Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 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
170
113
105
79
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
191
160
114
61
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
262
207
148
82
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
148
135
112
71
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
120
96
78
43
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
154
141
110
72
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
104
87
74
40
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
133
115
78
34
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
209
194
148
81
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High166155
1080p Ultra139127
1440p Ultra10794
4K Ultra6355
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy1782516983
Solar Bay8264564114
Port Royal111499710
Fire Strike4410939013
Night Raid152587155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur233 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection141.7 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.62 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.19 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.2 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.78 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching845.4 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics25043.9 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark11651191
DirectX 11245 fps187 fps
DirectX 12102 fps57 fps
GPU Compute14820 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1039 fpsn/a
Car Chase900 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)761.2 fpsn/a
T-Rex3848.1 fpsn/a
ALU 25980.8 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2296.7 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation6200.7n/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
1574.66

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 13, 2023 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace RDNA 4.0
Codename AD104 Navi 44
Price 599 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1920 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2475 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 5888 2048
TMUs 184 128
ROPs 64 64
Execution Units 46 32
Ray Tracing Cores 46 32
Tensor Cores 184 64
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 36000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 158 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 455 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 29.1 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 200 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 294 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 35 billion 29.7 billion
Transistor density 119.05 MTr/mm² 149.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1313 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 21000 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
504.2 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

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 the clear winner in this comparison.

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