GeForce RTX 4070 vs Radeon R7 A265

Place in performance ranking	785	17
Place by popularity	not in top-100	31
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.07	26.85
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	Opal	AD104
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	9 January 2014 (10 years ago)	13 April 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$599
Current price	$324	$791 (1.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4070 has 38257% better value for money than R7 A265.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	5888
Core clock speed	725 MHz	1920 MHz
Boost clock speed	825 MHz	2475 MHz
Number of transistors	950 million	35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	200 Watt
Texture fill rate	19.80	455.4
Floating-point performance	633.6 gflops	no 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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	240 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 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 type	DDR3	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	21000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	504.2 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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 Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	no data	8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R7 A265 2.57

RTX 4070 69.87
+2619%

GeForce RTX 4070 outperforms Radeon R7 A265 by 2619% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

R7 A265 993

RTX 4070 26985
+2618%

GeForce RTX 4070 outperforms Radeon R7 A265 by 2618% in Passmark.

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 HD	7−8 −2857%	207 +2857%
1440p	4−5 −2950%	122 +2950%
4K	2−3 −3550%	73 +3550%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

216

−2608%

5850−5900
+2608%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	110−120 −2603%	3000−3050 +2603%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	120−130 −2583%	3300−3350 +2583%
Battlefield 5	220−230 −2601%	6050−6100 +2601%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 −2589%	3200−3250 +2589%
Cyberpunk 2077	174 −2601%	4700−4750 +2601%
Far Cry 5	110−120 −2592%	3150−3200 +2592%
Far Cry New Dawn	170−180 −2590%	4600−4650 +2590%
Forza Horizon 4	210−220 −2606%	5900−5950 +2606%
Hitman 3	120−130 −2605%	3300−3350 +2605%
Horizon Zero Dawn	470 −2613%	12750−12800 +2613%
Metro Exodus	140−150 −2608%	3900−3950 +2608%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 −2602%	3350−3400 +2602%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	482 −2618%	13100−13150 +2618%
Watch Dogs: Legion	130−140 −2604%	3650−3700 +2604%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	110−120 −2603%	3000−3050 +2603%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	120−130 −2583%	3300−3350 +2583%
Battlefield 5	220−230 −2601%	6050−6100 +2601%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 −2589%	3200−3250 +2589%
Cyberpunk 2077	143 −2592%	3850−3900 +2592%
Far Cry 5	110−120 −2592%	3150−3200 +2592%
Far Cry New Dawn	170−180 −2590%	4600−4650 +2590%
Forza Horizon 4	210−220 −2606%	5900−5950 +2606%
Hitman 3	120−130 −2605%	3300−3350 +2605%
Horizon Zero Dawn	290−300 −2612%	8000−8050 +2612%
Metro Exodus	84 −2579%	2250−2300 +2579%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 −2602%	3350−3400 +2602%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	376 −2613%	10200−10250 +2613%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	351 −2607%	9500−9550 +2607%
Watch Dogs: Legion	130−140 −2604%	3650−3700 +2604%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	110−120 −2603%	3000−3050 +2603%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	120−130 −2583%	3300−3350 +2583%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 −2589%	3200−3250 +2589%
Cyberpunk 2077	128 −2595%	3450−3500 +2595%
Far Cry 5	110−120 −2592%	3150−3200 +2592%
Forza Horizon 4	210−220 −2606%	5900−5950 +2606%
Horizon Zero Dawn	293 −2613%	7950−8000 +2613%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	322 −2617%	8750−8800 +2617%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	170 −2606%	4600−4650 +2606%
Watch Dogs: Legion	124 −2602%	3350−3400 +2602%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

120−130

−2602%

3350−3400
+2602%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	160−170 −2597%	4450−4500 +2597%
Far Cry New Dawn	140−150 −2608%	3900−3950 +2608%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	80−85 −2583%	2200−2250 +2583%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	85−90 −2601%	2350−2400 +2601%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	100−110 −2589%	2850−2900 +2589%
Cyberpunk 2077	81 −2616%	2200−2250 +2616%
Far Cry 5	171 −2590%	4600−4650 +2590%
Forza Horizon 4	160−170 −2608%	4550−4600 +2608%
Hitman 3	100−110 −2596%	2750−2800 +2596%
Horizon Zero Dawn	222 −2603%	6000−6050 +2603%
Metro Exodus	143 −2592%	3850−3900 +2592%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	222 −2603%	6000−6050 +2603%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	120−130 −2617%	3450−3500 +2617%
Watch Dogs: Legion	93 −2588%	2500−2550 +2588%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

110−120

−2596%

3100−3150
+2596%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90 −2570%	2350−2400 +2570%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 −2581%	1850−1900 +2581%
Hitman 3	60−65 −2605%	1650−1700 +2605%
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 −2610%	2900−2950 +2610%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	84 −2579%	2250−2300 +2579%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	115 −2596%	3100−3150 +2596%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55−60 −2572%	1550−1600 +2572%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55−60 −2536%	1450−1500 +2536%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 −2592%	1400−1450 +2592%
Cyberpunk 2077	36 −2539%	950−1000 +2539%
Far Cry 5	50−55 −2600%	1350−1400 +2600%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 −2586%	3250−3300 +2586%
Horizon Zero Dawn	130 −2592%	3500−3550 +2592%
Metro Exodus	96 −2608%	2600−2650 +2608%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50 −2600%	1350−1400 +2600%