NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER vs AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER and AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 53% higher core clock speed: 1980 MHz vs 1295 MHz
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 2475 MHz vs 2430 MHz
Around 87% higher pipelines: 7168 vs 3840
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 220 Watt vs 263 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1180 vs 1169
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 29969 vs 24198
Around 37% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 192400 vs 140136
Around 11% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4627 vs 4157

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 Jan 2024 vs 25 Aug 2023
Core clock speed	1980 MHz vs 1295 MHz
Boost clock speed	2475 MHz vs 2430 MHz
Pipelines	7168 vs 3840
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	220 Watt vs 263 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1180 vs 1169
PassMark - G3D Mark	29969 vs 24198
Geekbench - OpenCL	192400 vs 140136
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4627 vs 4157

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 583.2 GTexel/s vs 554.4 GTexel/s
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

Texture fill rate	583.2 GTexel/s vs 554.4 GTexel/s
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1180

1169

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

29969

24198

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

192400

140136

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4627

4157

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER	AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	1180	1169
PassMark - G3D Mark	29969	24198
Geekbench - OpenCL	192400	140136
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4627	4157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		500.918
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		43.482
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		530.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2259.753

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER	AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	RDNA 3.0
Code name	AD104	Navi 32
Launch date	8 Jan 2024	25 Aug 2023
Place in performance rating	23	24
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2475 MHz	2430 MHz
Core clock speed	1980 MHz	1295 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	5 nm
Pipelines	7168	3840
Pixel fill rate	198.0 GPixel/s	233.3 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	554.4 GTexel/s	583.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	220 Watt	263 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	28100 million
Compute units		60
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Height	42 mm, 1.7 inches	50 mm, 2 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	111 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	504.2 GB/s	624.1 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective	2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6