AMD Radeon RX 7900M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7900M 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 7900M

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7900M

Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 601.9 GTexel/s vs 480.2 GTexel/s
Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 180 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

Texture fill rate	601.9 GTexel/s vs 480.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 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

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 27% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1825 MHz
Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 2610 MHz vs 2090 MHz
Around 28% higher pipelines: 5888 vs 4608
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1157 vs 945
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26966 vs 23273
Around 41% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 167932 vs 118813

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 19 Oct 2023
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1825 MHz
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz vs 2090 MHz
Pipelines	5888 vs 4608
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1157 vs 945
PassMark - G3D Mark	26966 vs 23273
Geekbench - OpenCL	167932 vs 118813

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

945

1157

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

23273

26966

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

118813

167932

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7900M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
PassMark - G2D Mark	945	1157
PassMark - G3D Mark	23273	26966
Geekbench - OpenCL	118813	167932
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		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 7900M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ada Lovelace
Code name	Navi 31	AD104
Launch date	19 Oct 2023	2023
Place in performance rating	34	32
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2090 MHz	2610 MHz
Compute units	72
Core clock speed	1825 MHz	2310 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	4608	5888
Pixel fill rate	267.5 GPixel/s	167.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	601.9 GTexel/s	480.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 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	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		61 mm, 2.4 inches
Length		336 mm, 13.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		600 Watt
Width		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