AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 7800 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
201
136
113
85
170
113
105
79
The Witcher 3
198
179
128
67
191
160
114
61
Counter-Strike 2
289
202
145
79
262
207
148
82
Far Cry 6
164
141
126
75
148
135
112
71
Hogwarts Legacy
121
102
80
42
120
96
78
43
COD Modern Warfare 3
170
167
118
82
154
141
110
72
Ghost of Tsushima
123
104
88
53
104
87
74
40
Cyberpunk 2077
133
117
79
37
133
115
78
34
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
214
200
150
76
209
194
148
81
Avg FPS
1080p High179166
1080p Ultra150139
1440p Ultra114107
4K Ultra6663
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
18126
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
Time Spy2009817825
Solar Bay7836882645
Port Royal1085511149
Fire Strike4998444109
Night Raid158067152587
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
148335
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
Background Blur300.7 frames/s233 frames/s
Face Detection200.5 frames/s141.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.77 Gpix/sec6.62 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.05 Gpix/sec9.19 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.44 Gpix/sec9.2 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.25 Gpix/sec1.78 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching566.4 Gpix/sec845.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics20533.6 fps25043.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
24202
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
G2D Mark11671165
DirectX 11249 fps245 fps
DirectX 1293 fps102 fps
GPU Compute13685 Ops/s14820 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
230.1 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1300.3 fps1039 fps
Car Chase1191.7 fps900 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)955.3 fps761.2 fps
T-Rex3854.1 fps3848.1 fps
ALU 26542.4 fps5980.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2284.8 fps296.7 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation5363.26200.7

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 6, 2023 April, 13, 2023
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 3.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename Navi 32 AD104
Price 499 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 1295 MHz 1920 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2430 MHz 2475 MHz
Shader Units 3840 5888
TMUs 240 184
ROPs 96 64
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 36000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 233 Gpix/sec 158 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 583 GTex/s 455 GTex/s
FLOPS 37.3 TFLOPS 29.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 263 W 200 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 346 mm² 294 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 35 billion
Transistor density 80.92 MTr/mm² 119.05 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 2438 MHz 1313 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19500 MB/s 21000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
624.1 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 2.1 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 3

Results

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