RTX 4070 SUPER vs RTX 3090
Short answer: which is best?
RTX 4070 SUPER is 4.9 % stronger than RTX 3090. RTX 4070 SUPER ranks #12 of 67 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (10,847 GPU score over 13 verified runs). RTX 3090 ranks #15 of 67 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (10,341 GPU score over 3 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 16 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.
Measured comparison
| Metric | RTX 4070 SUPER | RTX 3090 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU score (the card's own performance) | 10,847 | 10,341 |
| Best rig (GAMING — whole PC) | 11,875 | 10,212 |
| Earth II (Vulkan) | 45.3 FPS | 43.5 FPS |
| Mission to Earth II (DX12) | 57.6 FPS | 55.5 FPS |
| Earth II Landing (DX12 Ultimate) | 52 FPS | 49 FPS |
| Supernova (DX11) | 100.3 FPS | 117.2 FPS |
| Memory bandwidth | 149 GB/s | 199 GB/s |
| VRAM | 12 GB | 24 GB |
| Ray tracing | Yes | Yes |
What the numbers mean
The GPU score is the graphics card's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the card in, and depends on processor, memory and storage. We show both and never mix them.
All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik
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