AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
vs
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT (RDNA 3) and has 20 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 800 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti (Ada Lovelace) and has 12 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 504 GB/s.

GPU

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT has the Navi 31 graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 3 architecture.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G is based on the graphics chip AD104-400-A1, which comes from the Ada Lovelace architecture.
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Navi 31 GPU Chip AD104-400-A1
RDNA 3 Architecture Ada Lovelace
84 Streaming Multiprocessors 60
5376 Shader 7680
192 Render Output Units 80
336 Texture Units 240
84 Raytracing Cores 60

Memory

The graphics memory of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT clocks at 2.500 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 20.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G is 21.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.313 GHz.

20 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6X
2.500 GHz Memory Clock 1.313 GHz
20.0 Gbps Memory Speed 21.0 Gbps
800 GB/s Memory bandwidth 504 GB/s
320 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.500 GHz Base Clock 2.310 GHz
2.400 GHz Boost Clock 2.655 GHz
2.00 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 300 W.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G has 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 285 W.

300 W TDP 285 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 108 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
37 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
2x DP v2.1 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
1 USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is connected to the system via PCIe 4 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G needs the space of 4 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

276 mm Length 342 mm
113 mm Height 153 mm
51 mm Width 71 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 4 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT has been manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers since Q4/2022.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G came on the market in Q1/2023 and will have a structure width of 5 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no GV-N407TAORUS E-12GD
Q4/2022 Release date Q1/2023
899 $ Launch Price 799 $ (Reference)
5 nm Structure size 5 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
90 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
117 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
45 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
88 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
90 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
138 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4070 Ti ELITE 12G
12 GB GDDR6X
144 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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