First Official Performance Figures for NVIDIA's RTX 4070 Revealed

Just a few days before its official launch on April 13th, the first official performance figures for NVIDIA's RTX 4070 have been leaked online. NVIDIA has compared the performance of the RTX 4070 with DLSS 3 and Frame Generation to three graphics cards in the RTX 30 series: the RTX 3080, the RTX 3070 Ti, and the RTX 3070.

NVIDIA claims that the GeForce RTX 4070 is targeting 1440p performance at above 100 FPS with ray tracing and DLSS 3 enabled. However, NVIDIA has not revealed any performance numbers without DLSS 3. Earlier rumors suggest that the RTX 4070's performance is similar to that of the RTX 3080. With DLSS 3, the RTX 4070 is 1.4x, 1.7x, and 1.8x times faster than the aforementioned RTX 30 series graphics cards, according to NVIDIA.

NVIDIA has provided a list of games, with and without Frame Generation, showing the RTX 4070 outperforming the RTX 3070 Ti and RTX 2070 Super. NVIDIA notes that the RTX 3080 launched at $699, and the RTX 3070 Ti launched at $599, which should be the MSRP of the RTX 4070.

The GeForce RTX 4070 is expected to be around 15 percent slower than the RTX 4070 Ti in gaming, with the gap closing on higher resolutions. However, these are all numbers with DLSS 2/DLSS 3, so it is best to wait for reviews to get a better idea of the actual performance, performance per Watt, and performance per dollar. The first slide confirms that the GeForce RTX 4070 will be available on April 13th at $599.