AMD Radeon RX 7700S vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded data shows a decisive sweep for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti across all three shared benchmark tests. In the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test, the RTX 4070 Ti scores 5024 against the RX 7700S’s 2185, a 129.9% advantage. That is more than double the AMD laptop GPU’s output in a modern DirectX 12 workload, which reflects the large gap in raw rasterization throughput.

The Geekbench OpenCL results widen the margin further. The RTX 4070 Ti posts 176953, while the RX 7700S manages 62983. That is a 181% delta in favor of NVIDIA. OpenCL is a general compute API, and the result indicates the RTX 4070 Ti handles non-gaming workloads, such as rendering or physics simulations, at a much higher level. The RX 7700S’s score places it in a different performance tier entirely.

The most extreme difference appears in Geekbench Vulkan. Here the RTX 4070 Ti scores 213808 versus the RX 7700S’s 36380, a 487.7% lead. This is not a close contest by any measure. The Vulkan result suggests that the NVIDIA card’s driver overhead, architecture, and raw shader throughput combine to deliver nearly six times the performance in this particular API. While the RX 7700S is a competent mobile part, the data indicates it cannot keep pace with the desktop-oriented RTX 4070 Ti in any of the measured scenarios.

Looking at average benchmark scores across all recorded tests, the RTX 4070 Ti sits at 44795, while the RX 7700S averages 33849. The RTX 4070 Ti also holds an 84th percentile rank among all GPUs in the database, compared to the RX 7700S’s 78th percentile. The NVIDIA card’s nearest rivals include the RTX 5090 Mobile at 45152 (0.8% higher) and the RTX A6000 at 44075 (1.6% lower), placing it in strong company. The RX 7700S, by contrast, is bracketed by older parts like the Radeon HD 7950 (33951, 0.3% higher) and the GTX 1060 5 GB (33694, 0.5% lower), which shows its performance class is closer to mid-range hardware from previous generations.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU wins the most benchmark comparisons?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti wins all three head-to-head tests: 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, Geekbench OpenCL, and Geekbench Vulkan. The AMD Radeon RX 7700S does not win any of the recorded comparisons.

Q: How large is the performance gap in 3DMark Steel Nomad?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti scores 5024, which is 129.9% higher than the RX 7700S’s 2185. This means the NVIDIA card delivers more than double the performance in this DirectX 12 benchmark.

Q: Is the RX 7700S competitive in any compute workload?

A: No. In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 4070 Ti leads by 181% (176953 vs 62983). The RX 7700S’s FP32 throughput is listed at 20.48 TFLOPS, while the RTX 4070 Ti reaches 40.09 TFLOPS, a direct 2:1 gap that shows up in the compute results.

Q: What does the Geekbench Vulkan result tell us?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti scores 213808 versus the RX 7700S’s 36380, a 487.7% difference. This is the single largest win for NVIDIA in the dataset, indicating the Ada Lovelace architecture has a substantial advantage in Vulkan-based rendering or compute tasks.

Q: How do the two GPUs rank against all other GPUs in the database?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti sits at the 84th percentile, while the RX 7700S is at the 78th. The NVIDIA card’s average benchmark score is 44795, and the AMD card’s is 33849, a difference of roughly 32%.

Q: Which GPU has a higher average benchmark score?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti, with an average of 44795 across all recorded tests, versus the RX 7700S’s 33849. The nearest rival to the RTX 4070 Ti in the database is the RTX 5090 Mobile at 45152, only 0.8% higher, while the RX 7700S’s closest competitor is the Radeon HD 7950 at 33951.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from fundamentally different design philosophies. The RTX 4070 Ti uses the AD104 chip built on Ada Lovelace architecture, fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC. It packs 35,800 million transistors into a 294 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 121.8 million per mm². The RX 7700S uses the Navi 33 chip with RDNA 3.0 architecture, built on a 6 nm process, also at TSMC. It contains 13,300 million transistors on a 204 mm² die, with a density of 65.2 million per mm². The NVIDIA chip is both larger and denser, which explains part of its performance advantage.

Shader resources differ dramatically. The RTX 4070 Ti has 7680 shading units, 240 TMUs, and 80 ROPs. The RX 7700S has 2048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. The NVIDIA card also features 60 RT cores and 240 tensor cores, while the AMD part has 32 RT cores and no tensor cores at all. This means the RTX 4070 Ti can handle ray tracing and AI-accelerated tasks far more effectively, though the benchmark data focuses on non-RT workloads.

The RX 7700S’s FP16 throughput is rated at 40.96 TFLOPS with a 2:1 ratio to FP32, which is higher than its FP32 number. The RTX 4070 Ti lists FP16 at 40.09 TFLOPS with a 1:1 ratio, meaning it does not gain extra throughput for half-precision work. This is a notable architectural difference: AMD’s RDNA 3.0 is designed with shader-based FP16 acceleration, while NVIDIA’s Ada Lovelace relies on its tensor cores for similar tasks.

