AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 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), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 13% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1500 MHz
  • Around 47% higher boost clock speed: 2544 MHz vs 1725 MHz
  • Around 73% higher texture fill rate: 549.5 GTexel/s vs 317.4 GTexel/s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1083 vs 999
  • Around 25% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 17053 vs 13611
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 Aug 2023 vs 1 Sep 2020
Core clock speed 1700 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Boost clock speed 2544 MHz vs 1725 MHz
Texture fill rate 549.5 GTexel/s vs 317.4 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1083 vs 999
Geekbench - OpenCL 125110 vs 124849
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 17053 vs 13611

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

  • Around 70% higher pipelines: 5888 vs 3456
  • Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 220 Watt vs 245 Watt
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22408 vs 21823
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 5888 vs 3456
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 220 Watt vs 245 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 22408 vs 21823

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1083
999
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
21823
22408
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
125110
124849
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
17053
13611
Name AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
PassMark - G2D Mark 1083 999
PassMark - G3D Mark 21823 22408
Geekbench - OpenCL 125110 124849
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 17053 13611
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 452.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 5803.174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 40.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 184.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1634.218
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 31930
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 31930

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 3.0 Ampere
Code name Navi 32 GA104
Launch date 25 Aug 2023 1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating 35 41
Launch price (MSRP) $499
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2544 MHz 1725 MHz
Compute units 54
Core clock speed 1700 MHz 1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 8 nm
Pipelines 3456 5888
Pixel fill rate 244.2 GPixel/s 165.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 549.5 GTexel/s 317.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 245 Watt 220 Watt
Transistor count 28100 million 17400 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 317.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 20.31 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 20.31 TFLOPS

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 50 mm, 2 inches 112 mm (4.4 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 267 mm, 10.5 inches 242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt 550 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 2.2 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 432.0 GB/s 448.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6