Nvidia RTX 4070 vs AMD RX 7800 XT

TOPGPU|04 Feb 2024 9:42 pm
Nvidia RTX 4070
VS
AMD RX 7800 XT
Nvidia RTX 4070
VS
AMD RX 7800 XT
The Nvidia RTX 4070 and AMD RX 7800 XT are the latest graphics cards, but there are some key differences between them. The Nvidia RTX 4070 has lower power consumption, better ray tracing performance, and DLSS 3 support, but it is more expensive, has higher temperatures, and takes up more space. The AMD RX 7800 XT has a better price-to-performance ratio, better rasterization performance, and lower temperatures, but it has weaker ray tracing performance, no DLSS support, and takes up more space.
GPU advantages and disadvantages:

Nvidia RTX 4070

Pros:

Lower power consumption

Better ray tracing performance

DLSS 3 support

Cons:

More expensive

Higher temperatures

Larger size

AMD RX 7800 XT

Pros:

Better price-to-performance ratio

Better rasterization performance

Lower temperatures

Cons:

Weaker ray tracing performance

No DLSS support

Larger size

GPU comparison:
Nvidia RTX 4070
vs
AMD RX 7800 XT

Graphics core

Release Date October 2022 January 2023
Generation Ada Lovelace RDNA 3
Type Desktop Desktop
Processor Number 7680 8960
Bus Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16

Memory

Memory Siz 12GB 16GB
Memory Type GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Speed 21Gbps 20Gbps
Memory Bus Width 192-bit 256-bit

Clock speed

Base Clock 1920MHz 1605MHz
Boost Clock 2610MHz 2700MHz

Render Config

CUDA Cores 7680 0
Tensor Cores 4608 0
RT Cores 240 512

Theoretical Performance

FP32 Performance 39.5 TFLOPS 51.9 TFLOPS
FP64 Performance 8 TFLOPS 8.3 TFLOPS

Graphics Processor

Die Size 379mm² 537mm²
Transistors 45.9 Billion 58 Billion
Process TSMC 4N TSMC 5nm

Board Design

Form Factor ATX ATX
Dimensions 242 x 137 x 45mm 287 x 130 x 53mm
Power Connectors 1x 16-pin PCIe power connector 2x 8-pin PCIe power connectors
Display Outputs 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x HDMI 2.1 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x HDMI 2.1

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