AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7800 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 7800 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

Around 21% higher texture fill rate: 583.2 GTexel/s vs 480.2 GTexel/s
Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 263 Watt vs 285 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
Around 86% higher memory clock speed: 2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Around 8% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4157 vs 3854
Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 500.918 vs 417.133
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 530.303 vs 245.639

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	583.2 GTexel/s vs 480.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	263 Watt vs 285 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1169 vs 1166
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4157 vs 3854
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	500.918 vs 417.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	530.303 vs 245.639

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 78% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1295 MHz
Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 2610 MHz vs 2430 MHz
Around 53% higher pipelines: 5888 vs 3840
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26959 vs 24198
Around 20% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 168049 vs 140136
Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 55.476 vs 43.482
Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2459.317 vs 2259.753

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 25 Aug 2023
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1295 MHz
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz vs 2430 MHz
Pipelines	5888 vs 3840
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	26959 vs 24198
Geekbench - OpenCL	168049 vs 140136
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	55.476 vs 43.482
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2459.317 vs 2259.753

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1169

1166

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

24198

26959

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

140136

168049

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4157

3854

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

500.918

417.133

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

43.482

55.476

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

530.303

245.639

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2259.753

2459.317

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
PassMark - G2D Mark	1169	1166
PassMark - G3D Mark	24198	26959
Geekbench - OpenCL	140136	168049
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4157	3854
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	500.918	417.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	43.482	55.476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	530.303	245.639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2259.753	2459.317

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7800 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	24	35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2430 MHz	2610 MHz
Compute units	60
Core clock speed	1295 MHz	2310 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	3840	5888
Pixel fill rate	233.3 GPixel/s	167.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	583.2 GTexel/s	480.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	263 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, 3x DisplayPort 2.1	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)	600 Watt	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	111 mm, 4.4 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	16 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	624.1 GB/s	504.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X