AMD Radeon RX 6600 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6600, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6600 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
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
140
81
66
45
170
113
105
79
The Witcher 3
125
108
74
38
191
160
114
61
Counter-Strike 2
202
142
96
52
262
207
148
82
Far Cry 6
110
98
73
42
148
135
112
71
Hogwarts Legacy
76
62
47
22
120
96
78
43
COD Modern Warfare 3
103
95
66
42
154
141
110
72
Ghost of Tsushima
80
63
45
23
104
87
74
40
Cyberpunk 2077
80
71
42
18
133
115
78
34
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
137
118
85
39
209
194
148
81
Avg FPS
1080p High117166
1080p Ultra93139
1440p Ultra66107
4K Ultra3663
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600
10197
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
Time Spy1042317825
Solar Bay4497382645
Port Royal582011149
Fire Strike2647844109
Night Raid98514152587
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600
58048
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
Background Blur104.1 frames/s233 frames/s
Face Detection79.7 frames/s141.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.05 Gpix/sec6.62 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.61 Gpix/sec9.19 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.59 Gpix/sec9.2 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.64 Gpix/sec1.78 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching257.8 Gpix/sec845.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7635.3 fps25043.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6600
15100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
G2D Mark8811165
DirectX 11152 fps245 fps
DirectX 1251 fps102 fps
GPU Compute6706 Ops/s14820 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6600
96.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)567.8 fps1039 fps
Car Chasen/a900 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)427.9 fps761.2 fps
T-Rex1906.1 fps3848.1 fps
ALU 22284.3 fps5980.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2600 fps296.7 fps
APIMetalOpenGL
OSOS XWindows
Tessellationn/a6200.7

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 13, 2021 April, 13, 2023
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename Navi 23 AD104
Price 329 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 1626 MHz 1920 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2491 MHz 2475 MHz
Shader Units 1792 5888
TMUs 112 184
ROPs 64 64
Execution Units n/a 46
Ray Tracing Cores 28 46
Tensor Cores No 184
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 36000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 159 Gpix/sec 158 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 279 GTex/s 455 GTex/s
FLOPS 8.9 TFLOPS 29.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 132 W 200 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 237 mm² 294 mm²
Transistor count 11 billion 35 billion
Transistor density 46.41 MTr/mm² 119.05 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1313 MHz
Bus 128 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 21000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6600
224 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
504.2 GB/s

API

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

Results

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

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