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

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded data shows a decisive sweep for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER across every shared benchmark in the database. The AMD Radeon RX 7700S does not claim a single victory in the head-to-head tests, with NVIDIA winning all three recorded comparisons. The most lopsided result appears in Geekbench OpenCL, where the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER scores 199,267 against the RX 7700S's 62,983, a delta of -68.4% from the AMD part's perspective. That is a massive gap, more than three times the raw score, and it signals a fundamental difference in compute throughput that goes well beyond clock speed adjustments.

The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test tells a similar story, though with a slightly smaller percentage gap. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER records 5,569 points while the RX 7700S manages 2,185, a -60.8% delta. In practical terms, this means the NVIDIA card delivers roughly two and a half times the performance in this DirectX 12 workload. That is not a marginal victory; it is a generational chasm. The RX 7700S, despite being a current-generation RDNA 3.0 part, simply cannot keep pace with the Ada Lovelace flagship-tier card in this metric.

The closest contest comes in Geekbench Vulkan, where the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER scores 53,683 versus 36,380 for the RX 7700S. The delta here is -32.2%, which is still a decisive win for NVIDIA but notably narrower than the other two tests. This suggests that the Vulkan API path narrows the gap somewhat, possibly due to driver scheduling or the way each architecture handles asynchronous compute. Even so, the result is unambiguous: NVIDIA wins by nearly 50% in raw score.

Looking at the broader database context, the RX 7700S sits at the 78th percentile among all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 33,849. Its nearest rivals are a mixed bag: the AMD Radeon HD 7950 trails by just -0.3%, the Radeon RX 480 is -0.4% behind, the GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB is +0.5% ahead, and the RTX A5000 is +0.7% ahead. These are all older or mid-range parts, which tells you the RX 7700S is competing in a completely different performance tier than the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER. The NVIDIA card, by contrast, has an average score of 31,087 and sits at the 76th percentile, with nearest rivals including the Quadro M5000 (-0.4%), GRID M60-1Q (-0.4%), RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell (-1.4%), and TITAN RTX (-1.9%). The percentiles are close, 78 versus 76, but the average scores tell the real story: the RX 7700S averages higher across its limited benchmark set because it lacks the low DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 scores that drag down the NVIDIA card's average.

The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's PassMark results are worth examining because they reveal its legacy API behavior. It scores 360 in PassMark DirectX 9, 278 in DirectX 11, 181 in DirectX 10, and 119 in DirectX 12. These are oddly low numbers for a modern card, likely reflecting how the PassMark suite interacts with Ada Lovelace's driver stack. Its PassMark G3D score is 31,811, and its GPU compute score is 18,372. The RX 7700S has no PassMark entries in the database, so no direct comparison is possible there, but the head-to-head tests already provide sufficient evidence of the performance hierarchy.

The Verdict

The data is unambiguous: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is the faster GPU in every recorded head-to-head test. If the priority is raw performance in 3DMark Steel Nomad, OpenCL compute, or Vulkan workloads, the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is the correct choice. The margins are enormous, ranging from -32.2% to -68.4% against the RX 7700S. There is no scenario in the recorded benchmarks where the AMD part comes out ahead.

However, the RX 7700S has its own context. It is a mobile-class GPU with a 100 W TDP, designed for thin-and-light gaming laptops, whereas the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is a triple-slot desktop card with a 285 W TDP. The power envelope difference is stark, and the RX 7700S's IGP slot width means it is not even a discrete add-in card in the traditional sense. For users constrained by a mobile platform, the RX 7700S is the only realistic option in this comparison, since the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER cannot physically fit into such a chassis. The data shows the RX 7700S is competitive with older desktop parts like the GTX 1060 5 GB and RX 480, which is respectable for a 100 W mobile part.

