AMD Radeon RX 7600 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7600 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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 7600

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7600

Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 2655 MHz vs 2610 MHz
Around 73% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 285 Watt
Around 71% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Boost clock speed	2655 MHz vs 2610 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 285 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 34% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1720 MHz
Around 41% higher texture fill rate: 480.2 GTexel/s vs 339.8 GTexel/s
2.9x more pipelines: 5888 vs 2048
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 6 nm
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1166 vs 980
Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26959 vs 16604
2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 168049 vs 82527
Around 67% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3854 vs 2310
Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 417.133 vs 378.467
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 55.476 vs 24.857
Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 245.639 vs 188.299
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2459.317 vs 1139.62

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 24 May 2023
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1720 MHz
Texture fill rate	480.2 GTexel/s vs 339.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5888 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 6 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1166 vs 980
PassMark - G3D Mark	26959 vs 16604
Geekbench - OpenCL	168049 vs 82527
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3854 vs 2310
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	417.133 vs 378.467
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	55.476 vs 24.857
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	245.639 vs 188.299
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2459.317 vs 1139.62

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

980

1166

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

16604

26959

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

82527

168049

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2310

3854

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

378.467

417.133

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

24.857

55.476

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

188.299

245.639

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1139.62

2459.317

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7600	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
PassMark - G2D Mark	980	1166
PassMark - G3D Mark	16604	26959
Geekbench - OpenCL	82527	168049
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2310	3854
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	378.467	417.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	6023.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	24.857	55.476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	188.299	245.639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1139.62	2459.317

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7600	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ada Lovelace
Code name	Navi 33	AD104
Launch date	24 May 2023	2023
Launch price (MSRP)	$269
Place in performance rating	101	35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2655 MHz	2610 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	1720 MHz	2310 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	2048	5888
Pixel fill rate	169.9 GPixel/s	167.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	339.8 GTexel/s	480.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	285 Watt
Transistor count	13300 million	35800 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		480.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		30.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		30.74 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	204 mm, 8 inches	336 mm, 13.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	115 mm, 4.5 inches	140 mm, 5.5 inches
Height		61 mm, 2.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.2	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	504.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X