Probably the most authoritative source for pre-release GPU specs, kopite7kimi tweeted. key number (opens in new tab) For Nvidia’s upcoming GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card. The bad news is that the new GPU reportedly has exactly the same number of shaders, RT cores, and rendering outputs as the old RTX 3070. (opens in new tab)So the new 4070’s performance leap is likely to be mostly about clock speeds.
The new GPU is said to have more memory than the RTX 3070, but with 12GB instead of 8GB. Nvidia may also have increased the L2 cache from his 4MB to 32MB. But most of the hardware specs are unfortunately similar to the old 3070.
5,888 FP32 shaders, 46 RT cores, and 64 ROPs. So one big change is the chip’s boost clock, which is now said to be 2,610MHz. That’s 51% above the RTX 3070’s peak frequency of 1,725MHz.
However, kopite7kimi has an excellent track record in terms of quickly examining GPU specifications. Additionally, all of these numbers make sense in light of what Nvidia has already announced from his RTX 40 series, including his RTX 4090. (opens in new tab)RTX4080 (opens in new tab) GPU Formerly Called RTX 4080 12GB (opens in new tab)which has now been canceled and will reappear as CES (opens in new tab) It was rebranded as the RTX 4070 Ti in January.
Compared to the numbers above, the RTX 4080 12GB was spec’d at 7,680 shaders, 60 RT cores and 80 ROPS before Nvidia discontinued it, so the RTX 4070, not the RTX 4070 Ti, is definitely below those numbers. is. Hopefully we’ll find out soon as we expect both the 4070 Ti and 4070 to be announced at CES in less than a month.
Either way, the 50% increase over the previous generation card shouldn’t go unnoticed. But as with many of this latest generation GPUs, we doubt it’s any better. Imagine 50% more shaders as well as 50% higher clocks. oh well. next time.
