AMD RX 6800 XT vs Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti

TOPGPU|18 Feb 2024 8:04 am
AMD RX 6800 XT
VS
Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti
AMD RX 6800 XT
VS
Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti are currently very popular high-end graphics cards on the market. They both offer excellent performance and gaming experience, but there are some key differences between them in terms of architecture, core count, memory, frequency, performance, and price.

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is based on the RDNA 2 architecture, while NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture, which is NVIDIA's latest GPU architecture known for higher efficiency and more powerful performance.

The RX 6800 XT has 4608 stream processors, while the RTX 4070 Ti has 7680 CUDA cores, giving the RTX 4070 Ti an advantage in core count.

The RX 6800 XT comes with 16GB of GDDR6 memory, while the RTX 4070 Ti comes with 12GB of GDDR6X memory, which offers higher bandwidth and faster speeds, giving the RTX 4070 Ti an edge in memory performance.

The base clock for the RX 6800 XT is 1825MHz with a boost clock of 2250MHz, while the base clock for the RTX 4070 Ti is 2310MHz with a boost clock of 2610MHz, giving the RTX 4070 Ti an advantage in frequency.

GPU advantages and disadvantages:

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Pros:

Powerful gaming performance

16GB of VRAM

Supports ray tracing

Cons:

High power consumption

High heat output

Relatively high price

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

Pros:

Utilizes the new Ada Lovelace architecture for enhanced performance

Supports ray tracing and DLSS 3

12GB of VRAM

Cons:

High power consumption

High heat output

Relatively high price

GPU comparison:
AMD RX 6800 XT
vs
Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti

Graphics core

Release Date November 18, 2020 January 5, 2023
Generation RDNA 2 Ada Lovelace
Applicable Type Desktop Desktop
Processor Number RX 6800 XT RTX 4070 Ti
Bus Interface PCI Express 4.0 x16 PCI Express 4.0 x16

Memory

Memory Capacity 16GB 12GB
Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Bus Width 256bit 192bit

Clock speed

Base Clock 1825MHz 2310MHz
Game Clock 2015MHz  
Boost Clock 2250MHz 2610MHz

Render Config

Number of Stream Processors 4608  
Number of Texture Units 288  
Number of Raster Units 128  
CUDA Core Count   7680
Texture Unit Count   240
ROP Count   80

Theoretical Performance

Single-Precision Floating Point Performance 20.74 TFLOPS 40 TFLOPS
Double-Precision Floating Point Performance 10.37 TFLOPS 20 TFLOPS

Graphics Processor

Manufacturing Process 7nm 4nm
Number of Transistors 26.8 Billion 40 Billion
Die Size 336mm² 295mm²

Board Design

Power Connectors Dual 8pin Dual 8pin
Cooling Dual-Slot Air Cooled Dual-Slot Air Cooled
PCB Dimensions 267mm x 120mm 242mm x 112mm

Benchmark Comparison