Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070, vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 and AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
151
98
85
64
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
171
141
104
55
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
241
195
134
78
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
131
119
95
56
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
97
81
60
33
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
120
116
81
53
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
88
74
57
31
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
105
93
60
26
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
164
151
112
59
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High141155
1080p Ultra119127
1440p Ultra8894
4K Ultra5155
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
14125
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy1364116983
Solar Bay6418464114
Port Royal83099710
Fire Strike3403439013
Night Raid120956155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
126195
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur161.6 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection117.2 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.89 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.05 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.65 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.25 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching550.6 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics17613.1 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
22252
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark9981191
DirectX 11181 fps187 fps
DirectX 1285 fps57 fps
GPU Compute11282 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
170.2 fps
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)856 fpsn/a
Car Chase668 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)592.9 fpsn/a
T-Rex3078.4 fpsn/a
ALU 24531.5 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2283 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation4563.3n/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
1574.66

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 22, 2020 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ampere RDNA 4.0
Codename GA104 Navi 44
Price 499 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1500 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1725 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 5888 2048
TMUs 184 128
ROPs 96 64
Execution Units 46 32
Ray Tracing Cores 46 32
Tensor Cores 184 64
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 166 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 317 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 20.3 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 220 W 160 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 392 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 17 billion 29.7 billion
Transistor density 43.37 MTr/mm² 149.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
448 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.6 No
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 No

Results

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Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
2 (22.22%)
7 (77.78%)
Total Votes: 9

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