RTX 4070 Super 12GB vs RTX 5070 12GB for Local LLMs

The RTX 5070 12GB has about 33% more memory bandwidth (672 vs 504 GB/s). Batch-1 decode tracks bandwidth closely, so a model that fits both cards should decode roughly 33% faster on the RTX 5070 12GB. Both fit the same number of catalog models at Q4/8K (18 of 61; 12 vs 12 GB VRAM). MSRP is $599 for the RTX 4070 Super 12GB vs $549 for the RTX 5070 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 (40 shared models), the RTX 5070 12GB posts the higher tok/s in 40 rows vs 0. Methodology.

Spec comparison

	RTX 4070 Super 12GB	RTX 5070 12GB
Vendor	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
VRAM	12 GB	12 GB
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR7
Memory bandwidth	504 GB/s	672 GB/s
TDP	220 W	250 W
MSRP (list)	$599	$549
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 40 shared models

Model	Params (B)	RTX 4070 Super 12GB tok/s	RTX 4070 Super 12GB fits	RTX 5070 12GB tok/s	RTX 5070 12GB fits	Winner
Qwen3-0.6B	0.8	400.9 est.	Yes	534.5 est.	Yes	RTX 5070 12GB
gemma-3-1b-it	1.0	320.7 est.	Yes	427.6 est.	Yes	RTX 5070 12GB
Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct	1.2	267.3 est.	Yes	356.4 est.	Yes	RTX 5070 12GB
gpt-oss-20b	21.5	199.6 est.	No	266.2 est.	No	RTX 5070 12GB
Qwen3-1.7B	2.0	160.4 est.	Yes	213.8 est.	Yes	RTX 5070 12GB
Qwen3-30B-A3B	30.5	130.2 est.	No	173.6 est.	No	RTX 5070 12GB
Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct	30.5	130.2 est.	No	173.6 est.	No	RTX 5070 12GB
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507	30.5	130.2 est.	No	173.6 est.	No	RTX 5070 12GB
GLM-4.7-Flash	31.2	125.0 est.	No	166.6 est.	No	RTX 5070 12GB
Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct	3.2	100.2 est.	Yes	133.6 est.	Yes	RTX 5070 12GB
Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.3	7.2	44.5 est.	Yes	120.5 measured	Yes	RTX 5070 12GB
Phi-4-mini-instruct	3.8	84.4 est.	Yes	112.5 est.	Yes	RTX 5070 12GB
Phi-4-mini-reasoning	3.8	84.4 est.	Yes	112.5 est.	Yes	RTX 5070 12GB
gemma-3-4b-it	4.3	82.2 est.	Yes	109.7 est.	Yes	RTX 5070 12GB
Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507	4.0	80.2 est.	Yes	106.9 est.	Yes	RTX 5070 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 4070 Super 12GB	RTX 5070 12GB
Catalog models that fit	18 of 61	18 of 61
Largest exclusive fit	—	—

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