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: 1180 vs 1162
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 29969 vs 27005
  • Around 15% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 192400 vs 167089
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 1180 vs 1162
PassMark - G3D Mark 29969 vs 27005
Geekbench - OpenCL 192400 vs 167089

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 4% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4814 vs 4627
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 4814 vs 4627

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1180
1162
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
29969
27005
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
192400
167089
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
4627
4814
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
PassMark - G2D Mark 1180 1162
PassMark - G3D Mark 29969 27005
Geekbench - OpenCL 192400 167089
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4627 4814

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 23 33

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