NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 vs AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 and AMD Radeon RX 6600 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), 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 6600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 17% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1968 MHz
Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 2610 MHz vs 2589 MHz
Around 45% higher texture fill rate: 480.2 GTexel/s vs 331.4 GTexel/s
2.9x more pipelines: 5888 vs 2048
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 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1166 vs 911
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26959 vs 16471
2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 168049 vs 82703
2.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3854 vs 1804
3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2459.317 vs 706.665

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 30 Jul 2021
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1968 MHz
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz vs 2589 MHz
Texture fill rate	480.2 GTexel/s vs 331.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5888 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 7 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1166 vs 911
PassMark - G3D Mark	26959 vs 16471
Geekbench - OpenCL	168049 vs 82703
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3854 vs 1804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2459.317 vs 706.665

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

Around 78% lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 285 Watt
Around 52% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	160 Watt vs 285 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1166

911

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

26959

16471

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

168049

82703

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

3854

1804

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2459.317

706.665

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070	AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	1166	911
PassMark - G3D Mark	26959	16471
Geekbench - OpenCL	168049	82703
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3854	1804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	417.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	55.476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	245.639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2459.317	706.665
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		15486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3367
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		15486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3367

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070	AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	RDNA 2.0
Code name	AD104	Navi 23 XT
Launch date	2023	30 Jul 2021
Place in performance rating	35	191
Launch price (MSRP)		$379
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz	2589 MHz
Core clock speed	2310 MHz	1968 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	480.2 GFLOPS (1:64)	662.8 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	30.74 TFLOPS (1:1)	21.21 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	30.74 TFLOPS	10.60 TFLOPS
Pipelines	5888	2048
Pixel fill rate	167.0 GPixel/s	165.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	480.2 GTexel/s	331.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	285 Watt	160 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	11060 million
Compute units		32
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI, 2x 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	450 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	256 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6