AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
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
201
136
113
85
151
98
85
64
The Witcher 3
198
179
128
67
171
141
104
55
Counter-Strike 2
289
202
145
79
241
195
134
78
Far Cry 6
164
141
126
75
131
119
95
56
Hogwarts Legacy
121
102
80
42
97
81
60
33
COD Modern Warfare 3
170
167
118
82
120
116
81
53
Ghost of Tsushima
123
104
88
53
88
74
57
31
Cyberpunk 2077
133
117
79
37
105
93
60
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
214
200
150
76
164
151
112
59
Avg FPS
1080p High179141
1080p Ultra150119
1440p Ultra11488
4K Ultra6651
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
18126
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
14125
Time Spy2009813641
Solar Bay7836864184
Port Royal108558309
Fire Strike4998434034
Night Raid158067120956
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
148335
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
126195
Background Blur300.7 frames/s161.6 frames/s
Face Detection200.5 frames/s117.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.77 Gpix/sec5.89 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.05 Gpix/sec8.05 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.44 Gpix/sec6.65 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.25 Gpix/sec1.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching566.4 Gpix/sec550.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics20533.6 fps17613.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
24202
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
22252
G2D Mark1167998
DirectX 11249 fps181 fps
DirectX 1293 fps85 fps
GPU Compute13685 Ops/s11282 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
230.1 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
170.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1300.3 fps856 fps
Car Chase1191.7 fps668 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)955.3 fps592.9 fps
T-Rex3854.1 fps3078.4 fps
ALU 26542.4 fps4531.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2284.8 fps283 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation5363.24563.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 6, 2023 October, 22, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 3.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 32 GA104
Price 499 499

GPU

GPU Frequency 1295 MHz 1500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2430 MHz 1725 MHz
Shader Units 3840 5888
TMUs 240 184
ROPs 96 96
Execution Units n/a 46
Ray Tracing Cores 60 46
Tensor Cores n/a 184
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 233 Gpix/sec 166 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 583 GTex/s 317 GTex/s
FLOPS 37.3 TFLOPS 20.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 263 W 220 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 346 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 80.92 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2438 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19500 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
624.1 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 8.6
DisplayPort 2.1 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
2 (66.67%)
1 (33.33%)
Total Votes: 3

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