AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 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).

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

Around 68% higher texture fill rate: 804.4 GTexel/s vs 480.2 GTexel/s
Around 67% higher maximum memory size: 20 GB vs 12 GB
Around 90% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1217 vs 1166
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 28850 vs 26959
Around 46% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 5623 vs 3854
Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 169572 vs 168049
Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 60.185 vs 55.476
Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 320.733 vs 245.639
Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2714.187 vs 2459.317

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	804.4 GTexel/s vs 480.2 GTexel/s
Maximum memory size	20 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1217 vs 1166
PassMark - G3D Mark	28850 vs 26959
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5623 vs 3854
Geekbench - OpenCL	169572 vs 168049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	60.185 vs 55.476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	320.733 vs 245.639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2714.187 vs 2459.317

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 2610 MHz vs 2394 MHz
Around 10% higher pipelines: 5888 vs 5376
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 285 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 21% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 417.133 vs 343.519

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 3 Nov 2022
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz vs 2394 MHz
Pipelines	5888 vs 5376
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	285 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	417.133 vs 343.519

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1217

1166

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

28850

26959

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

5623

3854

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

169572

168049

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

343.519

417.133

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

60.185

55.476

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

320.733

245.639

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2714.187

2459.317

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
PassMark - G2D Mark	1217	1166
PassMark - G3D Mark	28850	26959
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5623	3854
Geekbench - OpenCL	169572	168049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	343.519	417.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	12483.531
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	60.185	55.476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	320.733	245.639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2714.187	2459.317

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ada Lovelace
Code name	Navi 31	AD104
Launch date	3 Nov 2022	2023
Place in performance rating	17	35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2394 MHz	2610 MHz
Compute units	84
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	2310 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	3.218 TFLOPS (1:16)	480.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	103.0 TFLOPS (2:1)	30.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	51.48 TFLOPS	30.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	5376	5888
Pixel fill rate	459.6 GPixel/s	167.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	804.4 GTexel/s	480.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	285 Watt
Transistor count	57700 million	35800 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	61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	276 mm, 10.9 inches	336 mm, 13.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	135 mm, 5.3 inches	140 mm, 5.5 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	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	800.0 GB/s	504.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	320 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X