NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 vs AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 and AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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

AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 44% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1605 MHz
Around 37% higher boost clock speed: 2610 MHz vs 1905 MHz
1575.5x more texture fill rate: 480.2 GTexel/s vs 304.8 GT/s
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1166 vs 921
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26959 vs 16357
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 168049 vs 77476
Around 81% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3854 vs 2134
Around 65% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 417.133 vs 252.601
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 55.476 vs 24.769
Around 86% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2459.317 vs 1322.129

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 7 July 2019
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1605 MHz
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz vs 1905 MHz
Texture fill rate	480.2 GTexel/s vs 304.8 GT/s
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1166 vs 921
PassMark - G3D Mark	26959 vs 16357
Geekbench - OpenCL	168049 vs 77476
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3854 vs 2134
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	417.133 vs 252.601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	55.476 vs 24.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2459.317 vs 1322.129

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 285 Watt
Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 254.777 vs 245.639

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 285 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	254.777 vs 245.639

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1166

921

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

26959

16357

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

168049

77476

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

3854

2134

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

417.133

252.601

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

55.476

24.769

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

245.639

254.777

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2459.317

1322.129

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070	AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	1166	921
PassMark - G3D Mark	26959	16357
Geekbench - OpenCL	168049	77476
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3854	2134
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	417.133	252.601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	55.476	24.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	245.639	254.777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2459.317	1322.129
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3949.565
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		14699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3369
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		14699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3369

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070	AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	RDNA
Code name	AD104	Navi 10
Launch date	2023	7 July 2019
Place in performance rating	35	162
Launch price (MSRP)		$400
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz	1905 MHz
Core clock speed	2310 MHz	1605 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	480.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	30.74 TFLOPS (1:1)	19.51 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	30.74 TFLOPS	9.75 TFLOPs
Pipelines	5888
Pixel fill rate	167.0 GPixel/s	121.9 GP/s
Texture fill rate	480.2 GTexel/s	304.8 GT/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	285 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	10.3 B
Compute units		40
Render output units		64
Stream Processors		2560
Texture Units		160
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	336 mm, 13.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	1 x 8-pin and 1x6 pin
Width	140 mm, 5.5 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	504.2 GB/s	448 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
TrueAudio
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready