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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

For running models locally, priced in the US. At 8k context the first runs 13 models fully in memory, the second 13.

In short

Both have 12 GB of memory for models; the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super has 504 GB/s of bandwidth and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 672 GB/s. At 8k context both run the same 13 models we track fully in memory. On the models both run fully in memory, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 is about 1.3× as fast as the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super (estimated, median across models). In the US the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super costs $699 at Amazon and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 $750 at eBay: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super is $51 cheaper.

Updated . Speeds are estimates; how they are worked out.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super

$699

Amazon

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

$750

eBay

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Specifications

SpecNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SuperNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
GPUGeForce RTX 4070 SuperGeForce RTX 5070
Memory12 GB GDDR6X12 GB GDDR7
Memory bus192-bit192-bit
Memory bandwidth504 GB/s672 GB/s
FP16 compute71 TFLOPS62 TFLOPS
SoftwareCUDACUDA
Board power220 W250 W
PCIe generationGen 4Gen 5
PCIe lanesx16x16

What each runs

Estimated decode speed with the most precise quant that fits each one est.

ModelNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SuperNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
Gemma 4 12B31tok/sQ6_K41tok/sQ6_K
Qwen 3.5 9B32tok/sQ8_042tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 14B30tok/sQ4_K_M40tok/sQ4_K_M
Ministral 3 14B29tok/sQ5_K_M38tok/sQ5_K_M
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B32tok/sQ8_042tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 8B32tok/sQ8_042tok/sQ8_0
Phi-4 14B30tok/sQ4_K_M39tok/sQ4_K_M
Qwen 3.5 4B65tok/sQ8_087tok/sQ8_0
Ministral 3 8B31tok/sQ8_041tok/sQ8_0
Granite 4.2 8B29tok/sQ8_039tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 4 E4B37tok/sQ8_049tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 8B-A1B128tok/sQ8_0170tok/sQ8_0
Llama 3.1 8B41tok/sQ6_K54tok/sQ6_K
Qwen 3.8 27Boffloadoffload
Qwen 3.6 27Boffloadoffload
Gemma 4 31Boffloadoffload
Qwen 3.6 35B-A3Boffloadoffload
Qwen 3.5 27Boffloadoffload
Gemma 4 26B-A4Boffloadoffload
Qwen 3.5 35B-A3Boffloadoffload
GLM 4.7 Flashoffloadoffload
Devstral Small 2 24Boffloadoffload
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3Boffloadoffload
gpt-oss 20Boffloadoffload
Kimi Linear 48B-A3Boffloadoffload
Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3Boffloadoffload
Qwen3 32Boffloadoffload
Mistral Small 3.2 24Boffloadoffload
Gemma 3 27Boffloadoffload
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32Boffloadoffload
DeepSeek V4 Flashwon't runwon't run
GLM 5.3 Flashwon't runwon't run
Qwen 3.8 Flash Nextwon't runwon't run
MiniMax M2.7won't runwon't run
Qwen 3.5 122B-A10Bwon't runwon't run
Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12Bwon't runwon't run
Qwen3 Coder Nextwon't runwon't run
gpt-oss 120Bwon't runwon't run
Mistral Small 4 119Bwon't runwon't run
GLM 4.5 Airwon't runwon't run
Qwen3 Next 80B-A3Bwon't runwon't run
Llama 3.3 70Bwon't runwon't run

Questions

Which is better for local AI, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070?
Choose the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 for speed. Choose the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super to spend less.
Which can run bigger models, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070?
At 8k context both run the same 13 models we track fully in memory.
Which is faster for local AI, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070?
On the models both run fully in memory, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 is about 1.3× as fast as the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super (estimated, median across models).
What is the price difference between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070?
In the US the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super costs $699 at Amazon and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 $750 at eBay: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super is $51 cheaper.

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