Both GPUs support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, so API compatibility is identical. The RTX 4070 Ti is a desktop card with a dual-slot form factor and a 1x 16-pin power connector, while the RX 7700S is an integrated-class mobile part with no power connectors and a form factor listed as IGP. The NVIDIA card’s display outputs include 1x HDMI 2.1 and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, while the AMD part’s outputs are labeled as portable device dependent.

Specification Differences

The RTX 4070 Ti runs at a base clock of 2310 MHz and a boost clock of 2610 MHz. The RX 7700S has a base clock of 1500 MHz, a boost clock of 2500 MHz, and a game clock of 2200 MHz. The NVIDIA card’s memory clock is 1313 MHz with 21 Gbps effective, while the AMD card runs at 2250 MHz with 18 Gbps effective.

Memory configuration favors NVIDIA significantly. The RTX 4070 Ti has 12 GB of GDDR6X on a 192-bit bus, delivering 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth. The RX 7700S has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, with 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. That is a 75% bandwidth advantage for the RTX 4070 Ti, which matters in high-resolution gaming and texture-heavy workloads.

Power consumption is a major differentiator. The RTX 4070 Ti has a TDP of 285 W and requires a 600 W suggested PSU. The RX 7700S has a TDP of 100 W and no suggested PSU, reflecting its mobile nature. The NVIDIA card is 285 mm long, 112 mm tall, and 42 mm wide, while the AMD part has no recorded dimensions. The RTX 4070 Ti is listed as end-of-life with a successor in the GeForce 50 series, while the RX 7700S is still active with no successor listed.

Pixel and texture rates also differ. The RTX 4070 Ti achieves 208.8 GPixel/s and 626.4 GTexel/s, while the RX 7700S manages 160.0 GPixel/s and 320.0 GTexel/s. The NVIDIA card has a 30% pixel rate advantage and nearly double the texture rate. The RTX 4070 Ti’s launch MSRP is 799 USD; no MSRP is recorded for the RX 7700S.

The Verdict

The data is unambiguous. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti outperforms the AMD Radeon RX 7700S in every recorded benchmark, with deltas ranging from 129.9% to 487.7%. If you are choosing between these two based on performance alone, the RTX 4070 Ti is the clear pick. Its average benchmark score of 44795 places it in the 84th percentile of all GPUs, while the RX 7700S’s 33849 average sits at the 78th percentile.

The RTX 4070 Ti is a desktop-class card designed for high-end gaming and compute. It offers 12 GB of GDDR6X memory, 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth, and 40.09 TFLOPS of FP32 performance. The RX 7700S is a mobile part with 8 GB of GDDR6, 288.0 GB/s, and 20.48 TFLOPS. The former is built for maximum throughput; the latter is built for efficiency at 100 W.

However, the RX 7700S is not without merit. Its 100 W TDP and lack of power connectors make it suitable for thin-and-light laptops where the RTX 4070 Ti’s 285 W requirement would be impossible to meet. If your priority is portability and battery life, the RX 7700S is the only realistic option between these two. But if you are building a desktop or a large gaming laptop with adequate cooling and power delivery, the RTX 4070 Ti wins on every measurable axis.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX 4070 Ti wins in all three benchmark categories: 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, Geekbench OpenCL, and Geekbench Vulkan. Its biggest relative win is in Vulkan, where it leads by 487.7%. This makes it the superior choice for any application that leverages Vulkan, including many modern game engines and cross-platform compute frameworks. Its OpenCL lead of 181% also positions it well for productivity tasks like video editing, 3D rendering, and scientific computing that use OpenCL for GPU acceleration.

The RX 7700S’s advantages are not visible in the benchmark scores, but they exist in the specification differences. Its 100 W TDP is 185 W lower than the RTX 4070 Ti’s 285 W, making it far more power-efficient per watt for mobile deployments. It has no power connectors and is listed as IGP form factor, so it can fit into compact laptops where the RTX 4070 Ti’s dual-slot, 285 mm length would not fit. The RX 7700S also uses GDDR6 memory instead of GDDR6X, which is generally less expensive to integrate, though no pricing data is recorded for this part.

In terms of use cases, the RTX 4070 Ti is the pick for desktop gamers who want maximum frame rates in DirectX 12 and Vulkan titles, as well as professionals who need strong OpenCL compute. The RX 7700S is the pick for users who need a discrete GPU in a portable form factor and are willing to accept roughly half the FP32 throughput and a third of the Vulkan performance. The data shows no workload where the RX 7700S beats the RTX 4070 Ti, so the decision comes down to form factor and power constraints rather than performance.