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RTX 4070 Ti Beats RX 7900 XT In New OpenCL Benchmarks
Colorful has inadvertently confirmed that the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is just a rebranded GeForce RTX 4080 12GB. A new wave of GeForce RTX 4070 Ti benchmarks (via Benchleaks) has emerged on Geekbench 5, giving us a small taste of what the upcoming Ada Lovelace graphics card put out in terms of OpenCL performance.
Barring any changes, the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti will wield a full AD104 die with 7,680 CUDA cores, complemented with 12GB of 21 Gbps GDDR6X memory across a 192-bit memory bus. This configuration won't make it the fastest graphics card, but it definitely could end up on the list of best graphics cards if testing goes well. The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti has a rumored 2,130 MHz base clock and 2,610 MHz boost clock. However, the sample from the Geekbench 5 submissions boosted to 2,730 MHz, so it's likely a custom model with a hefty factory overclock or that the user overclocked it manually.
Benchleaks uncovered six GeForce RTX 4070 Ti OpenCL listings with scores varying between 207,528 points and 219,504 points. For comparison sake, we used the highest score (219,504 points). The test system, which comprised a Core i7-12700 (Alder Lake) chip and 64GB of DDR4-3600 memory, remained constant among the six submissions. Do note that OpenCL performance isn't indicative of gaming performance. Take the results with a pinch of salt.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Benchmarks
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Graphics Card
OpenCL Score
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
231,836
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
229,738
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
219,504
GeForce RTX 3090
204,921
Radeon RX 7900 XT
201,195
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
147,200
Note: Graphics card scores are from Geekbench 5's database.
The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti seemingly finds itself between the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti and GeForce RTX 3090 in terms of OpenCL performance. The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti was 7.1% ahead of the GeForce RTX 3090, but the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti outpaced the Ada-baed graphics card by 4.7%. If we look at a generation-over-generation comparison, the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti delivered up to 48.1% higher OpenCL performance than the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti.
Primate Labs Inc., the developer of Geekbench 5, hasn't added AMD's latest Radeon RX 7900 XT or Radeon RX 7900 XTX to its database yet. That's possibly due to the low number of user submissions. However, the best-performing Radeon RX 7900 XT scored 201,195 points in the OpenCL test. The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti outperformed its RDNA 3 rival by 9.1%. However, the Ada graphics card did not match the Radeon RX 7900 XTX. Thus far, the Radeon RX 79000 XTX's highest result was 231,836 points, beating the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti by 5.6%.
A reputable hardware leaker claims that the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti will hit the shelves on January 5. We still don't know how Nvidia will price the Ada-powered graphics card, though. If the chipmaker conserves the GeForce RTX 4080 12GB's original pricing, we could be looking at $899 for the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti. Is it too much for a Ti-tier SKU? Then again, Nvidia's other Ada offerings are expensive, so we don't have much hope that the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti will break the trend.
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Zhiye Liu is a news editor, memory reviewer, and SSD tester at Tom’s Hardware. Although he loves everything that’s hardware, he has a soft spot for CPUs, GPUs, and RAM.
openCL is mainly an indicative of compute power (I.E Crypto mining)
AMD designed their cards around gaming, more than compute. They designed this model during the crypto frenzy.
Good for them for not have dedicated too much silicon for optimizing mining, and to have focused on games
Price this card at $799 and it will sell like gangbusters.
Hmm, $800 is still alot of money but if it is was to show this performance it would be the pick so far of the the 2022 releases. It would sell massive if it was $600-650, it will just be the best overpriced option at $800.
Hmm, $800 is still alot of money but if it is was to show this performance it would be the pick so far of the the 2022 releases. It would sell massive if it was $600-650, it will just be the best overpriced option at $800.
800€ for a card that can't even compete with DLSS (no, fsr is not the same) or Raytracing is a waste of money. People are getting ripped off left and right by both Nvidia and AMD.
And then those people wonder why everything has gotten so expensive while being a flop. You did it! Don't look at us.
Price this card at $799 and it will sell like gangbusters.
Yeah, if it's $799.00, AMD will have to make price cuts. Despite the AMD fanbois trying to tell us RT, DLSS 2 and 3 aren't important GPU buyers want more not less. Just look at market share difference between the two. 9% for Radeon.
