NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 vs AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 and AMD Radeon RX 6800 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 6800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 27% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1825 MHz
Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 2610 MHz vs 2250 MHz
Around 28% higher pipelines: 5888 vs 4608
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 7 nm
Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 285 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1166 vs 1025
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26959 vs 25004
Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 168049 vs 154220
Around 4% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3854 vs 3689
Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 55.476 vs 52.561

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 28 Oct 2020
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1825 MHz
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz vs 2250 MHz
Pipelines	5888 vs 4608
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	285 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1166 vs 1025
PassMark - G3D Mark	26959 vs 25004
Geekbench - OpenCL	168049 vs 154220
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3854 vs 3689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	55.476 vs 52.561

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 648.0 GTexel/s vs 480.2 GTexel/s
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
Around 52% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 578.52 vs 417.133
Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 291.971 vs 245.639
Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2700.97 vs 2459.317

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	648.0 GTexel/s vs 480.2 GTexel/s
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	578.52 vs 417.133
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	291.971 vs 245.639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2700.97 vs 2459.317

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1166

1025

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

26959

25004

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

168049

154220

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

3854

3689

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

417.133

578.52

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

55.476

52.561

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

245.639

291.971

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2459.317

2700.97

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	1166	1025
PassMark - G3D Mark	26959	25004
Geekbench - OpenCL	168049	154220
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3854	3689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	417.133	578.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	55.476	52.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	245.639	291.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2459.317	2700.97
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3374
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3374

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	RDNA 2.0
Code name	AD104	Navi 21
Launch date	2023	28 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	35	71
Launch price (MSRP)		$649
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz	2250 MHz
Core clock speed	2310 MHz	1825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	480.2 GFLOPS (1:64)	1296 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	30.74 TFLOPS (1:1)	41.47 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	30.74 TFLOPS	20.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	5888	4608
Pixel fill rate	167.0 GPixel/s	288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	480.2 GTexel/s	648.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	285 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	26800 million
Compute units		72
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	61 mm, 2.4 inches	50 mm (2 inches)
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	336 mm, 13.2 inches	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	140 mm, 5.5 inches	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	12 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	504.2 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6