Small but mighty: this tiny RTX 4070 Ti Super runs at full 285 W

Chinese graphics card manufacturer Zephyr has brought back its unusual GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Sakura Snow X, a compact graphics card with just one cooling fan. Despite its small size, the card retains the GPU's full 285 W power limit, with Zephyr claiming that its custom cooler can handle the heat without reducing clock speeds.

The card comes with a 3,300 RPM 120-mm fan. Zephyr says it will later offer a free 4,500 RPM replacement fan that customers can request and install themselves. The company claims the faster fan improves cooling, but at the cost of increased noise. For quieter operation, Zephyr recommends manually lowering the power limit to 220 W and reducing fan speed. According to Zephyr, this results in a performance drop of less than 5 %.

The Sakura Snow X uses a CNC-machined all-metal enclosure with an integrated I/O bracket. Zephyr removed the bracket’s lower mounting tabs to reduce the chance of scratching the motherboard during installation. The card’s backplate can also be customized with laser engraving on demand.

Zephyr says the Sakura Snow X is the only mass-produced single-fan RTX 4070 Ti Super in the world. The company has manufactured only a small batch, which is being sold through a partner's online store while supplies last. It has not disclosed an exact price or announced plans for an international release.

The launch follows several delays. Zephyr paused the RTX 4070 Ti Super project in March because of rising video-memory costs and demand from industrial buyers. It had released an RTX 4070 Super version instead, which is now being restocked alongside the new RTX 4070 Ti Super. And before that, the RTX 4070 Sakura Snow X RTX was released last year.

The Sakura Snow X is aimed at small-form-factor PC builders who want RTX 4070 Ti SUPER-class performance without a large multi-fan cooler. However, a single-fan design handling up to 285 W is likely to produce more heat and noise than conventional two- or three-fan cards, particularly under sustained loads.

Zephyr has not published an exact retail price.