AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
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
184
128
116
89
The Witcher 3
199
176
129
65
204
175
127
68
Counter-Strike 2
284
200
144
77
283
214
156
83
Far Cry 6
159
143
120
75
157
142
127
76
Hogwarts Legacy
116
98
76
41
132
110
87
48
COD Modern Warfare 3
170
164
117
79
171
165
128
83
Ghost of Tsushima
122
103
81
52
118
99
85
50
Cyberpunk 2077
132
117
77
34
154
136
92
40
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
204
191
144
73
242
224
176
93
Avg FPS
1080p High176183
1080p Ultra147155
1440p Ultra111122
4K Ultra6470
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
17610
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
21558
Time Spy1934020901
Solar Bay7838097900
Port Royal969013112
Fire Strike5302950143
Night Raid155564164308
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
138858
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
206598
Background Blur335.7 frames/s359.5 frames/s
Face Detection221.1 frames/s210 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.16 Gpix/sec7.61 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.96 Gpix/sec10.4 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.44 Gpix/sec11.3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.31 Gpix/sec1.97 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching263 Gpix/sec969.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics14755 fps29061.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
24993
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
29967
G2D Mark10251178
DirectX 11264 fps274 fps
DirectX 12100 fps108 fps
GPU Compute13655 Ops/s17275 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
264.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
219.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1271.6 fps1132.4 fps
Car Chase1173.9 fps981.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1067.6 fps840.6 fps
T-Rex4026.9 fps4325.3 fps
ALU 25306.3 fps6890.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2278.9 fps290.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation35677090.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced November, 18, 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 649 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 1825 MHz 1980 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2250 MHz 2475 MHz
Shader Units 4608 7168
TMUs 288 224
ROPs 128 80
Execution Units n/a 56
Ray Tracing Cores 72 56
Tensor Cores n/a 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 288 Gpix/sec 198 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 648 GTex/s 554 GTex/s
FLOPS 20.7 TFLOPS 35.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 300 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 XT
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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