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 3 year(s) 8 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

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1166
882
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
26959
15097
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
168049
73020
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
3854
1492
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
417.133
260.061
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
55.476
20.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
245.639
290.312
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2459.317
1152.228
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 AMD Radeon RX 6600
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

Essentials

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

Technical info

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

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 3
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

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 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