AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6900 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
213
142
118
87
184
128
116
89
The Witcher 3
208
183
139
72
204
175
127
68
Counter-Strike 2
302
208
149
81
283
214
156
83
Far Cry 6
172
148
133
83
157
142
127
76
Hogwarts Legacy
130
105
83
46
132
110
87
48
COD Modern Warfare 3
183
177
130
84
171
165
128
83
Ghost of Tsushima
131
111
91
55
118
99
85
50
Cyberpunk 2077
148
129
87
42
154
136
92
40
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
225
205
156
82
242
224
176
93
Avg FPS
1080p High190183
1080p Ultra156155
1440p Ultra121122
4K Ultra7070
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
20263
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
21558
Time Spy2078120901
Solar Bay8674197900
Port Royal1051913112
Fire Strike5732350143
Night Raid159759164308
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
124121
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
206598
Background Blur231.6 frames/s359.5 frames/s
Face Detection152.5 frames/s210 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.26 Gpix/sec7.61 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.75 Gpix/sec10.4 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.87 Gpix/sec11.3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.12 Gpix/sec1.97 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching618.7 Gpix/sec969.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics17973.9 fps29061.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
26727
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
29967
G2D Mark10511178
DirectX 11278 fps274 fps
DirectX 12113 fps108 fps
GPU Compute14962 Ops/s17275 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
305.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
219.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1379.6 fps1132.4 fps
Car Chase1317.5 fps981.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1205.3 fps840.6 fps
T-Rex4360 fps4325.3 fps
ALU 26645 fps6890.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2325.2 fps290.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3954.87090.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

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

GPU

GPU Frequency 1825 MHz 1980 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2250 MHz 2475 MHz
Shader Units 5120 7168
TMUs 320 224
ROPs 128 80
Execution Units n/a 56
Ray Tracing Cores 80 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 720 GTex/s 554 GTex/s
FLOPS 23 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 6900 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

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