AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE 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 7900 GRE

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE

Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 718.4 GTexel/s vs 480.2 GTexel/s
Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 260 Watt vs 285 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
Around 71% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Around 25% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4811 vs 3853

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	718.4 GTexel/s vs 480.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	260 Watt vs 285 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4811 vs 3853

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 2610 MHz vs 2245 MHz
Around 15% higher pipelines: 5888 vs 5120
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1157 vs 1151
Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 167932 vs 166100

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 27 Jul 2023
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz vs 2245 MHz
Pipelines	5888 vs 5120
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1157 vs 1151
PassMark - G3D Mark	26966 vs 26928
Geekbench - OpenCL	167932 vs 166100

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1151

1157

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

26928

26966

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

166100

167932

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4811

3853

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
PassMark - G2D Mark	1151	1157
PassMark - G3D Mark	26928	26966
Geekbench - OpenCL	166100	167932
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4811	3853
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 7900 GRE	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ada Lovelace
Code name	Navi 31	AD104
Launch date	27 Jul 2023	2023
Place in performance rating	29	32
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2245 MHz	2610 MHz
Compute units	80
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	2310 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	5120	5888
Pixel fill rate	431.0 GPixel/s	167.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	718.4 GTexel/s	480.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	260 Watt	285 Watt
Transistor count	57700 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	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)	600 Watt	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	110 mm, 4.3 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	16 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	576.0 GB/s	504.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X