AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6800 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
196
131
112
80
170
113
105
79
The Witcher 3
199
176
129
65
191
160
114
61
Counter-Strike 2
284
200
144
77
262
207
148
82
Far Cry 6
159
143
120
75
148
135
112
71
Hogwarts Legacy
116
98
76
41
120
96
78
43
COD Modern Warfare 3
170
164
117
79
154
141
110
72
Ghost of Tsushima
122
103
81
52
104
87
74
40
Cyberpunk 2077
132
117
77
34
133
115
78
34
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
204
191
144
73
209
194
148
81
Avg FPS
1080p High176166
1080p Ultra147139
1440p Ultra111107
4K Ultra6463
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
17610
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
Time Spy1934017825
Solar Bay7838082645
Port Royal969011149
Fire Strike5302944109
Night Raid155564152587
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
138858
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
Background Blur335.7 frames/s233 frames/s
Face Detection221.1 frames/s141.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.16 Gpix/sec6.62 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.96 Gpix/sec9.19 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.44 Gpix/sec9.2 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.31 Gpix/sec1.78 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching263 Gpix/sec845.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics14755 fps25043.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
24993
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
G2D Mark10251165
DirectX 11264 fps245 fps
DirectX 12100 fps102 fps
GPU Compute13655 Ops/s14820 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
264.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1271.6 fps1039 fps
Car Chase1173.9 fps900 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1067.6 fps761.2 fps
T-Rex4026.9 fps3848.1 fps
ALU 25306.3 fps5980.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2278.9 fps296.7 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation35676200.7

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced November, 18, 2020 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 21 AD104
Price 649 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 1825 MHz 1920 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2250 MHz 2475 MHz
Shader Units 4608 5888
TMUs 288 184
ROPs 128 64
Execution Units n/a 46
Ray Tracing Cores 72 46
Tensor Cores n/a 184
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 36000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 288 Gpix/sec 158 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 648 GTex/s 455 GTex/s
FLOPS 20.7 TFLOPS 29.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 300 W 200 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 XT
512 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

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