GeForce RTX 3070 vs Radeon R4 (Kaveri)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R4 (Kaveri) with GeForce RTX 3070, including specs and performance data.

R4 (Kaveri)
2014
0.73

RTX 3070 outperforms R4 (Kaveri) by a whopping 6732% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking114948
Place by popularitynot in top-10038
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data57.43
Power efficiencyno data18.02
ArchitectureGCN 1.1 (2014)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameKaveriGA104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 June 2014 (10 years ago)1 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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 cores1925888
Core clock speed533 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1725 MHz
Number of transistors2410 Million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data220 Watt
Texture fill rateno data317.4
Floating-point processing powerno data20.31 TFLOPS
ROPsno data96
TMUsno data184
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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data242 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 12-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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data8 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data448.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-
Resizable BAR-+

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 data1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2
CUDA-8.5
DLSS-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

R4 (Kaveri) 0.73
RTX 3070 49.87
+6732%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

R4 (Kaveri) 611
RTX 3070 43005
+6938%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

R4 (Kaveri) 1958
RTX 3070 88744
+4432%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

R4 (Kaveri) 434
RTX 3070 31020
+7056%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

R4 (Kaveri) 3372
RTX 3070 154864
+4493%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

R4 (Kaveri) 26079
RTX 3070 502470
+1827%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD8
−1750%
148
+1750%
1440p1−2
−9800%
99
+9800%
4K0−163

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data3.37
1440pno data5.04
4Kno data7.92

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 3−4
−8667%
263
+8667%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−7250%
147
+7250%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 3−4
−6433%
196
+6433%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−6850%
139
+6850%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−4040%
200−210
+4040%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−2113%
170−180
+2113%
Valorant 30−33
−880%
290−300
+880%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 3−4
−3667%
113
+3667%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 13
−2038%
270−280
+2038%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−6200%
126
+6200%
Dota 2 12−14
−923%
133
+923%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−4040%
200−210
+4040%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−11900%
120
+11900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−2113%
170−180
+2113%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−4500%
230
+4500%
Valorant 30−33
−880%
290−300
+880%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−5000%
102
+5000%
Dota 2 12−14
−862%
125
+862%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−4040%
200−210
+4040%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−2113%
170−180
+2113%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−2320%
121
+2320%
Valorant 30−33
−690%
237
+690%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 4−5
−9525%
350−400
+9525%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−2088%
170−180
+2088%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 62
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−8350%
160−170
+8350%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 1−2
−14900%
150−160
+14900%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 0−1 45−50
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−680%
117
+680%
Valorant 4−5
−7575%
300−350
+7575%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 30
Far Cry 5 1−2
−6900%
70
+6900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
−4550%
90−95
+4550%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3
−3800%
75−80
+3800%

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 280−290
+0%
280−290
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 149
+0%
149
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 330
+0%
330
+0%
Far Cry 5 154
+0%
154
+0%
Fortnite 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 159
+0%
159
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 132
+0%
132
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 257
+0%
257
+0%
Far Cry 5 148
+0%
148
+0%
Fortnite 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 148
+0%
148
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 139
+0%
139
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 119
+0%
119
+0%
Far Cry 5 141
+0%
141
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 230−240
+0%
230−240
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 167
+0%
167
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 98
+0%
98
+0%
Metro Exodus 75
+0%
75
+0%
Valorant 300−350
+0%
300−350
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 103
+0%
103
+0%
Far Cry 5 125
+0%
125
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 43
+0%
43
+0%
Metro Exodus 49
+0%
49
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 90
+0%
90
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 70
+0%
70
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Dota 2 125
+0%
125
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

This is how R4 (Kaveri) and RTX 3070 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3070 is 1750% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3070 is 9800% faster in 1440p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Fortnite, with 1440p resolution and the Epic Preset, the RTX 3070 is 14900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 3070 is ahead in 31 test (52%)
  • there's a draw in 29 tests (48%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.73 49.87
Recency 4 June 2014 1 September 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm

RTX 3070 has a 6731.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3070 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R4 (Kaveri) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R4 (Kaveri) is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3070 is a desktop one.

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