ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB
vs
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

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

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (RDNA 2) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 512 GB/s.

GPU

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB has the AD104-250-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT is based on the graphics chip Navi 21 XT, which comes from the RDNA 2 architecture.
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB GPU PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Based on AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
AD104-250-A1 GPU Chip Navi 21 XT
Ada Lovelace Architecture RDNA 2
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 72
5888 Shader 4608
64 Render Output Units 128
184 Texture Units 288
46 Raytracing Cores 72

Memory

The graphics memory of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB clocks at 1.313 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 21.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT is 16.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.000 GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR6
1.313 GHz Memory Clock 2.000 GHz
21.0 Gbps Memory Speed 16.0 Gbps
504 GB/s Memory bandwidth 512 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.920 GHz Base Clock 1.825 GHz
2.505 GHz Boost Clock 2.250 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.02 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 200 W (Reference).

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 300 W.

200 W (Reference) TDP 300 W
-- TDP (up) 345 W
90 °C Tjunction max 100 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 37 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT 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
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 2x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

With the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT 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 Non addressable LED

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 AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

267 mm Length 267 mm
134 mm Height 120 mm
51 mm Width 50 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1500 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB has been manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers since Q2/2023.

The PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT came on the market in Q2/2021 and will have a structure width of 7 nanometers manufactured.

DUAL-RTX4070-12G Part-no AXRX 6800XT 16GBD6-M2DHC
Q2/2023 Release date Q2/2021
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 649 $ (Reference)
5 nm Structure size 7 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)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
55 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
59 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
94 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
68 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
132 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
102 fps (avg)

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)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
36 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
32 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
73 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
64 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
125 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
112 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)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
99 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
105 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
174 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
180 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
202 fps (avg)
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
200 fps (avg)

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

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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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