Radeon Instinct MI300X vs GeForce RTX 4070

VS

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking20not rated
Place by popularity32not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation60.23no data
Power efficiency23.96no data
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)CDNA 3.0 (2023−2024)
GPU code nameAD104Aqua Vanjaram
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date12 April 2023 (1 year ago)6 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores588819456
Core clock speed1920 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed2475 MHz2100 MHz
Number of transistors35,800 million153,000 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt750 Watt
Texture fill rate455.42,554
Floating-point processing power29.15 TFLOPS81.72 TFLOPS
ROPs64no data
TMUs1841216
Tensor Cores1841216
Ray Tracing Cores46no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Length240 mmno data
Width2-slotOAM Module
Supplementary power connectors1x 16-pinNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6XHBM3
Maximum RAM amount12 GB192 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit8192 Bit
Memory clock speed1313 MHz2525 MHz
Memory bandwidth504.2 GB/s5,171 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4aNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)N/A
Shader Model6.7N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.3N/A
CUDA8.9-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 April 2023 6 December 2023
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 192 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 750 Watt

RTX 4070 has 275% lower power consumption.

Instinct MI300X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 months, and a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4070 and Radeon Instinct MI300X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 4070 is a desktop card while Radeon Instinct MI300X is a workstation one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
GeForce RTX 4070
AMD Radeon Instinct MI300X
Radeon Instinct MI300X

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


4.1 9325 votes

Rate GeForce RTX 4070 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.5 59 votes

Rate Radeon Instinct MI300X on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.