AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 7900 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
235
160
141
106
170
113
105
79
The Witcher 3
252
224
162
88
191
160
114
61
Counter-Strike 2
318
217
157
83
262
207
148
82
Far Cry 6
191
171
153
97
148
135
112
71
Hogwarts Legacy
147
125
101
54
120
96
78
43
COD Modern Warfare 3
225
223
163
109
154
141
110
72
Ghost of Tsushima
151
127
107
70
104
87
74
40
Cyberpunk 2077
179
158
108
48
133
115
78
34
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
267
256
196
100
209
194
148
81
Avg FPS
1080p High218166
1080p Ultra185139
1440p Ultra143107
4K Ultra8463
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
24670
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
Time Spy2693617825
Solar Bay10347882645
Port Royal1424511149
Fire Strike6726844109
Night Raid171243152587
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
203754
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
Background Blur419.8 frames/s233 frames/s
Face Detection240.5 frames/s141.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection8.72 Gpix/sec6.62 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection12 Gpix/sec9.19 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.88 Gpix/sec9.2 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.71 Gpix/sec1.78 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching701.7 Gpix/sec845.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics26631.4 fps25043.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
28850
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
G2D Mark12141165
DirectX 11339 fps245 fps
DirectX 12108 fps102 fps
GPU Compute17495 Ops/s14820 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
323.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.2 fps1039 fps
Car Chase1525.6 fps900 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1206.5 fps761.2 fps
T-Rex5517 fps3848.1 fps
ALU 28007.7 fps5980.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2340 fps296.7 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6975.16200.7

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced December, 13, 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 31 AD104
Price 899 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 1387 MHz 1920 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2394 MHz 2475 MHz
Shader Units 5376 5888
TMUs 336 184
ROPs 192 64
Execution Units n/a 46
Ray Tracing Cores 84 46
Tensor Cores n/a 184
L1 cache 256 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 6000 KB/core 36000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 460 Gpix/sec 158 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 804 GTex/s 455 GTex/s
FLOPS 51.5 TFLOPS 29.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 300 W 200 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 529 mm² 294 mm²
Transistor count 57 billion 35 billion
Transistor density 107.75 MTr/mm² 119.05 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 2500 MHz 1313 MHz
Bus 320 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20000 MB/s 21000 MB/s
Memory Size 20 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
800 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

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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