RX 7900 GRE vs RTX 4070 SUPER Comparison and Benchmarks

AMD has struck a serious blow to Nvidia in the mid-range graphics card segment by launching the Radeon RX 7900 GRE at a very attractive price. Initially, RX 7900 GRE was reserved only for the Chinese market and in Pre-built/OEM systems but now it has been launched globally without any restrictions. When it comes to competition the RX 7900 GRE is a direct rival to the recently launched RTX 4070 SUPER, a very powerful mid-range graphics card for 1440p and 4K gaming. So, if want to find out which card is better for your needs then I am going to compare RX 7900 GRE and RTX 4070 SUPER based on important parameters.

RX 7900 GRE vs RTX 4070 SUPER Comparison

Below you can find the comparison between RX 7900 GRE and RTX 4070 SUPER graphics cards based on their specifications, performance, pricing, power consumption, and features.

GPU Architecture

RX 7900 GRE is based on the RDNA 3 GPU architecture and uses a chiplet GPU design. In this chiplet design, the core GPU components sit on the Graphics Compute Die (GCD) that is present at the center of the package, and Memory Cache and controllers reside on Memory Cache Dies that surround the GCD. The GCD is built on a 5nm fabrication process while MCDs are built on a 6nm manufacturing process. The card uses a cut-down version of the Navi 31 GPU Chip and comes with 5120 Stream Processors, 80 Ray Accelerators, and 160 AI Accelerators.

On the other hand, RTX 4070 SUPER is built on Nvidia’s newest Ada Lovelace architecture on a smaller 5nm fabrication process. The card uses an AD104 GPU Chip and comes with 7680 CUDA Cores, 60 Ray Tracing (RT) Cores, and 240Tensor Cores for AI-related tasks and processing.

	RX 7900 GRE	RTX 4070 SUPER
GPU Chip	Navi 31	AD104
GPU Architecture	RDNA 3	Ada Lovelace
Fabrication Process	5nm	5nm
CUDA Cores/Stream Processors	5120 Stream Processors	7680 CUDA Cores
Ray Tracing Cores	80	60
Tensor Cores	160	240

Video Memory [VRAM]

RX 7900 GRE comes with 16GB GDDR6 video memory having a 256-bit interface. The memory runs at a speed of 18 Gbps and delivers a memory bandwidth of 576 GB/s. Additionally, RX 7900 GRE has 64 MB Infinity Cache, an ultra-fast memory that can increase peak memory bandwidth to up to 2250 GB/s. On the other hand, RTX 4070 SUPER comes with 12GB GDDR6X video memory having a 192-bit interface. The memory runs at a speed of 21 Gbps and delivers a bandwidth of 504 GB/s.

	RX 7900 GRE	RTX 4070 SUPER
Memory Size	16 GB GDDR6	12 GB GDDR6X
Memory Interface	256-bit	192-bit
Memory Speed	18 Gbps	21 Gbps
Memory Bandwidth	576 GB/s	504 GB/s
Infinity Cache	64MB	NA

Features

Both RX 7900 GRE and RTX 4070 SUPER are equipped with the latest features and support DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan, PCI-Express 4.0, Real-Time Ray Tracing, HDMI 2.1, Resizable BAR, Microsoft DirectStorage API (to reduce game loading times), variable refresh rate technologies G-Sync/FreeSync, AV1 Hardware Encode/Decode. Talking about image upscaling technologies in games to increase frame rates, RX 7900 GRE supports FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) while RTX 4070 SUPER uses DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling). RX 7900 GREX supports DisplayPort 2.1 (8K 165Hz) but RTX 4070 SUPER does not.

	RX 7900 GRE	RTX 4070 SUPER
Bus Interface	PCI Express 4.0	PCI Express 4.0
DirectX	12 Ultimate	12 Ultimate
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Vulkan	1.2	1.2
SLI/CrossFire	No	No
VR Ready	Yes	Yes
G-Sync/FreeSync	Yes	Yes
HDMI 2.1	Yes	Yes
DisplayPort 2.1	Yes	No
AV1 Support (Encode/Decode)	Yes	Yes
Real-Time Ray Tracing	Yes	Yes
Deep Learning Super Sampling/Fidelity FSR	FSR 3	DLSR 3

Gaming Performance

Here are the gaming benchmarks of these cards at 1440p and 4K resolution.

1440p Gaming Benchmarks

4K Gaming Benchmarks

From the above gaming benchmarks, we can see that RX 7900 GRE is slightly faster than RTX 4070 SUPER in the majority of the games. On average, the RX 7900 GRE is around 2% faster than the RTX 4070 SUPER.

Ray Tracing Performance

When it comes to Ray Tracing Performance in supported games then on average RX 7900 GRE is around 10% slower than RTX 4070 SUPER.

Power Consumption

The power consumption of RX 7900 GRE is 260W and that of RTX 4070 SUPER is 285W.

	RX 7900 GRE	RTX 4070 SUPER
Power Consumption	260W	285W
Recommended PSU	600W	700W

Pricing and Availability

The official MSRP of reference model RX 7900 GRE is USD 549 while that of RTX 4070 SUPER is USD 599. The custom models of these cards from different AIBs may cost more and you can check the pricing of different custom models from the links given below.

Check RX 7900 GRE Price on Amazon

Check RTX 4070 SUPER Price on Amazon

RX 7900 GRE vs RTX 4070 SUPER Specifications

	RX 7900 GRE	RTX 4070 SUPER
GPU Chip	Navi 31	AD104
GPU Architecture	RDNA 3	Ada Lovelace
Fabrication Process	5nm	5nm
CUDA Cores/Stream Processors	5120 Stream Processors	7680 CUDA Cores
Ray Tracing Cores/Ray Accelerators	80	60
Tensor Cores/AI Accelerators	160	240
Memory Size	16 GB GDDR6	12 GB GDDR6X
Memory Interface	256-bit	192-bit
Memory Speed	18 Gbps	21 Gbps
Memory Bandwidth	576 GB/s	504 GB/s
Bus Interface	PCI Express 4.0	PCI Express 4.0
DirectX	12 Ultimate	12 Ultimate
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Vulkan	1.2	1.2
SLI/CrossFire	No	No
VR Ready	Yes	Yes
G-Sync/FreeSync	Yes	Yes
Power Consumption	260W	285W
Recommended PSU	600W	700W

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Final Thoughts

Well, RX 7900 GRE is a very good card and beats RTX 4070 SUPER in almost every department except for Ray Tracing performance in select AAA titles. RX 7900 GRE offers more VRAM, is faster (in Rasterization), has lower power consumption, and is also significantly cheaper than RTX 4070 SUPER. If you have any doubts or opinions regarding these two graphics cards then do let me know in the comment section below.