GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 vs Radeon RX 6700

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking60not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency19.62no data
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 22AD104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date9 June 2021 (3 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 speed1941 MHz1920 MHz
Boost clock speed2450 MHz2475 MHz
Number of transistors17,200 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)175 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate352.8455.4
Floating-point processing power11.29 TFLOPS29.15 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs144184
Tensor Coresno data184
Ray Tracing Cores3646

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 4.0 x16
Length267 mm240 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount10 GB12 GB
Memory bus width160 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth320.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.13.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 June 2021 20 August 2024
Maximum RAM amount 10 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 175 Watt 200 Watt

RX 6700 has 14.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 4070 GDDR6, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 20% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 6700 and GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6. We've got no test results to judge.


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