NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER and AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • Around 32% higher core clock speed: 1980 MHz vs 1500 MHz
  • Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 2475 MHz vs 2245 MHz
  • Around 40% higher pipelines: 7168 vs 5120
  • Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 220 Watt vs 260 Watt
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1166 vs 1139
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 30048 vs 26890
  • Around 16% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 192229 vs 165774
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 Jan 2024 vs 27 Jul 2023
Core clock speed 1980 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Boost clock speed 2475 MHz vs 2245 MHz
Pipelines 7168 vs 5120
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 220 Watt vs 260 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1166 vs 1139
PassMark - G3D Mark 30048 vs 26890
Geekbench - OpenCL 192229 vs 165774

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE

  • Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 718.4 GTexel/s vs 554.4 GTexel/s
  • 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 8% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 22503 vs 20908
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 718.4 GTexel/s vs 554.4 GTexel/s
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 22503 vs 20908

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1166
1139
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
30048
26890
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
192229
165774
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
20908
22503
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
PassMark - G2D Mark 1166 1139
PassMark - G3D Mark 30048 26890
Geekbench - OpenCL 192229 165774
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 20908 22503

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace RDNA 3.0
Code name AD104 Navi 31
Launch date 8 Jan 2024 27 Jul 2023
Place in performance rating 14 17

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2475 MHz 2245 MHz
Core clock speed 1980 MHz 1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 5 nm
Pipelines 7168 5120
Pixel fill rate 198.0 GPixel/s 431.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 554.4 GTexel/s 718.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 220 Watt 260 Watt
Transistor count 35800 million 57700 million
Compute units 80

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot Dual-slot
Height 42 mm, 1.7 inches 51 mm, 2 inches
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 267 mm, 10.5 inches 276 mm, 10.9 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt 600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 16-pin 2x 8-pin
Width 112 mm, 4.4 inches 110 mm, 4.3 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 576.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6X GDDR6