Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti Super Review ft. MSI

1. Introduction2. Meet the MSI RTX 4070 Ti Super Ventus 3X3. Testing Methodology4. Dodgy MSI BIOS?5. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy6. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing7. Alan Wake II8. Assassin's Creed Mirage9. Cyberpunk 207710. Forza Horizon 511. The Last of Us Part 112. A Plague Tale: Requiem13. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart14. Red Dead Redemption 215. Resident Evil 416. Returnal17. Starfield18. Total War: Pharaoh19. Performance Summary (12-Game Average)20. Cost Per Frame Analysis21. Ray Tracing: Alan Wake II22. Ray Tracing: Avatar Frontiers of Pandora23. Ray Tracing: Cyberpunk 207724. Ray Tracing: F1 2325. Ray Tracing: Hitman 326. Ray Tracing: Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart27. Ray Tracing: Returnal28. Ray Tracing: Shadow of the Tomb Raider29. Ray Tracing Performance Summary30. DLSS Testing31. Clock Speed32. GPU Temperatures33. Acoustics34. Power Draw: 1080p35. Power Draw: 1440p36. Power Draw: 2160p (4K)37. Performance per Watt: 1080p38. Performance per Watt: 1440p39. Performance per Watt: 2160p (4K)40. Total System Power Draw41. Overclocking42. Closing Thoughts43. View All Pages

When Nvidia announced the RTX 40-series Super refresh, my eyes were instantly drawn to the RTX 4070 Ti Super. It may have a somewhat ridiculous name, but by offering 16GB VRAM and a 256-bit memory interface, it answers one of the main criticisms levelled at the other xx70 SKUs, namely the memory capacity. Factoring in the 10% boost in CUDA cores as well as the fact that the 4070 Ti Super launches at the same price as the RTX 4070 Ti, and we certainly have potential for this to be one of the best 40-series GPUs yet.

While it's true that the Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti Super is launching at the same $799 MSRP as the original RTX 4070 Ti, in the UK the situation is even better. The 4070 Ti launched at £799 on these shores, but due to changing exchange rates, the 4070 Ti Super lands at £769, so it should be both faster and cheaper than the GPU it replaces.

It's also worth making clear that, as with the 4070 Ti launch, there is no Founders Edition model for the 4070 Ti Super. Instead, we were sent the MSI Ventus 3X model, which is designed to be an MSRP card according to Nvidia. Let's find out what it has to offer…

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	RTX 4080	RTX 4070 Ti Super	RTX 4070 Ti	RTX 4070 Super	RTX 4070
Process	TSMC N4	TSMC N4	TSMC N4	TSMC N4	TSMC N4
SMs	76	66	60	56	46
CUDA Cores	9728	8448	7680	7168	5888
Tensor Cores	304	264	240	224	184
RT Cores	76	66	60	56	46
Texture Units	304	264	240	224	184
ROPs	112	96	80	80	64
GPU Boost Clock	2505 MHz	2610 MHz	2610 MHz	2475 MHz	2475 MHz
Memory Data Rate	22.4 Gbps	21 Gbps	21 Gbps	21 Gbps	21 Gbps
L2 Cache	65536 KB	49152 KB	49152 KB	36864 KB	36864 KB
Total Video Memory	16GB GDDR6X	16GB GDDR6X	12GB GDDR6X	12GB GDDR6X	12GB GDDR6X
Memory Interface	256-bit	256-bit	192-bit	192-bit	192-bit
Memory Bandwidth	716.8 GB/Sec	672 GB/Sec	504 GB/Sec	504 GB/Sec	504 GB/Sec
TGP	320W	285W	285W	220W	200W

First, a quick spec recap. Unlike the RTX 4070 Ti and RTX 4070 Super which are based on AD104 silicon, the new 4070 Ti Super uses a cut-down AD103 die, measuring 379mm². The fundamental building blocks are still the same of course, with the RTX 4070 Ti Super offering a total of 66 Streaming Multiprocessors (SMs), each housing 256 CUDA Cores, for a total of 8448. We also find 66 RT cores, 264 Tensor cores, 264 Texture Units, and 96 ROPs.

TSMC's N4 node has Nvidia cranking up the clock speed significantly this generation, with the RTX 4070 Ti Super sporting the same 2610MHz rated boost clock as the 4070 Ti. That's 95MHz faster than the rated clock speed of the RTX 4080, but we would expect GPU Boost to push things further still.

The memory configuration is arguably the biggest upgrade over the other xx70 series SKUs. Moving to AD103 means the 4070 Ti Super comes equipped with a 256-bit memory interface, paired with 16GB GDDR6X running at 21Gbps, putting total memory bandwidth at 672 GB/s. L2 cache remains the same as the RTX 4070 Ti, with 49152KB.

Considering the increased core-count, it's interesting that power draw remains the same as the RTX 4070 Ti, with the new Super model still boasting a 285W TGP. This is something we focus on closely in this review, using our enhanced GPU power testing methodology, so read on for our most detailed power and efficiency testing yet.

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