For desktop users who want maximum performance, the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is the obvious pick. Its 16 GB of GDDR6X memory, 672.3 GB/s bandwidth, and 44.10 TFLOPS FP32 throughput place it in a different class entirely. The RX 7700S offers 8 GB of GDDR6, 288.0 GB/s bandwidth, and 20.48 TFLOPS FP32. Those are roughly half the NVIDIA card's figures, and the benchmark deltas reflect that. The verdict is simple: choose the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER for performance, choose the RX 7700S only if the platform demands a low-power mobile solution.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from completely different architectural lineages. The AMD Radeon RX 7700S uses the RDNA 3.0 architecture on the Navi 33 chip, codenamed "Hotpink Bonefish," part of the Navi Mobile generation. It is fabricated on TSMC's 6 nm process and packs 13,300 million transistors onto a 204 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 65.2 million per square millimeter. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER uses Ada Lovelace on the AD103 chip, built on TSMC's 5 nm process, with 45,900 million transistors on a 379 mm² die, yielding 121.1 million transistors per square millimeter. That means the NVIDIA chip has more than three times the transistor count and nearly double the density.

The compute layouts diverge sharply. The RX 7700S has 2,048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, 64 ROPs, and 32 ray tracing cores. It has no tensor cores. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has 8,448 shading units, 264 TMUs, 96 ROPs, 66 RT cores, and 264 tensor cores. The shading unit count alone is over four times higher on the NVIDIA side. The RX 7700S's FP32 throughput is 20.48 TFLOPS with FP16 at 40.96 TFLOPS using a 2:1 ratio, while the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER delivers 44.10 TFLOPS for both FP32 and FP16 at a 1:1 ratio. The NVIDIA card also has dedicated tensor cores for AI workloads, which the AMD part entirely lacks.

The memory subsystems are similarly different. The RX 7700S uses 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, achieving 288.0 GB/s bandwidth. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER uses 16 GB of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus, achieving 672.3 GB/s. That is more than double the capacity and more than double the bandwidth. The pixel rate is 160.0 GPixel/s for AMD versus 250.6 GPixel/s for NVIDIA, and the texture rate is 320.0 GTexel/s versus 689.0 GTexel/s. Both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, so API coverage is identical.

Specification Differences

The specification table shows several fields where the two parts differ. The process node is 6 nm for AMD and 5 nm for NVIDIA, both TSMC. The RX 7700S has a base clock of 1500 MHz and a boost clock of 2500 MHz, with a game clock of 2200 MHz. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has a base clock of 2340 MHz and a boost clock of 2610 MHz, with no game clock listed. The AMD card's memory runs at 2250 MHz with 18 Gbps effective, while the NVIDIA card's memory runs at 1313 MHz with 21 Gbps effective.

The TDP is a major differentiator: 100 W for the RX 7700S versus 285 W for the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER. The AMD part uses no power connectors and has an IGP slot width, while the NVIDIA card requires a single 16-pin connector and a 600 W suggested PSU. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is a triple-slot card measuring 310 mm in length, 140 mm in height, and 61 mm in width. The RX 7700S has no recorded dimensions. Display outputs also differ: the RX 7700S is "portable device dependent," while the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has 1x HDMI 2.1 and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a. The production status is Active for AMD and End-of-life for NVIDIA. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has a launch MSRP of 799 USD.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU wins in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER wins decisively with a score of 5,569 against the AMD Radeon RX 7700S's 2,185, a delta of -60.8% for the AMD card.

Q: How much faster is the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER in Geekbench OpenCL?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER scores 199,267 compared to 62,983 for the RX 7700S, a -68.4% delta, making it the largest margin in the head-to-head tests.

Q: Does the RX 7700S win any benchmark in the head-to-head comparison?

A: No, the RX 7700S records zero wins. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER wins all three shared tests: 3DMark Steel Nomad, Geekbench OpenCL, and Geekbench Vulkan.

Q: What is the memory capacity difference between the two?

A: The RX 7700S has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, while the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has 16 GB of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus. The NVIDIA card also has more than double the bandwidth: 672.3 GB/s versus 288.0 GB/s.

Q: How do the TDP ratings compare?

A: The RX 7700S is rated at 100 W and uses no power connectors, while the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is rated at 285 W and requires a 16-pin connector plus a 600 W suggested PSU.

Q: Which GPU has tensor cores?

A: Only the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has tensor cores, with 264 of them. The RX 7700S has no tensor cores at all, though it does have 32 ray tracing cores versus 66 on the NVIDIA card.