AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6700 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
158
91
74
53
170
113
105
79
The Witcher 3
146
120
87
44
191
160
114
61
Counter-Strike 2
226
160
112
58
262
207
148
82
Far Cry 6
123
110
83
48
148
135
112
71
Hogwarts Legacy
85
72
54
27
120
96
78
43
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
113
74
47
154
141
110
72
Ghost of Tsushima
93
73
55
31
104
87
74
40
Cyberpunk 2077
88
77
50
24
133
115
78
34
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
149
135
98
49
209
194
148
81
Avg FPS
1080p High132166
1080p Ultra106139
1440p Ultra76107
4K Ultra4263
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
11451
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
Time Spy1280717825
Solar Bay5015782645
Port Royal616211149
Fire Strike3584444109
Night Raid130743152587
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
110742
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
Background Blur245.8 frames/s233 frames/s
Face Detection153.3 frames/s141.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.99 Gpix/sec6.62 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.82 Gpix/sec9.19 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.37 Gpix/sec9.2 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/sec1.78 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching474.4 Gpix/sec845.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics13872.6 fps25043.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
19820
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
G2D Mark9461165
DirectX 11174 fps245 fps
DirectX 1277 fps102 fps
GPU Compute9584 Ops/s14820 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
173.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)943.9 fps1039 fps
Car Chase840 fps900 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)743.3 fps761.2 fps
T-Rex2906.3 fps3848.1 fps
ALU 23886.3 fps5980.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2290.8 fps296.7 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2414.46200.7

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced March, 3, 2021 April, 13, 2023
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename Navi 22 AD104
Price 479 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 2321 MHz 1920 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2581 MHz 2475 MHz
Shader Units 2560 5888
TMUs 160 184
ROPs 64 64
Execution Units n/a 46
Ray Tracing Cores 40 46
Tensor Cores n/a 184
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 36000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 165 Gpix/sec 158 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 413 GTex/s 455 GTex/s
FLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS 29.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 230 W 200 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 335 mm² 294 mm²
Transistor count 17 billion 35 billion
Transistor density 50.75 MTr/mm² 119.05 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1313 MHz
Bus 192 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 21000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
384 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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