AMD Radeon RX 6800 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6800 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
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
176
114
94
68
184
128
116
89
The Witcher 3
170
153
107
59
204
175
127
68
Counter-Strike 2
269
192
135
75
283
214
156
83
Far Cry 6
145
126
104
64
157
142
127
76
Hogwarts Legacy
105
87
69
37
132
110
87
48
COD Modern Warfare 3
145
139
95
63
171
165
128
83
Ghost of Tsushima
106
90
69
43
118
99
85
50
Cyberpunk 2077
113
100
64
31
154
136
92
40
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
183
165
120
63
242
224
176
93
Avg FPS
1080p High157183
1080p Ultra130155
1440p Ultra95122
4K Ultra5670
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800
14608
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
21558
Time Spy1619320901
Solar Bay6457497900
Port Royal809813112
Fire Strike4438250143
Night Raid142824164308
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800
135060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
206598
Background Blur298.6 frames/s359.5 frames/s
Face Detection186.2 frames/s210 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.75 Gpix/sec7.61 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.68 Gpix/sec10.4 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.58 Gpix/sec11.3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.16 Gpix/sec1.97 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching579 Gpix/sec969.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18755.1 fps29061.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6800
22123
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
29967
G2D Mark9871178
DirectX 11214 fps274 fps
DirectX 1289 fps108 fps
GPU Compute11216 Ops/s17275 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6800
219.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
219.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1131 fps1132.4 fps
Car Chase1005 fps981.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)857.2 fps840.6 fps
T-Rex3344.5 fps4325.3 fps
ALU 25114.6 fps6890.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2300.1 fps290.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2950.47090.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 28, 2020 January, 17, 2024
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename Navi 21 AD104
Price 579 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 1700 MHz 1980 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2105 MHz 2475 MHz
Shader Units 3840 7168
TMUs 240 224
ROPs 96 80
Execution Units n/a 56
Ray Tracing Cores 60 56
Tensor Cores No 224
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 48000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 202 Gpix/sec 198 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 505 GTex/s 554 GTex/s
FLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS 35.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 220 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 520 mm² 294 mm²
Transistor count 26 billion 35 billion
Transistor density 50 MTr/mm² 119.05 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1313 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 21000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6800
512 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
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 SUPER the clear winner in this comparison.

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