GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 vs Radeon Instinct MI6

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Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameEllesmereAD104
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date12 December 2016 (8 years ago)20 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$599

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 cores23045888
Core clock speed1120 MHz1920 MHz
Boost clock speed1233 MHz2475 MHz
Number of transistors5,700 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate177.6455.4
Floating-point processing power5.682 TFLOPS29.15 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs144184
Tensor Coresno data184
Ray Tracing Coresno data46

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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length241 mm240 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 16-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s480.0 GB/s

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 December 2016 20 August 2024
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 200 Watt

Instinct MI6 has 33.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 4070 GDDR6, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Instinct MI6 and GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon Instinct MI6 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 is a desktop one.


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