AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

The AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT is a mid-range desktop GPU and is primarily designed for gaming in 1,440p. This makes the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT the smallest offshoot in the 1,440p gaming segment, placing it directly behind the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE. The graphics chip is manufactured using the 5 nm process at TSMC. The chiplet design is also used in the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT, although only three MCDs are active here. With 12 GB of VRAM, the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT has just as much as the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, which is its direct predecessor.

Features

RDNA 3 continues to serve as the basis for the graphics chip called Navi 32. The already established features such as SAM (Smart Access Memory) and the Infinity Cache are also available in the new mid-range model aka Radeon RX 7700 XT. Compared to the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT the ray tracing part has been revised and AI support has been implemented on the hardware side. The media engine has been updated and videos can be decoded/encoded with a resolution of up to 8K. The modern DisplayPort 2.1 connection is also available on the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT. AMD's answer to DLSS is FSR 2.0 and offers a significant increase in performance in games with the upscaling option. With FSR 3, there will be another feature in the near future which, like DLSS 3.0, promises even better frame rates thanks to frame generation.

Performance

The performance of the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT in games without ray tracing is well ahead of an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti. The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 is out of reach for the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT. In the in-house duel, the performance of the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT can be compared with an AMD Radeon RX 6800 can be compared.

Power consumption

The power consumption of the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT is estimated by the manufacturer at 245 watts (TBP) and is therefore only marginally more economical than an AMD Radeon RX 6800 (250 watts). Compared to the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 the AMD Radeon RX 7500 XT requires 45 watts more.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 is a high-end desktop graphics card based on the AD104 chip using the Ada Lovelace architecture. The 4070 offers 5,888 cores and 12 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a 192 bit memory bus and clocked at 21 Gbits. The card offers a good raytracing performance thanks to the 46 dedicated raytracing cores. For AI calculations (and DLSS 3 in games), the RTX 4070 has 184 Tensor cores.

The gaming performance is well suited for 2k/QHD gaming in most demanding games, and should be able to handle 4k gaming for lesser demanding games (or with reduced settings / DLSS activated). The raw gaming performance is comparable to an older RTX 3080 or a AMD Radeon 6800 XT. Compared to the similar named mobile GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, the desktop variant is much faster.

The AD104 chip is manufactured in the modern 5nm process at TSMC (4N with EUV) and specified with a TGP (Total Graphics Power) of 200 Watt (compared to the 450 Watt of the RTX 4090).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is a high-end desktop graphics card based on the AD104 chip using the Ada Lovelace architecture. The 4070Ti offers 7,680 cores and 12 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a 192 bit memory bus and clocked at 22.4 Gbits. The card offers a good raytracing performance thanks to the 60 dedicated raytracing cores. For AI calculations (and DLSS 3 in games), the RTX 4070 Ti has 240 Tensor cores.

The gaming performance is well suited for 4k60 gaming in most games, but for very demanding games you might have to reduce to QHD resolution. With Raytracing, lower resolutions and DLSS are crucial for playable frame rates. The performance on average is similar to the old RTX 3090 / 3090 Ti.

The AD104 chip is manufactured in the modern 5nm process at TSMC (4N with EUV) and specified with a TGP (Total Graphics Power) of 285 Watt (compared to the 450 Watt of the RTX 4090).