NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super vs NVIDIA RTX 4000 (Ada Generation), AI & Machine Learning Comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super wins 20 of 27 benchmarks, averaging 61.4% 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 Qwen3 14B, where NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super leads by 82% (67.09 vs 36.81 tok/s); the closest fight is Stable Diffusion 1.5 (17% apart); VRAM decides part of this one: NVIDIA RTX 4000 (Ada Generation) runs 23 of our 12 AI workloads while the other card runs 21, models that don't fit score zero.
Benchmark results head-to-head
| Benchmark | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super | NVIDIA RTX 4000 (Ada Generation) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| MiniCPM5 2B tok/s | 295.94 | 183.38 | +61% |
| LFM2.5 2.6B tok/s | 290.14 | 170.15 | +71% |
| Granite 4.1 3B tok/s | 212.25 | 127.76 | +66% |
| Nemotron 3 Nano 4B tok/s | 186.32 | 106.26 | +75% |
| Qwen3 4B tok/s | 187.75 | 110.18 | +70% |
| DeepSeek Coder 7B Instruct v1.5 tok/s | 136.19 | 75.46 | +80% |
| Llama 3 8B tok/s | 120.81 | 66.88 | +81% |
| Llama 3.1 8B tok/s | 119.63 | 66.59 | +80% |
| Qwen3 8B tok/s | 117.39 | 65.39 | +80% |
| Nemotron Nano 9B v2 tok/s | 86.2 | 47.48 | +82% |
| Ornith 1.5 9B tok/s | 104.04 | 58.29 | +78% |
| Gemma 4 12B tok/s | 74.94 | 42.23 | +77% |
| Qwen2.5-Coder 14B tok/s | 65.89 | 36.34 | +81% |
| Qwen3 14B tok/s | 67.09 | 36.81 | +82% |
| 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 | 46.09 | 39.51 | +17% |
| Sana 1.6B images/min | 22.59 | 17.96 | +26% |
| Stable Diffusion XL images/min | 8.9 | 6.56 | +36% |
| Playground v2.5 images/min | 5.57 | 4.32 | +29% |
| PixArt-Sigma XL images/min | 12.6 | 10.45 | +21% |
| 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 | 2.773 | 2.06 | +35% |
| Wan 2.2 5B (720p) frames/s | 0 | 0.18 | n/a |
Whole-job comparison
How long each card takes to finish a complete pipeline, not just one model. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super is faster on 1 of 1; NVIDIA RTX 4000 (Ada Generation) on 0.
| Workflow | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super | NVIDIA RTX 4000 (Ada Generation) | Difference | Cost per run |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full codebase review | 15.2 min | 27.5 min | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super 1.81x faster | $0.064 vs $0.092 |
Renting by the hour, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super finishes 1 of 1 cheaper. The quicker card is not automatically the cheaper way to get the work done.
Cost to rent
| Card | Per hour |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super | $0.252 |
| NVIDIA RTX 4000 (Ada Generation) | $0.200 |
NVIDIA RTX 4000 (Ada Generation) is 1.26x cheaper per hour. Cheapest on-demand rate we see across RunPod and Vast.
Specifications compared
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super | NVIDIA RTX 4000 (Ada Generation) | |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 16GB | 20GB |
| Transistors | 45,900M | 35,800M |
| Die size | 378.6 mm² | 294.5 mm² |
| Process node | 4 nm | 4 nm |
| Transistor density | 121.2 M/mm² | 121.6 M/mm² |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace (AD103) | Ada Lovelace |
| Memory bandwidth | 672 GB/s | 360 GB/s |
| Boost clock | 2,610 MHz | 2,175 MHz |
| TDP | 285 W | 130 W |
| Launch MSRP | $799 | $1,250 |
| Release | 2024-01-24 | 2023-08-09 |
FAQ
- Which is better for ai & machine learning: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super or NVIDIA RTX 4000 (Ada Generation)?
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super performs better for ai & machine learning, winning 20 of 27 benchmarks in our suite with an average 61.4% advantage.
- What are the main hardware differences between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super and NVIDIA RTX 4000 (Ada Generation)?
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super has 16GB VRAM and a 285W TDP, while NVIDIA RTX 4000 (Ada Generation) has 20GB VRAM and a 130W TDP.
- Does VRAM matter more than speed between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super and NVIDIA RTX 4000 (Ada Generation)?
- For AI, yes, NVIDIA RTX 4000 (Ada Generation) fits 3 more of our 12 workloads than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super. 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 4070 Ti Super and NVIDIA RTX 4000 (Ada Generation)?
- Qwen3 14B: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super leads by roughly 82% (67.09 vs 36.81 tok/s) in our testing.
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