GeForce RTX 4070 Super
Last generation's sensible pick, now a used-market bargain hunt.
Average in-stock listing $1,159 on Sep 26, 2026 (lowest $918), 1.9 times the $599 launch MSRP. See its price history. The links open live listings. Amazon links may earn us a commission.
Will it run your models?
VRAM meterLocal AI fit: 13B-14B class models. Rule of thumb for 4-bit quantized models; context length and other apps eat into the same memory.
Open models that fit comfortably at Q4
- DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B 14.8B · 8.3 GiB · headroom 2.2 GiB
- Qwen3 14B 14.8B · 8.3 GiB · headroom 2.2 GiB
- Phi-4 (14B) 14.7B · 8.2 GiB · headroom 2.3 GiB
- Gemma 3 12B IT 12.2B · 6.8 GiB · headroom 3.7 GiB
- Mistral NeMo 12B Instruct (2407) 12.2B · 6.8 GiB · headroom 3.7 GiB
- Qwen3.5 9B 9.65B · 5.4 GiB · headroom 5.1 GiB
- Gemma 2 9B IT 9.24B · 5.2 GiB · headroom 5.3 GiB
- Qwen2.5-VL 7B Instruct 8.29B · 4.6 GiB · headroom 5.9 GiB
What it costs to run
220W of board power, 4 hours a day under load, priced at the residential electricity rate where you live. Pick a state and the numbers update.
Board power is the rated maximum; real gaming load usually sits below it and idle is a few watts, so treat this as the ceiling. Rates: EIA residential average, May 2026. See every card ranked by running cost →
Why you buy it
- Proven, efficient 1440p performer
- Used prices undercut the current generation
- 220W with mature drivers
Why you hesitate
- 12GB caps its AI usefulness
- Only attractive at a clear discount to the RTX 5070
The editor's take
The best-liked card of the 40 series mid range, and used units now undercut the RTX 5070 meaningfully while giving up little in games. The 12GB limit ages it for AI work, so treat it purely as a gaming deal. When a clean listing lands well under 5070 money, that is the whole pitch.
Decided?
Live listings for the GeForce RTX 4070 Super, straight from the retailers.
Average in-stock listing $1,159 on Sep 26, 2026 (lowest $918), 1.9 times the $599 launch MSRP. See its price history. Amazon links may earn us a commission.