AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 2394 MHz vs 1770 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 804.4 GTexel/s vs 339.8 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
2.5x more maximum memory size: 20 GB vs 8 GB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1217 vs 1051
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 28850 vs 23411
Around 62% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 5623 vs 3478
Around 23% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 169572 vs 137664
Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 60.185 vs 42.369
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 320.733 vs 146.214
Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2714.187 vs 1807.647

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 Nov 2022 vs 31 May 2021
Boost clock speed	2394 MHz vs 1770 MHz
Texture fill rate	804.4 GTexel/s vs 339.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	20 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1217 vs 1051
PassMark - G3D Mark	28850 vs 23411
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5623 vs 3478
Geekbench - OpenCL	169572 vs 137664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	343.519 vs 342.287
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	60.185 vs 42.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	320.733 vs 146.214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2714.187 vs 1807.647

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1575 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Around 14% higher pipelines: 6144 vs 5376
Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 290 Watt vs 300 Watt

Core clock speed	1575 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Pipelines	6144 vs 5376
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	290 Watt vs 300 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1217

1051

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

28850

23411

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

5623

3478

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

169572

137664

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

343.519

342.287

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

60.185

42.369

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

320.733

146.214

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2714.187

1807.647

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
PassMark - G2D Mark	1217	1051
PassMark - G3D Mark	28850	23411
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5623	3478
Geekbench - OpenCL	169572	137664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	343.519	342.287
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	12483.531
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	60.185	42.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	320.733	146.214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2714.187	1807.647
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		31420
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8897
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		8004
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		31420
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8897
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		8004

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 31	GA104
Launch date	3 Nov 2022	31 May 2021
Place in performance rating	17	66
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2394 MHz	1770 MHz
Compute units	84
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	1575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	3.218 TFLOPS (1:16)	339.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	103.0 TFLOPS (2:1)	21.75 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	51.48 TFLOPS	21.75 TFLOPS
Pipelines	5376	6144
Pixel fill rate	459.6 GPixel/s	169.9 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	804.4 GTexel/s	339.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	290 Watt
Transistor count	57700 million	17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Height	51 mm, 2 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	276 mm, 10.9 inches	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	135 mm, 5.3 inches	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	20 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	800.0 GB/s	608.3 GB/s
Memory bus width	320 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X