Disappointing first test results?

The RTX 4070 Super, released on January 17, announced up to 20% higher performance in games compared to its classic version. But will it find its place in the RTX 40 series?

Nvidia officially begins rolling out its series “Super” target to refresh its range of graphics cards RTX 40. As a reminder, this first model, the RTX 4070 Great, to be followed by RTX 4070 T And 4080 Nice as announced by Nvidia during CES 2024.

GeForce RTX 4070 vs 4070 Super

Purely technically speaking, the two cards are relatively similar, mainly with a significant gain in CUDA cores.

Model	RTX 4070 Super	RTX 4070
CUDA heart	7168	is 5888
Video memory	12GB GDDR6X	12GB GDDR6X
base frequency	1980 MHz	1920 MHz
Increase frequency	2475 MHz	2475 MHz
Memory frequency	1313MHz, 21Gbps	1313MHz, 21Gbps
bandwidth	504Gbps	504Gbps
Consumption	220W	200W
Publication date	January 17, 2024	April 13, 2023

So the change seems minimal, especially compared to other supers, and the performance gain seems just as timid. At least that’s what comes out when we analyze the first benchmark results.

Raw performance

In terms of the card’s raw performance, through hothardware tests on time benchmarks the spy extreme No 3DMmarkNewcomer crosses (a little) there RTX 3090, as announced by Nvidia. The RTX 3090 scores an average of 9,070. We will also note that the score obtained by the RTX 4070 Super (10,019) is very close to it. RTX 4070 T10,996 is

In Ray TracingSimilar observation, this RTX The 4070 is slightly below the Super RTX 4070 T (62 against 68 FPS) and slightly above RTX 3090 with its 57 FPS.

Remember, however, that the results obtained are only an overview of the card’s performance. Other factors come into play, such as, in particular, optimization (recently neglected). So a Benchmark cThis is a solid indicator, but an in-game test is better.

In-game performance

On the video game side, of course Cyberpunk in 2K (2560×1440) And in high quality, the Super version gives slightly better performance from 82 to 97 FPS average (+18%). with settings In 2K medium quality and with ray tracing enabled, the “Super” version offers 48 FPS compared to 43 FPS With the RTX 4070 (+12%). So it is not a significant increase, but to judge its interest or not That card You will have to wait for the price which we will talk about a little later.

The difference in 2K on the Alan Wake 2 is present but once again very minimal. We observe an increase of 22% or an increase of 12 FPS (55 against 67 FPS). Still on Alan Wake 2, but in 4K, an increase of 20% is observable, i.e. 6 FPS (36 against 30FPS).

This card as expected is graphic So close Refresh Rather than a renewal and real evolution in the series. However the gain is of order 16%Average, if we talk in terms FPS This represents an increase of 5 to 10 FPS.

Let’s not forget that the results obtained vary from one PC to another, from one game to another, from one Windows to another… In short, the results remain indicative above all.

Consumption

The interest of this card, like its non-Super version, lies in its controllability and reduced consumption relative to the performance offered. We did a comparison earlier RTX Great at 4070 RTX 3090, in terms of performance, but consumption is clearly not the same and is very close to its name. So we find full usage of PC 358W for RTX 4070 Great, 337W for RTX 4070 and 477W On it 3080 (There RTX 3090 is the average usage 100W extra).

Price and Availability

To really get the concept of this card and its interest in the series RTX 40, released a year ago, price is the deciding factor.

there RTX The 4070 Super is now available at a price of 660€Depending on the version, opposite 630€ For its non-super version. Obviously, for the moment and given the price difference (Approx 30€ depending on models)

Even if the gain is not extraordinary, the super version is very interesting.

It’s still important to keep in mind that, because the card has just been released, there has been no real reduction in the cost of the card. RTX 4070 as advertised by Nvidia. Consequently, the question of real interest is the following: is 5 to 10 FPS worth the 100 euro difference compared to the Ti version? Nothing is less certain.

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