GeForce RTX 4070 vs Radeon RX 6800 XT

GeForce RTX 4070
Memory: 12288Mb GDDR6XDESKTOP
Release date: UNRELEASED
GeForce RTX 4070
Radeon RX 6800 XT
Memory: 16384Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 28 Oct 2020
Radeon RX 6800 XT

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    103%
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 4070

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6800 XT

Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports FreeSync
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Infinity Cache allows to deliver up to 3.25x the effective memory bandwidth
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)

No clear winner declared

These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (12 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce RTX 4070Radeon RX 6800 XT
GPU NameAD104 (AD104)vsNavi 21 (Navi 21 XT)
Fab Process4 nmvs7 nm
Die Size295 mm²vs536 mm²
Transistors35,800 millionvs26,800 million
Shaders7680vs4608
Tensor Cores240vsnone
Raytracing Cores60vsnone
Compute Units60vs72
Core clock2310 MHzvs1825 MHz
ROPs80vs128
TMUs240vs288

Memory Configuration

GeForce RTX 4070Radeon RX 6800 XT
Memory TypeGDDR6XvsGDDR6
Bus Width192 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1325 MHz
21.2 Gbps effective
vs2000 MHz
16 Gbps effective
Memory Size12288 Mbvs16384 Mb

Additional details

GeForce RTX 4070Radeon RX 6800 XT
TDP285 wattsvs300 watts
Release DateUNRELEASEDvs28 Oct 2020

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    208.80 GP/s
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    288.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    626.40 GT/s
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    648.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    508.80 GB/s
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    512.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    40090.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    20740.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    149
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    172

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    165
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    136

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    308
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    251

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    237
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    226

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    115
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    111

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    127
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    111

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    204
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    203

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    160
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    160

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    67
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    68

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    73
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    75

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    109
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    117

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    84
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
    82

FPS (higher is better)