AMD Radeon RX 7900M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7900M 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 7900M

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7900M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 22% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 2090 MHz vs 1725 MHz
Around 90% higher texture fill rate: 601.9 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 22% lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 220 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 23115 vs 22313

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 Oct 2023 vs 1 Sep 2020
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Boost clock speed	2090 MHz vs 1725 MHz
Texture fill rate	601.9 GTexel/s vs 317.4 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt vs 220 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	23115 vs 22313

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Around 28% higher pipelines: 5888 vs 4608
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 997 vs 933
Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 123479 vs 118813

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	5888 vs 4608
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	997 vs 933
Geekbench - OpenCL	123479 vs 118813

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7900M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

933

997

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

23115

22313

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

118813

123479

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7900M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
PassMark - G2D Mark	933	997
PassMark - G3D Mark	23115	22313
Geekbench - OpenCL	118813	123479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		453.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		5803.174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		40.757
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		182.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1664.554
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		13654

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7900M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 31	GA104
Launch date	19 Oct 2023	1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating	40	43
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2090 MHz	1725 MHz
Compute units	72
Core clock speed	1825 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	4608	5888
Pixel fill rate	267.5 GPixel/s	165.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	601.9 GTexel/s	317.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	220 Watt
Transistor count	57700 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	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 12-pin
Height		112 mm (4.4 inches)
Length		242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		550 Watt
Width		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	16 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	576.0 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6