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Superseded by RTX 5070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 →First-generation product — no release history to base predictions on
Superseded by Arc B770
Best for: Budget gamers who want 16GB VRAM and primarily play modern DX12/Vulkan titles. Not recommended for older game libraries or professional CUDA workloads.
Full details →| NVIDIA RTX 4070 Super | Intel Arc A770 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tier | High-end | Mid-range |
| Generation | RTX 4000 | Arc Alchemist |
| VRAM | 12 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 220W | 225W |
| Upscaling | DLSS3 | XeSS |
| Ray Tracing | ✅ | ✅ |
| Launch MSRP | $599 | $349 |
| Released | Jan 17, 2024 | Oct 12, 2022 |
| Cycle length | ~415 days | — |
| Cycle advice | Wait | Caution |
| Deals advice | Buy | Buy |
| Successor | RTX 5070 | Arc B770 |
Superseded but strong value — at current street prices, delivers ~75% of RTX 5070 performance for significantly less.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.
The cheapest way to get 16GB VRAM in a discrete GPU. Unmatched for VRAM-per-dollar.
Intel's driver team has spent 2+ years maturing the Alchemist stack. DX12 and Vulkan are now solid.
Intel's AI upscaler works across all GPU brands but is optimized for Arc hardware.