ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX™ 4070 SUPER 12GB GDDR6X – Review

The new ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB GDDR6X is the third segment in 4000 series affair with a 3.15-slot design and triple-fan cooler. Underneath is the Ada Lovelace AD104 GPU on TSMC’s custom 4nm node, with 12GB of super-fast GDDR6X memory.

 

Model	ASUS TUF GeForce RTX™ 4070 Super 12GB GDDR6X
Graphic Engine	NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4070 Super
Bus Standard	PCI Express 4.0
OpenGL	OpenGL®4.6
Video Memory	12GB GDDR6X
Clock Speed	OC mode: 2595 MHz Default mode: 2565 MHz (Boost Clock)
CUDA Core	7168
Memory Speed	21 Gbps
Memory Interface	192-bit
I/O Interface	Yes x 1 (Native HDMI 2.1a) Yes x 3 (Native DisplayPort 1.4a) HDCP Support Yes (2.3)
Dimensions	301 x 139 x 63 mm
Recommended PSU	750W
Slot	3.15 Slot

 

The back of the TUF GeForce RTX 4070 Super shows a large backplate fitting to the card which helps to cool and stiffens the card so as to not flex around. ASUS did redesign the backplate with TUF design.

The TUF RTX 4070 Super is fitted with 12 Gigabyte GDDR6X memory, it runs at 21 Gbps (effective data rate) of bandwidth. The IO panel shows three DisplayPort 1.4a, and one HDMI 2.1a connectors that will bring 8K 60 Hz HDR to a single HDMI cable. No more USB type-C Virtual Link connector.

The card uses the new 12+4 pin ATX 12VHPWR connector, which is rated for up to 600 W of power draw. An adapter cable from 2x PCIe 8-pin is included (which is rated for up to 450 W).

 

Benchmark:

ASUS TUF RTX 4070 Super 12GB GDDR6X  is the third high range graphics card in Nvidia Ada Lovelace AD104-based segment As such, our graphics workstation, based on an ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Apex Encore motherboard and Intel Core i9 14900K processor.  The ram we will be using is  XPG 6000mhz- 32 memory kit. Lexar NM790 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD is used as well to run with benchmark. On the Comparison, we will be testing 6 GPUs to run side by side to see perform better.

Model	DIY System
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Maximus z790 Apex Encore
CPU	Intel Core i9 14900K – 24 Cores/32 Threads
Cooling	Arctic Cooling II Freezer A-RGB
Ram	XPG 32Gb DDR5 6000Mhz
SSD	Lexar NM790 1TB M.2 NVMe
OS	Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 23H2
Bios	1001

 

Model	Graphic Engine	Bus Standard	Video Memory	GPU Clock	Boost GPU Clock	Memory Clock	Resizeable Bar	Driver
ASUS TUF Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB GDDR6	Navi31	PCI Express 4.0	24GB GDDR6	2455	2615	2500	Enable	23.12.1
ASUS TUF Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB GDDR6	Navi31	PCI Express 4.0	20GB GDDR6	2175	2535	2500	Enable	23.1.1
ASRock Radeon RX7900 GRE Challenger OC 16GB GDDR6	Navi 31	PCI Express 4.0	16GB GDDR6	1927	2293	2250	Enable	24.21
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX™ 4080 16GB GDDR6X	AD103	PCI Express 4.0	16GB GDDR6X	2205	2625	1400	Enable	528.02
ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB GDDR6X	AD104	PCI Express 4.0	12GB GDDR6X	1980	2565	1313	Enable	551.76
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX4070Ti OC 12GB GDDR6X	AD104	PCI Express 4.0	12GB GDDR6X	2310	2730	1313	Enable	531.79

 

GPUZ

 

3Dmark Advanced Edition

3DMark includes everything you need to benchmark your PC and mobile devices in one app. Whether you’re gaming on a smartphone, tablet, notebook, or a desktop gaming PC, 3DMark includes a benchmark designed specifically for your hardware.

3DMark Advanced Edition
Model	Speed Way	Fire Strike Ultra	Night Raid	Port Royal	Time Spy Extreme	Wild Life Extreme
ASUS TUF Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB GDDR6	6079	19831	101950	16174	14444	55888
ASUS TUF Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB GDDR6	5256	17312	69031	14188	12444	45430
ASRock Radeon RX7900 GRE Challenger OC 16GB GDDR6	4218	13899	99791	11672	10390	37117
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX™ 4080 16GB GDDR6X	7294	17626	66264	18298	13365	61063
ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB GDDR6X	5254	12945	99247	13343	10587	42238
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX4070Ti OC 12GB GDDR6X	5417	13799	94007	14135	11299	46166

 

GFXBench 5.0

GFXBench is a high-end graphics benchmark that measures mobile and desktop performance with next-gen graphics features across all platforms. As a true cross-API benchmark, GFXBench supports all the industry-standard and vendor-specific APIs including OpenGL, OpenGL ES, Vulkan, Metal, DirectX/Direct3D and DX12.

FarCry 6

Far Cry 6 supports ray tracing at launch, with the ability to enable DXR reflections and DXR shadows. But because DXR shadows are kind of pointless and not worth the performance hit, we haven’t tested with them enabled, but I have taken a look at DXR reflections, so we’ll look at that shortly using supported hardware.

FarCry 6
Model	Average	Minimum	Maximum
ASUS TUF Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB GDDR6	159	86	193
ASUS TUF Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB GDDR6	114	56	144
ASRock Radeon RX7900 GRE Challenger OC 16GB GDDR6	110	99	129
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX™ 4080 16GB GDDR6X	107	85	144
ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB GDDR6X	112	100	124
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX4070Ti OC 12GB GDDR6X	114	85	130

Ghost Recon Breakpoint

Ghost Recon Breakpoint is a military shooter set in a diverse, hostile, and mysterious open world that you can play entirely solo or in four-player co-op.

Ghost Recon Breakpoint
Model	Total Score	Frames Score	FPS
ASUS TUF Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB GDDR6	S	33874	196
ASUS TUF Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB GDDR6	S	22537	131
ASRock Radeon RX7900 GRE Challenger OC 16GB GDDR6	S	27834	161
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX™ 4080 16GB GDDR6X	S	26424	153
ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB GDDR6X	S	22048	127
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX4070Ti OC 12GB GDDR6X	S	22517	130