Home GPU comparison Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT - Which is better?

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

42 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
VS
66 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, vs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and AMD Radeon RX 9070 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 5060
vs
Radeon RX 9070 XT

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
142
94
84
58
237
162
142
109
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
255
226
166
88
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
323
219
160
81
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
200
177
155
100
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
152
128
104
56
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
240
225
172
114
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
156
129
112
71
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
185
160
110
51
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
279
260
195
106
Avg FPS
1080p High136225
1080p Ultra114187
1440p Ultra85146
4K Ultra4886
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
26147
Time Spy1370130268
Solar Bay63214119007
Port Royal859518715
Fire Strike3761266051
Night Raid111626199232
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
182816
Background Blur209.1 frames/s427.4 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s251 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec6.77 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec9.42 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec9.35 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.42 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec651.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps23630 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
27224
G2D Mark11521347
DirectX 11199 fps294 fps
DirectX 1277 fps80 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s15847 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
298.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1653.8 fps
Car Chasen/a1403.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a1113.5 fps
T-Rexn/a4704.1 fps
ALU 2n/a8678.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a313.1 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a6928.5
Sources: GFXBench 5 [AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
n/a
Image Classification (SP)8362n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)22831n/a
Horizon Detection22375n/a
Face Detection (HP)41955n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)84685n/a
Text Classification (SP)3296n/a
Machine Translation (HP)5083n/a
Object Detection (SP)11023n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)38817n/a
Style Transfer (SP)155103n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
3702.71
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 January, 7, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 RDNA 4.0
Codename GB206-250 Navi 48
Price n/a 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 1660 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 2970 MHz
Shader Units 3840 4096
TMUs 120 256
ROPs 48 128
Execution Units 30 64
Ray Tracing Cores 30 64
Tensor Cores 120 128
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 120 Gpix/sec 380 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 760 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 145 W 304 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 357 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 53.9 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 150.98 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
448 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
644.6 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 n/a
DisplayPort 2.1b 2.1a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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