The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition has the GA104-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.
The PNY RTX 4500 Ada is based on the graphics chip AD103, which comes from the Ada Lovelace architecture.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition
PNY RTX 4500 Ada
Memory Size
8 GB
24 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
2.250 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
18.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
432 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
192 bit
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The graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the PNY RTX 4500 Ada is 18.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.250 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition
PNY RTX 4500 Ada
Base Clock
1.500 GHz
2.070 GHz
Boost Clock
1.725 GHz
2.580 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition
PNY RTX 4500 Ada
TDP
220 W
210 W
TDP (up)
240 W
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Tjunction max
93 °C
Unknown
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 16-Pin
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 220 W.
The PNY RTX 4500 Ada has 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 210 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition
PNY RTX 4500 Ada
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
2 x 85 mm
1 x 70 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
37 dB
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The PNY RTX 4500 Ada has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition
PNY RTX 4500 Ada
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
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DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
4x DP 1.4a
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition.
The PNY RTX 4500 Ada supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition
PNY RTX 4500 Ada
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the PNY RTX 4500 Ada is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition
PNY RTX 4500 Ada
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode
AV1
Decode
Decode / Encode
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Dimensions
Dimensions
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition
PNY RTX 4500 Ada
Length
242 mm
267 mm
Height
112 mm
112 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
1 Slots
Weight
1,034 g
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SFF-Ready
No
No
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The PNY RTX 4500 Ada needs the space of 1 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.
The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.
Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.
The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.
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