RTX 3070 8GB vs RTX 4070 Super 12GB for Local LLMs

The RTX 4070 Super 12GB has about 12% more memory bandwidth (504 vs 448 GB/s). Batch-1 decode tracks bandwidth closely, so a model that fits both cards should decode roughly 12% faster on the RTX 4070 Super 12GB. The RTX 4070 Super 12GB fits more of the catalog at Q4/8K — 18 vs 17 of 61 models (12 vs 8 GB VRAM). Largest model that fits the RTX 4070 Super 12GB but not the RTX 3070 8GB: gemma-3-12b-it (12.2B). MSRP is $499 for the RTX 3070 8GB vs $599 for the RTX 4070 Super 12GB. MSRP is a launch list price, not live retail — Amazon prices move; click through for the current price. In the Q4/8K head-to-head below (38 shared models), the RTX 4070 Super 12GB posts the higher tok/s in 37 rows vs 1. Methodology.

Spec comparison

	RTX 3070 8GB	RTX 4070 Super 12GB
Vendor	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
VRAM	8 GB	12 GB
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s	504 GB/s
TDP	220 W	220 W
MSRP (list)	$499	$599
Buy	Search Amazon (affiliate)	Search Amazon (affiliate)

MSRP is the launch list price, not live retail. Buy links are Amazon affiliate links — the price after you click is the live price.

Q4 / 8K head-to-head — top 15 of 38 shared models

Model	Params (B)	RTX 3070 8GB tok/s	RTX 3070 8GB fits	RTX 4070 Super 12GB tok/s	RTX 4070 Super 12GB fits	Winner
Qwen3-0.6B	0.8	356.4 est.	Yes	400.9 est.	Yes	RTX 4070 Super 12GB
gemma-3-1b-it	1.0	285.1 est.	Yes	320.7 est.	Yes	RTX 4070 Super 12GB
Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct	1.2	237.6 est.	Yes	267.3 est.	Yes	RTX 4070 Super 12GB
gpt-oss-20b	21.5	78.9 est.	No	199.6 est.	No	RTX 4070 Super 12GB
Qwen3-1.7B	2.0	142.5 est.	Yes	160.4 est.	Yes	RTX 4070 Super 12GB
Qwen3-30B-A3B	30.5	51.4 est.	No	130.2 est.	No	RTX 4070 Super 12GB
Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct	30.5	51.4 est.	No	130.2 est.	No	RTX 4070 Super 12GB
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507	30.5	51.4 est.	No	130.2 est.	No	RTX 4070 Super 12GB
GLM-4.7-Flash	31.2	49.4 est.	No	125.0 est.	No	RTX 4070 Super 12GB
Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct	3.2	89.1 est.	Yes	100.2 est.	Yes	RTX 4070 Super 12GB
Phi-4-mini-instruct	3.8	75.0 est.	Yes	84.4 est.	Yes	RTX 4070 Super 12GB
Phi-4-mini-reasoning	3.8	75.0 est.	Yes	84.4 est.	Yes	RTX 4070 Super 12GB
gemma-3-4b-it	4.3	73.1 est.	Yes	82.2 est.	Yes	RTX 4070 Super 12GB
Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507	4.0	71.3 est.	Yes	80.2 est.	Yes	RTX 4070 Super 12GB
Qwen3-4B-Thinking-2507	4.0	71.3 est.	Yes	80.2 est.	Yes	RTX 4070 Super 12GB

est. = bandwidth-based estimate; measured = curated real benchmark that overrides the estimate. Fits = weights + KV(8K) + 1 GB overhead ≤ 95% of VRAM.

Fit coverage at Q4 / 8K

	RTX 3070 8GB	RTX 4070 Super 12GB
Catalog models that fit	17 of 61	18 of 61
Largest exclusive fit	—	gemma-3-12b-it (12.2B)

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