Overdue for a refresh — no successor announced yet. Prices should be at their lowest
Superseded by RTX 5070
Best for: 1440p gamers who find the RTX 4070 Super at a significant clearance discount.
Full details →Overdue for a refresh — no successor announced yet. Prices should be at their lowest
Superseded by RX 9070 XT
Best for: Gamers and creators who want 20GB VRAM at a clearance price — a middle ground between the 16GB mainstream and 24GB XTX.
Full details →| NVIDIA RTX 4070 Super | AMD RX 7900 XT | |
|---|---|---|
| Tier | High-end | Enthusiast |
| Generation | RTX 4000 | RX 7000 |
| VRAM | 12 GB | 20 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 220W | 315W |
| Upscaling | DLSS3 | FSR3 |
| Ray Tracing | ✅ | ✅ |
| Launch MSRP | $599 | $899 |
| Released | Jan 17, 2024 | Dec 13, 2022 |
| Cycle length | ~415 days | ~820 days |
| Cycle advice | Wait | Wait |
| Deals advice | Buy | Buy |
| Successor | RTX 5070 | RX 9070 XT |
Superseded but strong value — at current street prices, delivers ~75% of RTX 5070 performance for significantly less.
Efficient power draw works with modest PSUs.
Over a year of stability optimizations.
More VRAM than any RTX 5000 card except the 5090 (32GB), and 4GB more than the 7800 XT. A rare middle ground.
Superseded but strong value — clearance pricing makes this competitive with the RX 9070 XT at launch MSRP.
Over 2 years of driver optimization for rock-solid stability.