Home GPU comparison Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop and AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT - Which is better?

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
VS
44 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop, vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop 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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
vs
Radeon RX 9060 XT

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
139
92
79
57
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
163
131
97
52
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
233
180
129
71
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
120
109
88
52
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
90
75
58
28
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
112
104
74
49
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
82
68
54
29
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
96
84
52
24
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
150
135
102
56
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High132155
1080p Ultra109127
1440p Ultra8194
4K Ultra4655
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
12551
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy1251416983
Solar Bay5441664114
Port Royal73799710
Fire Strike2994439013
Night Raid113930155523
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop], [AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
115081
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur158.5 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection116.5 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.35 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.67 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.44 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching528.5 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics16372.3 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop], [AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
19587
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark7591191
DirectX 11179 fps187 fps
DirectX 1285 fps57 fps
GPU Compute8386 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop], [AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
135.5 fps
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)799.4 fpsn/a
Car Chase702.5 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)560.4 fpsn/a
T-Rex3084 fpsn/a
ALU 24439.2 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2283.8 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation4604.7n/a
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
21186
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
34404
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
16559
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Image Classification (SP)8642n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)20635n/a
Horizon Detection26378n/a
Face Detection (HP)39776n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)105983n/a
Text Classification (SP)2995n/a
Machine Translation (HP)4507n/a
Object Detection (SP)10198n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)41078n/a
Style Transfer (SP)190315n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
3619.97
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
1574.66

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced February, 22, 2023 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace RDNA 4.0
Codename AD106 (GN21-X6) Navi 44

GPU

GPU Frequency 735-2070 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1230-2175 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 4608 2048
TMUs 144 128
ROPs 48 64
Execution Units 36 32
Ray Tracing Cores 36 32
Tensor Cores 144 64
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 59-104 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 177-313 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 11.3-20 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 35-140 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 186 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 22.9 billion 29.7 billion
Transistor density 123.12 MTr/mm² 149.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
256 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 8.9 No
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 No

Results

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