ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 12GB OC Edition vs GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Xtreme Waterforce WB 16G. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 12GB OC Edition and GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Xtreme Waterforce WB 16G, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
• GPU Chip
  AD104-250 / AD104-251 (Ada Lovelace) Navi 21
• Shader
  5888 5120
• Render Output Units
  64 128
• Texture Units
  184 320

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

• Memory Size
  12 GB 16 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6X GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  21 Gbps 2 GHz
• Memory Interface
  192 bit 256 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 12GB OC Edition and GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Xtreme Waterforce WB 16G. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.920 GHz 1.950 GHz+ 7 %
• Boost Clock
  2.640 GHz+ 7 % 2.525 GHz+ 12 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  -- 2.375 GHz+ 18 %
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  200 W (Reference) 300 W
• TDP (up)
  -- 345 W
• Tjunction max
  90 °C --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 16-Pin 3 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 12GB OC Edition and GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Xtreme Waterforce WB 16G.

• Fan-Type
  Axial --
• Fan 1
  3 x 100 mm --
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Water cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  -- 0 dB

Connectivity and connections.

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

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 No
• LED
  ASUS Aura Sync GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Length
  338 mm 282 mm
• Height
  150 mm 146 mm
• Width
  63 mm 28 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU GIGABYTE AORUS Radeon RX 6900 XT Xtreme Waterforce WB 16G and ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 12GB OC Edition.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q2/2023 Q3/2021
• Structure size
  4 nm 7 nm
• Part-no
  -- GV-R69XTAORUSX WB-16GD
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet