AMD Radeon RX 7800M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database contains one direct comparison between the AMD Radeon RX 7800M and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER: the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test. In this workload, the AMD Radeon RX 7800M records a score of 2994, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER records 2690. The delta is 11.3% in favor of the AMD part, marking a clear victory for the Radeon in this particular DX12 scenario.

Context from the broader benchmark database reinforces the magnitude of this result. The RX 7800M holds an average benchmark score of 27883 across its recorded tests, placing it in the 73rd percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals in the database include the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 at 27839 (a 0.2% difference), the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X at 27973 (0.3% behind), the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti at 28020 (0.5% behind), and the AMD FirePro S7150 at 28117 (0.8% behind). The RX 7800M sits in a tightly contested band where a single percentage point separates four competitors.

The RTX 5070 SUPER, by contrast, has only the single Steel Nomad result in the database. Its average benchmark score of 2690 puts it in the 18th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals are the NVIDIA Quadro K1100M at 2664 (1.0% behind), the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 at 2662 (1.1% behind), the Intel Arc Pro B50 at 2660 (1.1% behind), and the NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 at 2645 (1.7% behind). The RTX 5070 SUPER records the win in every one of those pairwise comparisons, but the competition at that level is far less demanding than what the RX 7800M faces.

The head-to-head delta of 11.3% is the single most informative number in this comparison. It shows that in the Steel Nomad DX12 test, the AMD part delivers a double-digit performance advantage over the NVIDIA part. The RX 7800M also demonstrates a much broader benchmark footprint, with ten recorded tests spanning DirectX 10, DirectX 11, DirectX 12, DirectX 9, OpenCL, Vulkan, and general-purpose compute workloads. The RTX 5070 SUPER has no recorded results in any of those other categories, so the database cannot confirm whether its Steel Nomad deficit extends to other APIs or workloads.

The wins tally reflects this asymmetry: the RX 7800M takes 1 win, and the RTX 5070 SUPER takes 0 wins in the direct head-to-head data.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from fundamentally different design lineages. The AMD Radeon RX 7800M uses the Navi 32 chip built on RDNA 3.0 architecture, with the codename Wheat Nas, and belongs to the Navi Mobile (RX 7000M) generation within the Radeon RX 7000 series. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER uses the GB205 chip built on Blackwell 2.0 architecture and belongs to the GeForce 50-series generation. Both are fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC, but the transistor counts and die sizes diverge sharply.

The RX 7800M packs 28,100 million transistors on a 346 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 81.2M per mm². The RTX 5070 SUPER packs 31,100 million transistors on a much smaller 263 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 118.3M per mm². The NVIDIA part achieves roughly 45.7% higher transistor density than the AMD part, a direct consequence of fitting more transistors into a smaller area. The AMD die is 31.6% larger by area, but the NVIDIA die holds 10.7% more transistors overall.

Clock behavior also differs substantially. The RX 7800M has a base clock of 1295 MHz, a boost clock of 2335 MHz, and a game clock of 2145 MHz. The RTX 5070 SUPER has a base clock of 2325 MHz and a boost clock of 2512 MHz, with no game clock listed. The NVIDIA base clock is 79.5% higher than the AMD base clock, while the NVIDIA boost clock is 7.6% higher than the AMD boost clock. The RX 7800M relies on a wider clock spread between base and boost, while the RTX 5070 SUPER operates at consistently higher frequencies across its range.

Memory architectures share the same 192-bit bus width but differ in every other respect. The RX 7800M uses 12 GB of GDDR6 at 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective), producing 432.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The RTX 5070 SUPER uses 18 GB of GDDR7 at 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective), producing 672.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The NVIDIA part offers 50% more capacity and 55.6% more bandwidth, despite a lower physical memory clock, because the GDDR7 standard delivers a much higher effective data rate.

The compute pipelines are organized differently. The RX 7800M has 3840 shading units, 240 texture mapping units, 96 render output units, and 60 ray tracing cores. The RTX 5070 SUPER has 6400 shading units, 200 TMUs, 80 ROPs, 50 ray tracing cores, and 200 tensor cores. The AMD part has more TMUs and ROPs, while the NVIDIA part has far more shading units and adds a dedicated tensor core array. The RX 7800M has no tensor core field recorded, so any AI acceleration capabilities are not represented in the database.

Rasterization rates follow the hardware counts. The RX 7800M achieves a pixel rate of 224.2 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 560.4 GTexel/s. The RTX 5070 SUPER achieves 201.0 GPixel/s and 502.4 GTexel/s. The AMD part leads by 11.5% in pixel throughput and 11.5% in texture throughput, which aligns with its higher ROP and TMU counts. Floating-point throughput tells a different story: the RX 7800M delivers 35.87 TFLOPS in both FP32 and FP16 (1:1 ratio), while the RTX 5070 SUPER delivers 32.15 TFLOPS in both. The AMD part leads by 11.6% in raw FP32 compute, despite having fewer shading units, because its higher clock behavior and architecture efficiency compensate for the unit count difference.

Power and physical design diverge as well. The RX 7800M has a TDP of 180 W, uses no power connectors, and is an IGP (integrated graphics processor) with portable-device-dependent display outputs. The RTX 5070 SUPER has a TDP of 275 W, requires a single 16-pin power connector, and is a dual-slot card with 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1b outputs. The NVIDIA part draws 52.8% more power, which is consistent with its higher clocks and larger memory subsystem. The RX 7800M uses PCIe 4.0 x16, while the RTX 5070 SUPER uses PCIe 5.0 x16. The RTX 5070 SUPER has recorded physical dimensions of 245 mm in length, 115 mm in height, and 40 mm in width, while the RX 7800M has no dimensions listed. Both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU wins the only direct benchmark comparison in the database?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7800M wins the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test with a score of 2994 against the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER's 2690, a margin of 11.3%.

Q: How much memory does each GPU have, and what type?

A: The RX 7800M has 12 GB of GDDR6, while the RTX 5070 SUPER has 18 GB of GDDR7. Both use a 192-bit memory bus.

Q: Which GPU has higher memory bandwidth?

A: The RTX 5070 SUPER has higher memory bandwidth at 672.0 GB/s, compared to the RX 7800M's 432.0 GB/s, a difference of 55.6%.

Q: What are the transistor counts and die sizes?

A: The RX 7800M has 28,100 million transistors on a 346 mm² die. The RTX 5070 SUPER has 31,100 million transistors on a 263 mm² die.

Q: Which GPU has more shading units?

A: The RTX 5070 SUPER has 6400 shading units, while the RX 7800M has 3840. The NVIDIA part also has 200 tensor cores, which the AMD part does not list.

Q: What are the power requirements?

A: The RX 7800M has a TDP of 180 W and uses no power connectors. The RTX 5070 SUPER has a TDP of 275 W and requires a single 16-pin connector.

Q: Which GPU has a higher boost clock?

A: The RTX 5070 SUPER has a boost clock of 2512 MHz, which is 7.6% higher than the RX 7800M's boost clock of 2335 MHz.

Specification Differences

The two GPUs differ in the following recorded fields:

• Chip: Navi 32 (AMD) vs GB205 (NVIDIA)
• Architecture: RDNA 3.0 vs Blackwell 2.0
• Codename: Wheat Nas vs none listed
• Generation: Navi Mobile (RX 7000M) vs GeForce 50
• Transistors: 28,100 million vs 31,100 million
• Die Size: 346 mm² vs 263 mm²
• Transistor Density: 81.2M / mm² vs 118.3M / mm²
• Base Clock: 1295 MHz vs 2325 MHz
• Boost Clock: 2335 MHz vs 2512 MHz
• Game Clock: 2145 MHz vs none listed
• Memory Clock: 2250 MHz 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz 28 Gbps effective
• Memory Size: 12 GB vs 18 GB
• Memory Type: GDDR6 vs GDDR7
• Memory Bandwidth: 432.0 GB/s vs 672.0 GB/s
• Shading Units: 3840 vs 6400
• TMUs: 240 vs 200
• ROPs: 96 vs 80
• Ray Tracing Cores: 60 vs 50
• Tensor Cores: none listed vs 200
• Pixel Rate: 224.2 GPixel/s vs 201.0 GPixel/s
• Texture Rate: 560.4 GTexel/s vs 502.4 GTexel/s
• FP32: 35.87 TFLOPS vs 32.15 TFLOPS
• FP16: 35.87 TFLOPS (1:1) vs 32.15 TFLOPS (1:1)
• TDP: 180 W vs 275 W
• Slot Width: IGP vs Dual-slot
• Power Connectors: None vs 1x 16-pin
• Bus Interface: PCIe 4.0 x16 vs PCIe 5.0 x16
• Display Outputs: Portable Device Dependent vs 1x HDMI 2.1b 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
• Dimensions: none listed vs 245 mm length, 115 mm height, 40 mm width
• Release Date: 2024-09-10 vs 2025-12-31

Identical fields include the 5 nm TSMC process node, the 192-bit memory bus width, DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.4, and Active production status.

The Verdict

The recorded data paints a clear picture for the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 workload. The AMD Radeon RX 7800M holds an 11.3% advantage over the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER in the only direct benchmark comparison available. It also delivers higher pixel rate, higher texture rate, higher FP32 and FP16 throughput, and does so at a lower TDP of 180 W versus 275 W.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER counters with a larger memory pool of 18 GB versus 12 GB, significantly higher memory bandwidth of 672.0 GB/s versus 432.0 GB/s, more shading units, a dedicated tensor core array, a smaller die, higher transistor density, and higher base and boost clocks. It also uses newer GDDR7 memory and a faster PCIe 5.0 x16 interface.

The benchmark database gives the AMD part the win in the direct comparison, with a 1-0 record in head-to-head tests. The RX 7800M also has a far more extensive benchmark history, with ten recorded scores across multiple APIs, which places it in the 73rd percentile of all GPUs. The RTX 5070 SUPER has only one recorded benchmark result and sits in the 18th percentile, though that percentile figure reflects a sparse data set rather than a comprehensive performance profile.

For a system that prioritizes the Steel Nomad DX12 result, the AMD Radeon RX 7800M is the data-backed choice. It wins the head-to-head test, offers comparable or better compute throughput, and consumes less power. For a system that requires 18 GB of memory, GDDR7 bandwidth, tensor core capabilities, or a dual-slot add-in card form factor with fixed display outputs, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER provides those features, but the database does not currently contain benchmark results that would establish its performance advantage in those areas.

The RX 7800M is an integrated graphics processor with no power connectors and portable-device-dependent outputs, which indicates a mobile or compact design. The RTX 5070 SUPER is a dual-slot desktop card with a 16-pin connector and a full set of HDMI and DisplayPort outputs. The choice between them depends on whether the workload matches the AMD part's demonstrated DX12 performance or the NVIDIA part's memory capacity and feature set. The data currently favors the AMD Radeon RX 7800M in raw benchmark performance.