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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER

Side-by-side comparison for AI and gaming. Which one should you buy in 2026?

Bottom Line

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has more VRAM (16GB vs 12GB) but costs more ($750 vs $620). For AI, the extra VRAM is usually worth it. For gaming only, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 may be the better value.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070: 3 winsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER: 5 wins2 tied
SpecRTX 5070RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
Street Price$620$750
VRAM12GB GDDR716GB GDDR6X
Memory Bandwidth672 GB/s672 GB/s
TDP250W285W
AI Rating6/107/10
Gaming Rating8/108/10
CUDA Cores6,1448,448
Boost Clock2512 MHz2610 MHz
$/GB VRAM$52$47
Length267mm290mm

AI Model Compatibility

How each GPU handles popular AI models. VRAM determines whether a model fits — green means it runs, red means it won't.

Model12GB16GB
Llama 3.1 70B 70BNoNo
Llama 3.1 8B 8BQ8FP16
Qwen 2.5 72B 72BNoNo
Qwen 2.5 32B 32BNoOffload
Qwen 2.5 14B 14BQ4Q8
Mistral 7B 7BQ8FP16
DeepSeek R1 70B 70BNoNo
FLUX.1 Dev 12BQ4Q8
Stable Diffusion XL 6.6BQ8FP16
Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large 8BQ8Q8
HunyuanVideo 13BOffloadQ4
CogVideoX-5B 5BQ8Q8
Mochi 1 10BQ4Q8
LTX Video 2BFP16FP16
Stable Video Diffusion 1.5BFP16FP16
Wan Video 14B 14BQ4Q4
Codestral 22B 22BOffloadQ4
Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B 32BNoOffload
LLaVA 1.6 34B 34BNoOffload
AlphaFold 2 93MQ8FP16
ESMFold (ESM-2 15B) 15BQ4Q8
ESM-2 3B 3BFP16FP16
scGPT 50MFP16FP16
RFdiffusion 200MQ8FP16
Fine-tune Llama 8B 8BQ4Q8
Fine-tune Llama 70B 70BNoNo
Train SDXL LoRA 6.6BQ8Q8
Train FLUX LoRA 12BOffloadQ4

Estimated Performance (tok/s)

Bandwidth-based estimates, not hardware benchmarks. Methodology

ModelRTX 5070RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
Llama 3.1 8B 8B52-64Fast23-29Usable
Qwen 2.5 32B 32B1-3
Qwen 2.5 14B 14B48-60Fast28-34Usable

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

The RTX 5070 delivers RTX 4090-class gaming performance thanks to DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation, but at a fraction of the cost. With 12GB of GDDR7 memory, it handles 1440p and 4K gaming excellently. For AI use, the 12GB VRAM is limiting — you can run 7B-8B models comfortably but larger models require heavy quantization. Best suited for gamers who want top-tier performance with occasional AI experimentation.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER

The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is a compelling mid-to-high-end option with 16GB of GDDR6X VRAM. It handles 1440p and 4K gaming well, and the 16GB VRAM makes it viable for running 14B parameter LLMs and Stable Diffusion. It occupies a sweet spot for builders who want both gaming and AI capability without paying flagship prices.

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Who Should Buy Which?

Buy the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 if:

  • + You want to save $130
  • + You want lower power consumption (250W vs 285W)
  • + Best value for 4K gaming in the RTX 50 series

Buy the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER if:

  • + You need 16GB VRAM for larger AI models
  • + AI workloads are your primary use case
  • + 1440p/4K gaming with enough VRAM for real AI work