding

Older, less effective architecture

Pros of RTX 4070

Very good at 1440p and playable in 4K

Revolutionary DLSS 3 and ray tracing.

Excellent coding and content production

Power-efficient, quiet

Cons:

More costly

Raw raster performance per dollar decreased.

Conclusion

モンスターハンターワイルズに備える

気づいたら発売が近づいているのに、各社の新型ミドルクラスグラボが入手不可能とかPS5買っとけってことだな。

以前のOBTでRTX3060とRyzen 5 3600では、FHDでグラフィックも中に落とせばプレイできないくもない環境だった。それでも重くてポリゴンみたいのが出たけど。

OBT2ではグラボ性能はそこまで必要なくなったよーなんて言われてベンチマークが配布されたのでとりあえず、現状を把握するためにまわしてみることに。

快適にプレイできるじゃん！平均50FPSまでしか出ないけど。重い所ではさらに低下がみられる。どうしたものかと思案してグラボを買い替えることにする。既に市場在庫が壊滅的だった中で唯一買えた所があったのでポチッ。その後在庫無くなってたので駆け込みできてよかった。

ZOTAC GAMING GEFORCE RTX 4070 Twin Edge

新品では4070の無印しか買えなかった。ここから上は新品在庫は無く中古で探しても中々なお値段。

4070に交換してグラフィックプリセットを高まであげて回すと90FPSは叩きだしてくれた。

メモリは16GBで十分との事だったけど、OBT2やベンチマーク動作中にメモリの使用頻度高かったので次はメモリをアップデート。

Crucial PRO 32GBX2枚 DDR4-3200

64GBに変更や！32GBでも十分らしいけど、足りなくても嫌なのでさらに倍に。

なんとFHDで120FPS超え。やるじゃない。メモリもあるだけあるとよいね。

ついでに4Kモニターなんだから4Kだとどうよ？ってことで回してみると70FPS超え。60FPSを下回らないならこれでいいんじゃね？メモリを普通よりでっかくして正解だったかも。

The Razer Blade 14 (2024) features an AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS CPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 GPU. It offers a 14″ QHD+ 240Hz HDR display, 1TB SSD, and 32GB DDR5 RAM.

The Razer Blade 14 (2024) is a powerhouse gaming laptop designed for high performance and portability. Powered by the AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS CPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 GPU, this laptop ensures top-notch gaming and multitasking capabilities. Its 14″ QHD+ 240Hz HDR display delivers stunning visuals and smooth gameplay.

Nvidia AD103

Nvidia has another RTX 4070 variant brewing this one uses a down-binned AD103 GPU from the RTX 4080 Super.

AD103 vs AD104

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 ranks as one of the best graphics cards for gamers. Not surprisingly, TechPowerUp seemingly has confirmation that Nvidia released a new variant of the 4070 with harvested AD103 chips, which are normally used in the faster RTX 40-series models like the RTX 4070 Ti Super, RTX 4080 (now discontinued), and RTX 4080 Super. This is strictly business as usual, making use of every possible piece of silicon by turning off non-functional portions of the chip, and we previously reported on upcoming down-binned 40-series GPUs last month.

The RTX 4070 normally utilizes the smaller AD104 die. The silicon, a product of TSMC’s 4N Finfet manufacturing process, measures 294 mm² in die size and houses up to 35.8 billion transistors. Although 60 SMs (7,680 CUDA cores) are inside the AD104 silicon, the GeForce RTX 4070 only has 46 SMs (5,888 CUDA cores) enabled. The RTX 4070 Ti (also discontinued) used the fully enabled AD104 GPU, while the RTX 4070 Super has 56 SMs (Streaming Multiprocessors) enabled.

RTX 4080 AD103

AD103 has a die size of 379 mm² and 45.9 billion transistors, meaning it’s 29% larger and thus costs 29% more to manufacture (give or take). The full chip has 80 SMs (10,240 CUDA cores), which is what Nvidia puts in the RTX 4080 Super. AD103 also supports four 64-bit memory channels (256-bit total), which are used for the 4070 Ti Super and above, while the 4070 only needs three channels (192-bit total).

There shouldn’t be any noteworthy benefit to end users in getting an RTX 4070 based on a harvested AD103 chip. Rather, it’s Nvidia likely clearing out “faulty” chips that simply couldn’t meet the required specs for the higher-end Ada Lovelace models. This follows the usual pattern with prior GPU architectures, and Nvidia has likely been collecting AD103 chips that failed to meet the requirements for at least RTX 4070 Ti Super for over a year. Now, it has enough that it’s ready to sell them off as a late-cycle update to a lower tier product and with less than 60% of the SMs enabled, this should allow the use of nearly any remaining AD103 dies.

According to Tom’s Hardware, one TechPowerUp reader reported to the news outlet that the RTX 4070 (AD103) is already on the market. At least one known MSI model, the GeForce RTX 4070 Ventus 3X E 12G OC, is already using the AD103 die. TechPowerUp’s investigation shows that the new model is already supported in the latest Nvidia 552.22 drivers.

While the AD103 chips is physically larger than AD104, the PCB design, pin map, and package are apparently the same, allowing Nvidia and its board partners to swap between the GPUs as needed. Again, this was a premeditated design decision as Nvidia knew before the first Ada Lovelace GPUs rolled off the production line that it would inevitably have some chips that would require down-binning.

AD103 Nvidia

The Nvidia Blackwell RTX 50-series graphics cards will likely hit the retail market before the end of this year, starting with the highest performance models. Nvidia will want to clear out any existing Ada Lovelace silicon as quickly as possible between now and Blackwell’s launch, and recycling dies from one SKU to another represents a good way to do that. It wouldn’t be surprising to see Nvidia also release a variant of the RTX 4070 Super using AD103 all it would need is chips with at least 56 functional SMs.

Again, this silicon swap benefits Nvidia and its partners more than the consumer. The company is unlikely to lower the RTX 4070 (AD103) pricing or anything along those lines. Consumers will still receive an RTX 4070 with the same level of expected performance though GPU temperatures could be slightly lower thanks to all the “dead silicon” in the chips.

Minor elements of the new RTX 4070 model with a down-binned AD103 GPU are carried over from its higher-end cousin, while there may be minor modifications:

RTX 4070 AD103

Greater Die: Compared to the AD104 GPU that was originally included in the RTX 4070, the AD103 GPU has a larger die size. More transistors and possibly more processing power in theory may result from this.

Similar specifications: It most likely has a memory interface width of about 192 bits and 12GB of GDDR6X memory.

Potential Core Disparity: The AD103 model may include more Streaming Multiprocessors (SMs) than the original RTX 4070 (maybe 60, similar to the RTX 4070 Ti), however some SMs may be disabled to bring the performance closer to that of the original RTX 4070.

Standard capabilities: You may anticipate capabilities like hardware ray tracing and variable-rate shading along with support for DirectX 12 Ultimate.

Important Point: Because several cores have been disabled, this variation should perform similarly to the original RTX 4070. The primary distinction is in the GPU die underneath and maybe in the number of cores.