GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB vs Radeon RX Vega 9

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking575not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameVega Raven RidgeGA104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date26 October 2017 (6 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$699

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores5766144
Boost clock speed1300 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistorsno data17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt290 Watt
Texture fill rateno data339.8

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 12-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeno dataGDDR6X
Maximum RAM amountno data16 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data19 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data608.3 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12_112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 290 Watt

RX Vega 9 has 1833.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB, on the other hand, has a 75% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 9 and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 9 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon RX Vega 9
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16 GB

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