Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 vs AMD Radeon RX 6800M

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070, vs AMD Radeon RX 6800M. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 and AMD Radeon RX 6800M
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
170
113
105
79
146
82
69
48
The Witcher 3
191
160
114
61
133
110
76
41
Counter-Strike 2
262
207
148
82
212
143
101
52
Far Cry 6
148
135
112
71
115
99
75
43
Hogwarts Legacy
120
96
78
43
80
65
46
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
154
141
110
72
106
101
68
42
Ghost of Tsushima
104
87
74
40
83
67
48
29
Cyberpunk 2077
133
115
78
34
83
70
41
19
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
209
194
148
81
139
124
84
40
Avg FPS
1080p High166122
1080p Ultra13996
1440p Ultra10768
4K Ultra6338
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
AMD Radeon RX 6800M
10052
Time Spy1782511495
Solar Bay8264544416
Port Royal111495554
Fire Strike4410933545
Night Raid15258778734
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
AMD Radeon RX 6800M
99418
Background Blur233 frames/s222.9 frames/s
Face Detection141.7 frames/s135.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.62 Gpix/sec3.46 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.19 Gpix/sec5.14 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.2 Gpix/sec3.64 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.78 Gpix/sec0.92 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching845.4 Gpix/sec432.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics25043.9 fps13677.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
AMD Radeon RX 6800M
13286
G2D Mark1165540
DirectX 11245 fps127 fps
DirectX 12102 fps65 fps
GPU Compute14820 Ops/s5035 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6800M
139.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1039 fps739.4 fps
Car Chase900 fps656.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)761.2 fps591.1 fps
T-Rex3848.1 fps2120.4 fps
ALU 25980.8 fps3164.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2296.7 fps177.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6200.71966.7

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 13, 2023 June, 1, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Ada Lovelace RDNA 2.0
Codename AD104 Navi 22
Price 599 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1920 MHz 2116 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2475 MHz 2300 MHz
Shader Units 5888 2560
TMUs 184 160
ROPs 64 64
Execution Units 46 40
Ray Tracing Cores 46 40
Tensor Cores 184 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 36000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 158 Gpix/sec 147 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 455 GTex/s 368 GTex/s
FLOPS 29.1 TFLOPS 11.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 200 W 145 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 294 mm² 335 mm²
Transistor count 35 billion 17.2 billion
Transistor density 119.05 MTr/mm² 51.34 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1313 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 21000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
504.2 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 6800M
336 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.9 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 the clear winner in this comparison.

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