VRAM
12 GB
TDP
285 W
MSRP
$799
Perf/W
0.27 tok/s/W
Cost/1K tok
$0.11/M
Tested
2024-08-05
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12GB hits 165.0 tok/s on Phi-3 Mini, its strongest benchmarked workload (batch 1, 4096-token context, 12GB VRAM, 285W TDP). It has 6 records across 6 workloads in our database, with a MyAI Rating of 8.4/10. Llama 3 70B Q4 needs ~40GB VRAM, so check the VRAM column before assuming feasibility.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12GB — Ada Lovelace upper-midrange. 12GB GDDR6X at 504 GB/s, 285W TDP. Faster compute than the 3080 but same 12GB VRAM ceiling.
12GB caps at 7B Q4 comfortably, 13B Q4 with tight context. Good for 7B coding agents and image generation. The 12GB ceiling is the limitation — if you're serious about local AI, the extra $100-200 for a used 3090 (24GB) is transformative. Best as a gaming-primary, AI-secondary card.
Buy as a gaming-primary, AI-secondary card. For pure AI, the 12GB ceiling is limiting. Consider used 3090 (24GB) or 4060 Ti 16GB instead.
7-8B Q4 full-GPU at 65+ tok/s — excellent for coding agents on small models and image generation
12GB VRAM ceiling — this is the hard limit. 13B Q4 fits but leaves minimal context headroom. 32B Q4 won't fit usefully.
Ubuntu 24.04 (excellent), Windows 11 (excellent), WSL2 (excellent), macOS (unsupported)
285W TGP. 650W PSU minimum. Reasonable thermals. Good efficiency for Ada-class compute.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12GB with 12GB VRAM at 285W TDP, scored across 6 workloads with 6 benchmark records.
Best workload
Phi-3 Mini
165 tok/s
Quantization
Q4_K_M
4K context · batch 1
| Workload | Score | Quant | Context | σ | Status | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 3 8B Q4 llm | 78.0tok/s | Q4_K_M | 4K | , | Curated Aggregate | 2024-08-05 |
| Phi-3 Mini llm | 165.0tok/s | Q4_K_M | 4K | , | Curated Aggregate | 2024-04-23 |
| SDXL image gen image | 11.0img/min | FP16 | , | , | Curated Aggregate | 2025-08-01 |
| Mistral 7B llm | 89.0tok/s | Q4_K_M | 4K | , | Curated Aggregate | 2024-06-08 |
| Gemma 2 9B llm | 75.0tok/s | Q4_K_M | 8K | , | Curated Aggregate | 2024-08-18 |
| Asure 12B llm | 44.0tok/s | Q4_K_M | 8K | ±2.5 | Curated Aggregate | 2025-05-01 |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12GB clears a 8.4/10 based on workload-normalized throughput, memory headroom, efficiency, value, trust, and coverage.
What models fit this 12GB card at different quantization levels.
Curated from public sources (llama.cpp logs / vendor specs / vLLM community) — small model fits comfortably.
View sourceHow we benchmark →Trust score
6/10
MyAI rating
8.4
Runs
1
Freshness
Stale
Source-linked row with explicit verification status.
Tested on 2024-04-23; 856 days old.
Best place to start
Retailer we'd check first
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