The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 is here, and we've got a full review of the stylish, sleek, and tiny Founders Edition, at least when you compare its physical size to the GeForce RTX 4090 or RTX 4080. So then, how does it perform? Well, the follow-up to one of the most popular GPUs from the GeForce RTX 30 Series (the RTX 3070) performs like the most talked about flagship GPU in recent history (the GeForce RTX 3080).

But, per the headline, there's much more to the story than "yo, it's kind of like an RTX 3080." It manages to match those heights using dramatically less power - making it one of the most efficient GPUs we've ever tested. And then there's the brilliant DLSS 3 - which is appearing in more and more games as the months roll by.

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Two years ago, Ampere and the GeForce RTX 3080 launched, and it was one of the most impressive hardware debuts to date.

The GeForce RTX 4070 Founders Edition sales pitch could be a single statement on its performance and efficiency. It delivers GeForce RTX 3080-like performance using less power and benefits from things like the game-changing DLSS 3. This is worth reiterating because GPU launches and generations with new architecture simply add more cores, transistors, and silicon, pushing clock speeds higher and higher.

NVIDIA has done this, and so have its competitors. The fact that the GeForce RTX 4070 manages to maintain an impressive generational leap in performance over the GeForce RTX 3070 with similar specs and massive gains to efficiency is a testament to the GeForce RTX 40 Series scaling incredibly well no matter the variant.

Our Full GeForce RTX 4070 Founders Edition Review