AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6900 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
213
142
118
87
170
113
105
79
The Witcher 3
208
183
139
72
191
160
114
61
Counter-Strike 2
302
208
149
81
262
207
148
82
Far Cry 6
172
148
133
83
148
135
112
71
Hogwarts Legacy
130
105
83
46
120
96
78
43
COD Modern Warfare 3
183
177
130
84
154
141
110
72
Ghost of Tsushima
131
111
91
55
104
87
74
40
Cyberpunk 2077
148
129
87
42
133
115
78
34
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
225
205
156
82
209
194
148
81
Avg FPS
1080p High190166
1080p Ultra156139
1440p Ultra121107
4K Ultra7063
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
20263
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
Time Spy2078117825
Solar Bay8674182645
Port Royal1051911149
Fire Strike5732344109
Night Raid159759152587
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
124121
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
Background Blur231.6 frames/s233 frames/s
Face Detection152.5 frames/s141.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.26 Gpix/sec6.62 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.75 Gpix/sec9.19 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.87 Gpix/sec9.2 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.12 Gpix/sec1.78 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching618.7 Gpix/sec845.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics17973.9 fps25043.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
26727
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
G2D Mark10511165
DirectX 11278 fps245 fps
DirectX 12113 fps102 fps
GPU Compute14962 Ops/s14820 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
305.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1379.6 fps1039 fps
Car Chase1317.5 fps900 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1205.3 fps761.2 fps
T-Rex4360 fps3848.1 fps
ALU 26645 fps5980.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2325.2 fps296.7 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3954.86200.7

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced December, 8, 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 999 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 1825 MHz 1920 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2250 MHz 2475 MHz
Shader Units 5120 5888
TMUs 320 184
ROPs 128 64
Execution Units n/a 46
Ray Tracing Cores 80 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 720 GTex/s 455 GTex/s
FLOPS 23 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 6900 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

Results

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