NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 vs AMD Radeon RX 6600
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 and AMD Radeon RX 6600 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
- Around 42% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1626 MHz
- Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 2610 MHz vs 2491 MHz
- Around 72% higher texture fill rate: 480.2 GTexel/s vs 279.0 GTexel/s
- 3.3x more pipelines: 5888 vs 1792
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 7 nm
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
- Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1166 vs 882
- Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26959 vs 15097
- 2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 168049 vs 73020
- 2.6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3854 vs 1492
- Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 417.133 vs 260.061
- 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 55.476 vs 20.421
- 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2459.317 vs 1152.228
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 2023 vs 13 Oct 2021 |
| Core clock speed | 2310 MHz vs 1626 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2610 MHz vs 2491 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 480.2 GTexel/s vs 279.0 GTexel/s |
| Pipelines | 5888 vs 1792 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm vs 7 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 12 GB vs 8 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 1166 vs 882 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 26959 vs 15097 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 168049 vs 73020 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 3854 vs 1492 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 417.133 vs 260.061 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 55.476 vs 20.421 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 2459.317 vs 1152.228 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600
- 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 132 Watt vs 285 Watt
- Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
- Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 290.312 vs 245.639
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 132 Watt vs 285 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 290.312 vs 245.639 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6600
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 | AMD Radeon RX 6600 |
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| PassMark - G2D Mark | 1166 | 882 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 26959 | 15097 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 168049 | 73020 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 3854 | 1492 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 417.133 | 260.061 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 55.476 | 20.421 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 245.639 | 290.312 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 2459.317 | 1152.228 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 5472.868 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 19713 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 26778 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 69225 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 19713 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 26778 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 69225 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 | AMD Radeon RX 6600 | |
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| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | RDNA 2.0 |
| Code name | AD104 | Navi 23 XL |
| Launch date | 2023 | 13 Oct 2021 |
| Place in performance rating | 35 | 38 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $329 | |
| Type | Desktop | |
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| Boost clock speed | 2610 MHz | 2491 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 2310 MHz | 1626 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | 7 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 480.2 GFLOPS (1:64) | 558.0 GFLOPS (1:16) |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 30.74 TFLOPS (1:1) | 17.86 TFLOPS (2:1) |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 30.74 TFLOPS | 8.928 TFLOPS |
| Pipelines | 5888 | 1792 |
| Pixel fill rate | 167.0 GPixel/s | 159.4 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate | 480.2 GTexel/s | 279.0 GTexel/s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 285 Watt | 132 Watt |
| Transistor count | 35800 million | 11060 million |
| Compute units | 28 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| DisplayPort count | 3 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Form factor | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| Height | 61 mm, 2.4 inches | 40 mm (1.6 inches) |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Length | 336 mm, 13.2 inches | 190 mm (7.5 inches) |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 600 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 12-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Width | 140 mm, 5.5 inches | 110 mm (4.3 inches) |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12.2 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.5 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 504.2 GB/s | 224 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 192 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective | 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) |
| Memory type | GDDR6X | GDDR6 |