RTX 4060 Ti vs RTX 4070: Which one should you buy?

❘ Published: 2024-01-11T16:19:34

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It is not always easy to choose the right graphics card, especially when the competition is as closely matched as the RTX 4060 Ti and RTX 4070. This guide will help you come to a decision on what is right for you.

The choice of graphics card is not easy, with a large range of products and price ranges to pick from, and new releases like the upcoming Super refresh of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 40 series of cards muddying the water even further.

For the majority of PC gamers who don’t have vast bank accounts, the low-mid range is primarily a battle between the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB and the more powerful, but more expensive RTX 4070. Is the more expensive card really worth it?

For gamers who stick to resolutions of 1080p and below, the RTX 4060 Ti will perform just fine, but the higher up the resolution numbers go, the more the cheaper card starts the struggle. This is something that becomes particularly evident at 1440p and 4K resolutions.

For a further breakdown covering all the pros and cons of each card, keep reading.

Buy the Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti 8GB

Buy the Nvidia RTX 4070

RTX 4060 Ti vs RTX 4070: Specifications

GPU	Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti	Nvidia RTX 4070
CUDA cores	4352	5888
Base clock	2310 MHz	1920 MHz
Boost clock	2535 MHz	2475 MHz
Memory	8GB GDDR6 / 16GB GDDR6	12GB GDDR6X
TGP	160W	200W
Release date	May 24, 2023 / July 2023	April 13, 2023
MSRP	$399 / $499	$599

The Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti comes in two different variants, 8GB and 16GB. However, their specs remain the exact same outside of memory configuration. Versus the RTX 4070, we can see that the 4060 Ti has 30% fewer CUDA cores compared to the RTX 4070, you should expect the relative performance of the graphics to also scale in this way, too.

However, it should also be noted that the RTX 4070 is based on a larger die, the AD104, whereas the RTX 4060 Ti is based on the comparatively smaller AD106.

Also of note is the differences in power draw, the RTX 4070 will gulp down up to 200W to power itself, whereas the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB will only use 160W.

RTX 4060 Ti vs RTX 4070: Price

The RTX 4060 Ti starts at $399 for the 8GB variant, and $499 for 16GB. This is up to $200 cheaper than the $599 MSRP of the RTX 4070. However, for that cash, you get more CUDA cores, wider bus width, and faster memory, too.

Considering that you get 30% more cores for $200, you might want to save up your pennies ahead of your next build in order to get the fastest GPU possible for your system. While we have not yet benchmarked the 16GB variant of the graphics card, you should expect that it won’t manage to match the RTX 4070 on any front, though features like DLSS 3 are present on both GPUs.

RTX 4060 Ti vs RTX 4070: Performance

Benchmark	GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB Founders Edition	GeForce RTX 4070 Founders Edition
Time Spy Extreme	6231	8608
Port Royal	7777	11293
Speed Way	3112	4520
4K Forza	77 FPS	89 FPS
4K Cyberpunk 2077	1 FPS	17 FPS
4K Cyberpunk DLSS 3	35 FPS	72 FPS
4K Overwatch 2	126 FPS	157 FPS
4K CS:GO	186 FPS	204 FPS
1440p Forza	108 FPS	132 FPS
1440p Cyberpunk	32 FPS	39 FPS
1440p Cyberpunk DLSS 3	67 FPS	126 FPS
1440p Overwatch 2	234 FPS	356 FPS
1440p CS:GO	384 FPS	607 FPS
1080P Forza	129 FPS	151 FPS
1080p Cyberpunk 2077	41 FPS	60 FPS
1080p Cyberpunk 2077 DLSS 3	110 FPS	149 FPS
1080P Overwatch 2	372 FPS	422 FPS
1080p CS:GO	583 FPS	647 FPS

Across our array of benchmarks, the RTX 4070 is 34% faster than the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB. This includes synthetic benchmarks, and gaming benchmarks across a range of titles at 1080p, 1440p, and 4K. This difference in performance scales very well with the difference in CUDA core count between the GPUs.

We can see the performance scale worse for the RTX 4060 Ti as you ascend in the resolutions, which can be attributed to the 128-bit bus width and limited 8GB VRAM, especially at 4K when playing Cyberpunk 2077 on Ultra. If you don’t want to fiddle around with settings, then the RTX 4070 is a much better buy.