Group take a look at: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Collection and Tremendous Collection GPUs

Benchmark outcomes

Viewport efficiency
The viewport benchmarks embody various key DCC functions – general-purpose 3D software program like 3ds Max, Blender and Maya, extra specialist instruments like Substance 3D Painter, CAD packages like SolidWorks and Fusion 360, and real-time 3D functions like D5 Render, Unity and Unreal Engine.

Within the viewport benchmarks, the efficiency of the GeForce RTX 4080 Tremendous isn’t a lot totally different to its predecessor, the GeForce RTX 4080: solely barely forward in most exams, and even falling behind in a couple of. When you common the entire figures, it’s 3-5% sooner than the vanilla 4080.

Though I by no means had the possibility to check a vanilla GeForce RTX 4070, the GeForce RTX 4070 Tremendous appears to supply a way more vital efficiency increase, since in these exams, it’s basically the brand new GeForce RTX 4070 Ti. It pulls barely forward of the particular 4070 TI in some exams, and falls barely behind in others.

One other factor to notice is the Unreal Engine scores. Within the unique group take a look at, I famous that there was a wierd efficiency anomaly with the Metropolis and Valley of the Ancients scenes. This appears to have been a software program difficulty with Unreal Engine 5.1 itself, since shifting to Unreal Engine 5.3 has mounted the difficulty, with the GeForce RTX 40 Collection GPUs offering a a lot bigger uplift in efficiency over the the older playing cards.

Rendering
Subsequent, we have now a set of GPU rendering benchmarks, carried out with an assortment of the extra fashionable GPU renderers, rendering single frames at 4K or larger resolutions.

The rendering exams comply with an identical sample to the viewport benchmarks. The efficiency of the GeForce RTX 4080 Tremendous is sort of the identical because the GeForce RTX 4080, pulling barely forward in most exams, however falling behind in some – probably not a shock, contemplating that its CUDA, Tensor and RT core counts are solely barely larger, and that it has the identical 16 GB of VRAM.

The GeForce RTX 4070 Tremendous is actually the brand new GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, coming barely forward of the unique card in some exams, however falling barely behind in others.

Nevertheless, it’s price noting that for rendering, the GeForce RTX 4090, with its 24 GB body buffer, nonetheless reigns supreme right here by an enormous margin.

Different benchmarks
The following benchmarks take a look at using the GPU for extra specialist duties. Premiere Professional makes use of the GPU for video encoding; photogrammetry software Metashape makes use of the GPU for picture processing and 3D mannequin technology; and Houdini plugin Axiom and Cinema 4D’s Pyro solver each use the GPU for fluid simulation.

The miscellaneous exams comply with an identical sample to the viewport and rendering exams: the GeForce RTX 4080 Tremendous is only a smidge sooner than the GeForce RTX 4080, whereas the GeForce RTX 4070 Tremendous is actually the brand new GeForce RTX 4070 Ti. The variations in efficiency are even smaller than within the earlier two classes.

Neither of the brand new GPUs fares nicely with the Cinema 4D Pyro simulation, once more on account of reminiscence constraints. The one GPUs that basically carry out nicely are the 48 GB workstation playing cards.

Artificial benchmarks
Lastly, we have now an assortment of artificial benchmarks. They don’t precisely predict how a GPU will carry out in manufacturing, however they’re a good measure of its efficiency relative to different GPUs, and the scores could be in comparison with these out there on-line for different playing cards.

The artificial benchmarks affirm we already know in regards to the GeForce RTX 4080 Tremendous, rating it barely larger than the usual GeForce RTX 4080.

The curiosity is the GeForce RTX 4070 Tremendous: not like within the earlier exams, among the artificial benchmarks have it coming in considerably behind the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti. This is the reason I’m not an enormous fan of synthetics, as they’re usually tuned in a method that doesn’t mirror real-world utilization.

Different concerns

Energy consumption
To check the ability utilization of the GeForce RTX 40 Collection, I measured the ability consumption of your complete take a look at system on the wall outlet, utilizing a P3 Kill A Watt meter. Because the take a look at machine is a power-hungry Threadripper system, my figures will likely be larger than most DCC workstations.

For this group take a look at, I measured each energy and present drawn. Present (Amperage) is commonly neglected by reviewers, however it may be a vital determinant of what number of machines you’ll be able to run on a single circuit.

Most US homes run 15A circuits from the primary panel, and plenty of circuit breakers are rated for 80% of their most load, so a 15A circuit with a regular breaker shouldn’t exceed 12A for steady utilization. In my exams, the present drawn by the take a look at system approached 6A when the extra power-hungry GPUs have been put in. If the wall retailers in your house workplace are linked by a single circuit, this might decide whether or not you’ll be able to run two workstations concurrently, significantly if you consider screens and lights.

The unique GeForce RTX 40 Collection GPUs have been a reasonably good step up in energy effectivity over the GeForce RTX 30 Collection, and the brand new Tremendous Collection playing cards enhance effectivity even additional.

The GeForce RTX 4080 Tremendous exhibits a marked lower in energy utilization from the unique GeForce RTX 4080 in each take a look at other than Unreal Engine 5.

The GeForce RTX 4070 Tremendous additionally has decrease or equal energy utilization to the unique GeForce RTX 4070 Ti in nearly each take a look at: once more, the exception being Unreal Engine 5.