MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G vs ASUS ROG Strix LC Radeon RX 6900 XT TOP. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G and ASUS ROG Strix LC Radeon RX 6900 XT TOP, 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 MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G and ASUS ROG Strix LC Radeon RX 6900 XT TOP. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.920 GHz 1.950 GHz+ 7 %
• Boost Clock
  2.625 GHz+ 6 % 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
  215 W+ 8 % 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 MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G and ASUS ROG Strix LC Radeon RX 6900 XT TOP.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Fan 1
  3 x 95 mm --
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling AIO 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
  1x HDMI v2.1a 1x HDMI v2.1
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4a 2x 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 No
• LED
  MSI Mystic Light ASUS Aura Sync

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 277 mm
• Height
  141 mm 131 mm
• Width
  52 mm 44 mm
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU ASUS ROG Strix LC Radeon RX 6900 XT TOP and MSI GeForce RTX 4070 GAMING X TRIO 12G.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q2/2023 Q2/2021
• Structure size
  4 nm 7 nm
• Part-no
  -- ROG-STRIX-LC-RX6900XT-T16G-GAMING
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet