Radeon RX 6850 XT and GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER - video card comparison
Radeon RX 6850 XT
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
Architecture
RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)
Ada Lovelace
GPU code name
Navi 21
AD104
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
2022
January 2024
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-pin
1x 16-pin
Boost clock speed
2250 MHz
2475 MHz
Core clock speed
-
1980 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
5 nm
Number of transistors
26,800 million
35,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4608
7168
Power consumption (TDP)
325 Watt
220 Watt
Texture fill rate
648.0
584.6
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount
16 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
18 GB/s
21000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
576.0 GB/s
504.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
-
8.9
OpenCL
2.1
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3