AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT 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
133
73
58
38
170
113
105
79
The Witcher 3
121
96
68
34
191
160
114
61
Counter-Strike 2
185
128
93
49
262
207
148
82
Far Cry 6
104
90
65
35
148
135
112
71
Hogwarts Legacy
68
59
40
23
120
96
78
43
COD Modern Warfare 3
93
86
60
38
154
141
110
72
Ghost of Tsushima
74
61
42
23
104
87
74
40
Cyberpunk 2077
73
64
37
18
133
115
78
34
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
124
107
76
37
209
194
148
81
Avg FPS
1080p High108166
1080p Ultra85139
1440p Ultra60107
4K Ultra3363
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
9026
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
Time Spy965217825
Solar Bay3750382645
Port Royal460311149
Fire Strike2866844109
Night Raid114842152587
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
84088
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
Background Blur208 frames/s233 frames/s
Face Detection114.6 frames/s141.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.91 Gpix/sec6.62 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.71 Gpix/sec9.19 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.38 Gpix/sec9.2 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.94 Gpix/sec1.78 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching306 Gpix/sec845.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics11198.1 fps25043.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
16471
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
G2D Mark9111165
DirectX 11163 fps245 fps
DirectX 1261 fps102 fps
GPU Compute7706 Ops/s14820 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
116.8 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)690.3 fps1039 fps
Car Chasen/a900 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)525.1 fps761.2 fps
T-Rex2173.5 fps3848.1 fps
ALU 22886.2 fps5980.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2487.2 fps296.7 fps
APIMetalOpenGL
OSOS XWindows
Tessellationn/a6200.7

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 30, 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 379 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 1968 MHz 1920 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2589 MHz 2475 MHz
Shader Units 2048 5888
TMUs 128 184
ROPs 64 64
Execution Units n/a 46
Ray Tracing Cores 32 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 166 Gpix/sec 158 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 331 GTex/s 455 GTex/s
FLOPS 10.6 TFLOPS 29.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 160 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 2000 MHz 1313 MHz
Bus 128 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 21000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
256 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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