ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT vs MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT and MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
• GPU Chip
  Navi 31 (RDNA 3) GA104-300-A1
• Execution units
  84 46
• Shader
  5376 5888
• Render Output Units
  192 96
• Texture Units
  336 184

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  20 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  20 Gbps 1.75 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  800 GB/s 448 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  320 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT and MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.500 GHz 1.500 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.400 GHz 1.845 GHz+ 7 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.000 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  300 W 240 W+ 9 %
• TDP (up)
  -- 250 W+ 4 %
• Tjunction max
  -- 93 °C
• PCIe-Power
  2 x 8-Pin 2 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT and MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Fan 1
  3 x 90 mm 3 x 90 mm
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  -- 35-37 dB

Connectivity and connections.

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

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 (Ultimate) 12_2
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes Yes
• LED
  No LED lighting MSI Mystic Light

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  276 mm 323 mm
• Height
  113 mm 140 mm
• Width
  51 mm 56 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- 1458 g

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio 8G and ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q2/2021
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  5 nm 8 nm
• Part-no
  -- --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet