AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7700 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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 7700 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 549.5 GTexel/s vs 480.2 GTexel/s
Around 16% lower typical power consumption: 245 Watt vs 285 Watt
Around 71% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Texture fill rate	549.5 GTexel/s vs 480.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	245 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 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 36% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 2610 MHz vs 2544 MHz
Around 70% higher pipelines: 5888 vs 3456
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1129 vs 1108
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26956 vs 22488
Around 33% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 167972 vs 126437
Around 5% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 17857 vs 16990

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 25 Aug 2023
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz vs 2544 MHz
Pipelines	5888 vs 3456
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1129 vs 1108
PassMark - G3D Mark	26956 vs 22488
Geekbench - OpenCL	167972 vs 126437
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	17857 vs 16990

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1108

1129

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

22488

26956

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

126437

167972

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

16990

17857

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
PassMark - G2D Mark	1108	1129
PassMark - G3D Mark	22488	26956
Geekbench - OpenCL	126437	167972
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	16990	17857
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		417.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		55.476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		245.639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2459.317

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ada Lovelace
Code name	Navi 32	AD104
Launch date	25 Aug 2023	2023
Place in performance rating	37	35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2544 MHz	2610 MHz
Compute units	54
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	2310 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	3456	5888
Pixel fill rate	244.2 GPixel/s	167.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	549.5 GTexel/s	480.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	245 Watt	285 Watt
Transistor count	28100 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, 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	61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	336 mm, 13.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 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	2.2	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	432.0 GB/s	504.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X