AMD Radeon R9 M395X vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded data shows a single shared benchmark between these two GPUs, and the result is decisively one-sided. In Geekbench OpenCL, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER scores 199,267 points, while the AMD Radeon R9 M395X manages 17,829 points. That translates to a delta of 1017.7% in favor of the NVIDIA part. To put that in perspective, the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER delivers over ten times the raw compute throughput in this test. No other benchmark appears in both datasets, so the head-to-head comparison rests entirely on this one measurement, but the margin is so large that the conclusion is unambiguous.

The average benchmark score further reinforces the gap. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER posts an average of 31,087 across its full benchmark suite, while the R9 M395X averages 25,891. That is a difference of roughly 20% in average performance, though the disparity in the shared OpenCL test is far more dramatic. The NVIDIA card also sits at the 76th percentile among all GPUs in the database, compared to the 71st percentile for the AMD part. The percentile gap is modest, but the raw compute delta in the head-to-head test is anything but modest.

Looking at the NVIDIA card's own benchmark results, its strongest showing comes in Passmark G3D with a score of 31,811, followed by Geekbench OpenCL at 199,267 and Geekbench Vulkan at 53,683. The GPU compute score of 18,372 in Passmark further indicates strong compute-oriented performance. Its nearest rivals in the database include the NVIDIA TITAN RTX, which scores 31,676, and the RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell at 31,532. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER trails the TITAN RTX by 1.9% and the RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell by 1.4% in average score, placing it within striking distance of those higher-tier workstation cards.

The AMD R9 M395X, by contrast, has only two recorded benchmarks: Geekbench OpenCL at 17,829 and Geekbench Metal at 33,953. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT at 26,011, the AMD FirePro W7100 at 25,856, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile at 25,740. The R9 M395X edges the FirePro W7100 by 0.1% and the FirePro D700 by 0.2%, while trailing the RX 6750 XT by 0.5%. These are tight margins, indicating that the R9 M395X sits in a very different performance class than the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, despite the relatively close percentile rankings.

Architecture Differences

The architectural divide between these two GPUs is vast, spanning nearly a decade of silicon evolution. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture using the AD103 chip, fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC. The AMD Radeon R9 M395X uses the GCN 3.0 architecture with the Amethyst chip, built on a 28 nm process, also at TSMC. The process node difference alone, 5 nm versus 28 nm, explains a substantial portion of the performance gap.

Transistor counts tell a similar story. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER packs 45,900 million transistors into a 379 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 121.1 million per square millimeter. The R9 M395X contains 5,000 million transistors on a 366 mm² die, for a density of just 13.7 million per square millimeter. The NVIDIA chip crams roughly nine times more transistors into nearly the same physical area. The die sizes are comparable at 379 mm² versus 366 mm², but the density difference is extraordinary.

The compute resources are equally lopsided. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has 8,448 shading units, 264 texture mapping units, and 96 raster output pipelines. It also carries 66 ray tracing cores and 264 tensor cores, features that the R9 M395X lacks entirely. The AMD part has 2,048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 32 ROPs. In terms of raw throughput, the NVIDIA card delivers 44.10 TFLOPS of FP32 and FP16 performance, while the R9 M395X manages 2.961 TFLOPS in both. That is a nearly 15-fold difference in theoretical compute.

Memory architecture also diverges sharply. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER comes with 16 GB of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus, providing 672.3 GB/s of bandwidth. The R9 M395X offers 8 GB of GDDR5 on the same 256-bit bus, but bandwidth drops to 160.0 GB/s. Memory clocks are 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective) for the NVIDIA card versus 1250 MHz (5 Gbps effective) for the AMD card. The NVIDIA part has four times the memory bandwidth, which matters enormously for texture-heavy workloads and high-resolution rendering.

Pixel and texture rates follow the same pattern. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER achieves 250.6 GPixel/s and 689.0 GTexel/s, while the R9 M395X reaches 23.14 GPixel/s and 92.54 GTexel/s. The NVIDIA card is over ten times faster in pixel throughput and over seven times faster in texture throughput. Power consumption differs as well, with the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER rated at 285 W TDP against just 75 W for the R9 M395X, reflecting the mobile-oriented MXM form factor of the AMD part.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER wins in every measurable category where both cards have data. In the shared Geekbench OpenCL test, it holds a 1017.7% advantage. In compute-heavy synthetic workloads, the 44.10 TFLOPS FP32 rating versus 2.961 TFLOPS makes the NVIDIA card the clear choice for GPU compute tasks, machine learning inference, or any workload that leverages its tensor cores. The 16 GB GDDR6X memory pool with 672.3 GB/s bandwidth also positions it strongly for large dataset processing and high-resolution texture streaming.

