NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, AI & Machine Learning Comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti wins 12 of 28 benchmarks, averaging 2.5% faster.
Both cards' numbers are anchored estimates calibrated against our measured cards, pending first-party measurement. Treat small gaps as ties.
What the numbers say
The gap is widest in Stable Diffusion XL, where NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti leads by 130% (3.76 vs 8.65 images/min); the closest fight is Qwen3 4B (2% apart); VRAM decides part of this one: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti runs 18 of our 12 AI workloads while the other card runs 15, models that don't fit score zero.
Benchmark results head-to-head
| Benchmark | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| MiniCPM5 2B tok/s | 244.3 | 237.51 | +3% |
| LFM2.5 2.6B tok/s | 243.25 | 220.82 | +10% |
| Granite 4.1 3B tok/s | 178.48 | 170.68 | +5% |
| Nemotron 3 Nano 4B tok/s | 160.46 | 143.04 | +12% |
| Qwen3 4B tok/s | 154.65 | 151.72 | +2% |
| DeepSeek Coder 7B Instruct v1.5 tok/s | 119.13 | 103.87 | +15% |
| Llama 3 8B tok/s | 105.65 | 92.13 | +15% |
| Llama 3.1 8B tok/s | 102.13 | 92.09 | +11% |
| Qwen3 8B tok/s | 102.4 | 89.83 | +14% |
| Nemotron Nano 9B v2 tok/s | 76.23 | 65.66 | +16% |
| Ornith 1.5 9B tok/s | 91.43 | 79.04 | +16% |
| Gemma 4 12B tok/s | 65.01 | 58.07 | +12% |
| Qwen2.5-Coder 14B tok/s | 0 | 50.73 | n/a |
| Qwen3 14B tok/s | 0 | 51.24 | n/a |
| Gemma 4 26B A4B tok/s | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Qwen3 30B A3B tok/s | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Gemma 4 31B tok/s | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Qwen3 32B tok/s | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Llama 3.3 70B tok/s | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Stable Diffusion 1.5 images/min | 27.62 | 44.44 | -38% |
| Sana 1.6B images/min | 0 | 21.64 | n/a |
| Stable Diffusion XL images/min | 3.76 | 8.65 | -57% |
| Z-Image Turbo images/min | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| FLUX.1 Kontext dev images/min | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| FLUX.1 dev images/min | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Qwen-Image-Edit images/min | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| LTX-Video (distilled) frames/s | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Wan 2.2 5B (720p) frames/s | 0 | 0 | n/a |
Cost to rent
| Card | Per hour |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti | $0.176 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti | $0.190 |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is 1.08x cheaper per hour. Cheapest on-demand rate we see across RunPod and Vast.
Specifications compared
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti | |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 8GB | 12GB |
| Transistors | 17,400M | 35,800M |
| Die size | 392.5 mm² | 294.5 mm² |
| Process node | 8 nm | 4 nm |
| Transistor density | 44.3 M/mm² | 121.6 M/mm² |
| Architecture | Ampere (GA104) | Ada Lovelace (AD104) |
| Memory bandwidth | 608 GB/s | 504 GB/s |
| Boost clock | 1,770 MHz | 2,610 MHz |
| TDP | 290 W | 285 W |
| Launch MSRP | $599 | $799 |
| Release | 2021-06-10 | 2023-01-05 |
FAQ
- Which is better for ai & machine learning: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti?
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti performs better for ai & machine learning, winning 12 of 28 benchmarks in our suite with an average 2.5% advantage.
- What are the main hardware differences between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti?
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti has 8GB VRAM and a 290W TDP, while NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti has 12GB VRAM and a 285W TDP.
- Does VRAM matter more than speed between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti?
- For AI, yes, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti fits 4 more of our 12 workloads than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti. A model that exceeds VRAM doesn't run slower, it doesn't run at all, so the card that fits the model wins that workload outright.
- Where is the biggest performance difference between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti?
- Stable Diffusion XL: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti leads by roughly 130% (3.76 vs 8.65 images/min) in our testing.
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