RTX 4070 Ti is $300.00 less expensive than RTX 3090, while offering comparable throughput.
Quick answer
RTX 3090 leads raw throughput, while RTX 4070 Ti offers the stronger value profile for most buyers.
| Spec | RTX 4070 Ti | RTX 3090 |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 12GB | 24GB |
| Cores | 7,680 | 10,496 |
| TDP | 285W | 350W |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ampere |
| Lowest price | — | $1,099.00 |
| Model | Quantization | RTX 4070 Ti | RTX 3090 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deepseek AI Deepseek Coder 1.3B Instruct | Q4 | 132.89 tok/s | 231.28 tok/s |
| Deepseek AI Deepseek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B | Q4 | 132.89 tok/s | 231.28 tok/s |
| Deepseek AI Deepseek Ocr 2 | Q4 | 110.74 tok/s | 192.73 tok/s |
| Deepseek AI Deepseek Ocr | Q4 | 110.74 tok/s | 192.73 tok/s |
| Lmstudio Community Deepseek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B Mlx 8bit | Q4 | 110.74 tok/s | 192.73 tok/s |
RTX 3090 wins pure speed in this comparison, while RTX 4070 Ti is the better value option for price-to-performance.
Use the winner cards for a quick direction, then verify model compatibility with your target models and VRAM requirements before purchase.
Use the compatibility checker and model requirement pages to validate whether your target quantization and workload fit either GPU.