The R9 M395X does have one notable result in its favor within its own dataset: its Geekbench Metal score of 33,953. That is a strong showing for a GPU of its era and suggests it handles Metal-optimized workloads reasonably well. However, no direct Metal comparison exists with the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, so this cannot be framed as a head-to-head win. The R9 M395X also has a much lower TDP at 75 W, which makes it suitable for compact MXM modules and portable systems. Its PCIe 3.0 x16 interface and lack of external power connectors indicate it was designed for power-constrained environments.

For gaming, the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, while the R9 M395X supports DirectX 12 (12_0), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.2.170. The NVIDIA card's ray tracing and tensor cores enable features the older AMD architecture cannot execute at all. The R9 M395X does support DirectX 12, but only at feature level 12_0, which omits many modern rendering techniques.

The Verdict

The data points to a single conclusion: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is the superior GPU by an enormous margin. The 1017.7% lead in Geekbench OpenCL is not a close contest by any reasonable interpretation. The NVIDIA card also has a higher average benchmark score, higher percentile ranking, more memory, faster memory, more shading units, and a more advanced architecture. It supports modern APIs including DirectX 12 Ultimate and Vulkan 1.4, whereas the R9 M395X is limited to DirectX 12 (12_0) and Vulkan 1.2.170.

The R9 M395X is not without its niche. Its 75 W TDP and MXM form factor make it appropriate for legacy mobile workstations where power and space are constrained. Its Geekbench Metal score of 33,953 is respectable. But the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is in a different performance tier entirely. Anyone choosing between these two for a modern workload should select the NVIDIA card without hesitation. The AMD part is an end-of-life product from a prior era, and the benchmark data reflects that reality.

FAQ

Q: How much faster is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER than the AMD Radeon R9 M395X in Geekbench OpenCL?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER scores 199,267 versus 17,829 for the R9 M395X, a delta of 1017.7% in favor of the NVIDIA card.

Q: Which GPU has more memory bandwidth?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has 672.3 GB/s of bandwidth from 16 GB of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus, while the R9 M395X has 160.0 GB/s from 8 GB of GDDR5 on the same bus width.

Q: Does the AMD Radeon R9 M395X support ray tracing?

A: No. The R9 M395X has no ray tracing cores or tensor cores. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has 66 ray tracing cores and 264 tensor cores.

Q: What is the average benchmark score for each GPU?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER averages 31,087, while the R9 M395X averages 25,891. The NVIDIA card also ranks at the 76th percentile versus the 71st percentile for the AMD part.

Q: Which GPU supports DirectX 12 Ultimate?

A: Only the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, which supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2). The R9 M395X is limited to DirectX 12 (12_0).

Q: What are the process nodes for these GPUs?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is built on a 5 nm TSMC process, while the R9 M395X uses a 28 nm TSMC process.

Specification Differences

| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER | AMD Radeon R9 M395X |

|---|---|---|

| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | GCN 3.0 |

| Process Node | 5 nm | 28 nm |

| Transistors | 45,900 million | 5,000 million |

| Die Size | 379 mm² | 366 mm² |

| Transistor Density | 121.1M / mm² | 13.7M / mm² |

| Shading Units | 8448 | 2048 |

| TMUs | 264 | 128 |

| ROPs | 96 | 32 |

| RT Cores | 66 | None |

| Tensor Cores | 264 | None |

| Memory Size | 16 GB | 8 GB |

| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR5 |

| Memory Bus | 256 bit | 256 bit |

| Memory Bandwidth | 672.3 GB/s | 160.0 GB/s |

| Memory Clock | 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective) | 1250 MHz (5 Gbps effective) |

| FP32 Performance | 44.10 TFLOPS | 2.961 TFLOPS |

| FP16 Performance | 44.10 TFLOPS (1:1) | 2.961 TFLOPS (1:1) |

| Pixel Rate | 250.6 GPixel/s | 23.14 GPixel/s |

| Texture Rate | 689.0 GTexel/s | 92.54 GTexel/s |

| TDP | 285 W | 75 W |

| Slot Width | Triple-slot | MXM Module |

| Power Connectors | 1x 16-pin | None |

| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |

| Display Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | Portable Device Dependent |

| DirectX Support | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (12_0) |

| Vulkan Support | 1.4 | 1.2.170 |

| OpenGL Support | 4.6 | 4.6 |

| Release Date | 2024-01-23 | 2015-05-04 |

| Predecessor | GeForce 30 | Solar System |

| Successor | GeForce 50 | Polaris Mobile |

| Launch MSRP | 799 USD | None |