NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile vs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile and AMD Radeon RX 6900 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 7 nm
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 300 Watt

Launch date	2023 vs 28 Oct 2020
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 300 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Around 31% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Around 33% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1695 MHz
2.9x more texture fill rate: 720.0 GTexel/s vs 244.1 GTexel/s
Around 11% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 4608
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1047 vs 784
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26848 vs 19667
Around 51% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 161030 vs 106559
Around 71% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 20908 vs 12244
Around 70% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 543.753 vs 319.688
Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 51.155 vs 36.174
Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 320.733 vs 218.946
Around 62% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2566.9 vs 1585.54

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Texture fill rate	720.0 GTexel/s vs 244.1 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5120 vs 4608
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1047 vs 784
PassMark - G3D Mark	26848 vs 19667
Geekbench - OpenCL	161030 vs 106559
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	20908 vs 12244
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	543.753 vs 319.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	51.155 vs 36.174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	320.733 vs 218.946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2566.9 vs 1585.54

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

784

1047

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19667

26848

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

106559

161030

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

12244

20908

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

319.688

543.753

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

36.174

51.155

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

218.946

320.733

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1585.54

2566.9

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile	AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	784	1047
PassMark - G3D Mark	19667	26848
Geekbench - OpenCL	106559	161030
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	12244	20908
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	319.688	543.753
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	36.174	51.155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	218.946	320.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1585.54	2566.9
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		0
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile	AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	RDNA 2.0
Code name	AD106	Navi 21
Launch date	2023	28 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	73	70
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	2250 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	1825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	244.1 GFLOPS (1:64)	1440 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	15.62 TFLOPS (1:1)	46.08 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	15.62 TFLOPS	23.04 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4608	5120
Pixel fill rate	81.36 GPixel/s	288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	244.1 GTexel/s	720.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	300 Watt
Compute units		80
Transistor count		26800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Triple-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin
Height		50 mm (2 inches)
Length		267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)		700 Watt
Width		120 mm (4.7 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	512 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6