NVIDIA Unveils RTX 40 ‘Super’ Lineup; RTX 4080 Super for $999!
Jan. 8, 2024How Fast Is RTX 40 Super? All Variants & Specs Detailed
Nvidia has released new RTX 40 Super cards with the same Ada Lovelace architecture, bringing 4th Gen Tensor Cores and 3rd Gen RT Cores onboard. The RTX 4070 Ti Super bringsupgraded VRAM capacityat16GB GDDR6X, which was previously 12GB on the RTX 4070 Ti.
There will be aFounders Editionvariant for the RTX 4080 Super based on Nvidia’s dual axial flow design, which was first introduced when the RTX 3080 came out. TheRTX 4070also gets a Founders Edition variant, but the RTX 4070 Ti Super doesn’t and will be anAIB-only card.
Along with this FE variant, many new RTX 40 Super GPUs will be released from Nvidia’s partners like MSI, Gigabyte, Asus, and others.
When talking about the performance boost compared to the non-Super cards, the RTX 4080 Superis in the range of 2% faster on average and up to 5% faster (in selectively the very best scenarios) as compared to the RTX 4080. All cards will alsocome with dual encoder support, which Nvidia mentions is quite loved.RTX 4080 Super gaming benchmarks compared to last-gen | Image Courtesy: Nvidia
Compared to the last generation, RTX 4080 Superis1.4x fasterthan the previous-gen RTX 3080 Tiin games without DLSS 3, and twice as fast when the AI frame generation technology is enabled. It is also 1.5x faster in Stable Diffusion video generation.
Nvidia has released the RTX 4070 Ti Super with a well-deserved VRAM upgrade of 16GB G6X. The new Super card is more future-proof for upcoming games, which will properly use the higher VRAM we see in graphics cards today. Theextra 4 GB frame buffershould be immensely useful in this case, even in the case of 1440p gaming the company is marketing it for.
The Super refresh of RTX 4070 Ti comes with a256-bit memory interface(192-bit on the non-Super), bringing 16GB GDDR6X video memory. Also, the Super card has 8,448 CUDA cores and is 10% faster compared to the non-Super RTX 4070 Ti (7,680 CUDA cores).
Speaking of performance,the RTX 4070 Ti Super isup to10% fasterthan the non-Super 4070 Ti on average, as per Nvidia. This card still has the same s85W TGP. When compared to the last-gen, the all-newRTX 4070 Ti Superis1.6x fasterthan theRTX 3070 Tiin traditional rendering.
When DLSS 3 AI frame generation is turned on in the games that support it, Nvidia states theRTX 4070 Ti Superis up to2.5x fasteras compared to the RTX 3070 Ti.
Nvidia says the RTX 4070 Super isfaster than the RTX 3090. This is quite appealing, but I had hoped the VRAM would be higher. We also get the same 12GB GDDR6X memory as the RTX 4070 features.
At least the RTX 4070 gets cheaper, as an excellent$549graphics cardfor those who don’t mind the slight performance degradation as compared to the Super card. Furthermore, it’s also thankfully faster than the RTX 3090 in most scenarios like Raster and DLSS 2/3.
RTX 4070 Super is15% faster(on average) in gaming performance as compared to the non-Super 4070. It is close to the performance of the RTX 4070 Ti, as per Nvidia. Moreover, you can find the gaming performance of RTX 4070 Super GPU compared to previous generation GeForce graphics cards.
The new Super card has a highertotal graphics power(TGP) of 220W, which is 20W higher than the non-Super. RTX 4070 Super has 7,168 CUDA Cores, which is 20% more than the RTX 4070 (5,888).
Priced starting at $599, the Nvidia RTX 4070 Super will be the first to hit the market, followed by the higher-end variants that are coming up to two weeks after the initial card comes out.
What are your thoughts on Nvidia’s brand new RTX 40 Super graphics cards? Which GPU do you feel is the most compelling in the lineup? Let us know in the comments below.
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