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Superseded by RTX 5070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 →Early in cycle — strong buy, no urgency to wait
Best for: 1440p gamers who want near-flagship performance at a fraction of the flagship price, and entry-level 4K gamers.
Full details →| NVIDIA RTX 4070 Super | NVIDIA RTX 5070 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tier | High-end | High-end |
| Generation | RTX 4000 | RTX 5000 |
| VRAM | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR7 |
| TDP | 220W | 250W |
| Upscaling | DLSS3 | DLSS4 |
| Ray Tracing | ✅ | ✅ |
| Launch MSRP | $599 | $549 |
| Released | Jan 17, 2024 | Mar 6, 2025 |
| Cycle length | ~415 days | ~850 days |
| Cycle advice | Wait | Buy |
| Deals advice | Buy | Caution |
| Successor | RTX 5070 | — |
Superseded but strong value — at current street prices, delivers ~75% of RTX 5070 performance for significantly less.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.
NVIDIA's most disruptive price-to-performance ratio this generation — a generational leap accessible to mainstream budgets.
Lower power draw than the RTX 4070 Super it replaces, while delivering dramatically more performance.
Full Blackwell AI features including multi-frame generation — exclusive to RTX 5000 series.