GeForce RTX 4070 vs Radeon VII

Place in performance ranking	74	17
Place by popularity	not in top-100	31
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	66.03	26.85
Architecture	Vega (2017−2021)	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	Vega 20	AD104
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	7 February 2019 (5 years ago)	13 April 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	$599
Current price	$160 (0.2x MSRP)	$791 (1.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Radeon VII has 146% better value for money than RTX 4070.

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	3840	5888
Core clock speed	1400 MHz	1920 MHz
Boost clock speed	1750 MHz	2475 MHz
Number of transistors	13,230 million	35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	295 Watt	200 Watt
Texture fill rate	420.0	455.4

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 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	305 mm	240 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	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	HBM2	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	21000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	1024 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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	+	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	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.

Radeon VII 43.21

RTX 4070 69.87
+61.7%

GeForce RTX 4070 outperforms Radeon VII by 62% 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%

Radeon VII 16687

RTX 4070 26985
+61.7%

GeForce RTX 4070 outperforms Radeon VII by 62% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Radeon VII 37881

RTX 4070 59969
+58.3%

GeForce RTX 4070 outperforms Radeon VII by 58% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Radeon VII 62128

RTX 4070 128530
+107%

GeForce RTX 4070 outperforms Radeon VII by 107% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Radeon VII 27449

RTX 4070 43824
+59.7%

GeForce RTX 4070 outperforms Radeon VII by 60% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Radeon VII 146094

RTX 4070 193559
+32.5%

GeForce RTX 4070 outperforms Radeon VII by 32% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

Radeon VII 430170

RTX 4070 773592
+79.8%

GeForce RTX 4070 outperforms Radeon VII by 80% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

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	123 −68.3%	207 +68.3%
1440p	76 −60.5%	122 +60.5%
4K	58 −25.9%	73 +25.9%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

75−80

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	76	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	99	no data
Battlefield 5	160	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	85−90	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	75−80	no data
Far Cry 5	116	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	113	no data
Forza Horizon 4	163	no data
Hitman 3	81	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	155	no data
Metro Exodus	110−120	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	126	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	118	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	113	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	70	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	82	no data
Battlefield 5	150	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	85−90	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	75−80	no data
Far Cry 5	90	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	102	no data
Forza Horizon 4	227	no data
Hitman 3	79	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	170−180	no data
Metro Exodus	46	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	121	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	97	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	139	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	211	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	63	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	72	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	85−90	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	75−80	no data
Far Cry 5	71	no data
Forza Horizon 4	130	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	95	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	84	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	75	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	63	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

119

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	80−85	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	100−110	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	57	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	89	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40	no data
Far Cry 5	80−85	no data
Forza Horizon 4	90−95	no data
Hitman 3	66	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	80	no data
Metro Exodus	83	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	61	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65−70	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	48	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	58	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	46	no data
Hitman 3	46	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	44	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	54	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	44	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18	no data
Far Cry 5	31	no data
Forza Horizon 4	77	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	57	no data
Metro Exodus	61	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	29	no data

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

no data

This is how Radeon VII and RTX 4070 compete in popular games:

RTX 4070 is 68% faster in 1080p
RTX 4070 is 61% faster in 1440p
RTX 4070 is 26% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	43.21	69.87
Recency	7 February 2019	13 April 2023
Cost	$699	$599
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	12 GB
Chip lithography	7 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	295 Watt	200 Watt