AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 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
253
180
159
120
184
128
116
89
The Witcher 3
270
255
184
93
204
175
127
68
Counter-Strike 2
324
232
169
87
283
214
156
83
Far Cry 6
209
187
168
106
157
142
127
76
Hogwarts Legacy
171
143
110
63
132
110
87
48
COD Modern Warfare 3
256
254
188
132
171
165
128
83
Ghost of Tsushima
170
142
124
79
118
99
85
50
Cyberpunk 2077
206
180
126
59
154
136
92
40
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
293
275
207
113
242
224
176
93
Avg FPS
1080p High239183
1080p Ultra205155
1440p Ultra159122
4K Ultra9570
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
29862
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
21558
Time Spy3061020901
Solar Bay12191597900
Port Royal1660713112
Fire Strike7301450143
Night Raid182333164308
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
224686
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
206598
Background Blur423.9 frames/s359.5 frames/s
Face Detection270.8 frames/s210 frames/s
Horizon Detection9.23 Gpix/sec7.61 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection13.7 Gpix/sec10.4 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.1 Gpix/sec11.3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.74 Gpix/sec1.97 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching871 Gpix/sec969.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics29891.2 fps29061.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
31104
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
29967
G2D Mark12521178
DirectX 11357 fps274 fps
DirectX 12128 fps108 fps
GPU Compute18188 Ops/s17275 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
405.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
219.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1822 fps1132.4 fps
Car Chase1721.5 fps981.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1382 fps840.6 fps
T-Rex5784.5 fps4325.3 fps
ALU 210100.5 fps6890.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2326.5 fps290.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation8087.17090.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced November, 3, 2022 January, 17, 2024
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 999 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 1929 MHz 1980 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2498 MHz 2475 MHz
Shader Units 6144 7168
TMUs 384 224
ROPs 192 80
Execution Units n/a 56
Ray Tracing Cores 96 56
Tensor Cores n/a 224
L1 cache 256 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 6000 KB/core 48000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 480 Gpix/sec 198 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 959 GTex/s 554 GTex/s
FLOPS 61.4 TFLOPS 35.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 355 W 220 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 384 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20000 MB/s 21000 MB/s
Memory Size 24 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
960 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 2.1 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 3

Results

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

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