Home GPU comparison Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 and AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT - Which is better?

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

61 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
VS
71 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 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 5070 and AMD Radeon RX 7900 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 5070
vs
Radeon RX 7900 XT

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
192
140
127
98
235
160
141
106
The Witcher 3
212
180
134
70
252
224
162
88
Counter-Strike 2
284
215
157
82
318
217
157
83
Far Cry 6
161
148
127
82
191
171
153
97
Hogwarts Legacy
137
115
92
50
147
125
101
54
COD Modern Warfare 3
181
172
133
88
225
223
163
109
Ghost of Tsushima
123
107
88
56
151
127
107
70
Cyberpunk 2077
161
141
99
44
179
158
108
48
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
250
241
181
101
267
256
196
100
Avg FPS
1080p High189218
1080p Ultra162185
1440p Ultra126143
4K Ultra7584
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
22974
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
24670
Time Spy2261326936
Solar Bay103768103478
Port Royal1431214245
Fire Strike5779367268
Night Raid172986171243
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
190967
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
203754
Background Blur254.4 frames/s419.8 frames/s
Face Detection180.6 frames/s240.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection7.91 Gpix/sec8.72 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.2 Gpix/sec12 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur10.7 Gpix/sec9.88 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.84 Gpix/sec1.71 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching975.7 Gpix/sec701.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27816.5 fps26631.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
29057
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
28850
G2D Mark12971214
DirectX 11277 fps339 fps
DirectX 12108 fps108 fps
GPU Compute15779 Ops/s17495 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
323.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1653.2 fps
Car Chasen/a1525.6 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a1206.5 fps
T-Rexn/a5517 fps
ALU 2n/a8007.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a340 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a6975.1
Sources: GFXBench 5 [AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
30221
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
53037
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
23474
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
n/a
Image Classification (SP)12270n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)30237n/a
Horizon Detection35585n/a
Face Detection (HP)62662n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)145190n/a
Text Classification (SP)4198n/a
Machine Translation (HP)6233n/a
Object Detection (SP)16709n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)58300n/a
Style Transfer (SP)246598n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
6148.6
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 December, 13, 2023
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 RDNA 3.0
Codename GB205-300 Navi 31
Price n/a 899

GPU

GPU Frequency 2325 MHz 1387 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2512 MHz 2394 MHz
Shader Units 6144 5376
TMUs 192 336
ROPs 80 192
Execution Units 48 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 48 84
Tensor Cores 192 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core 256 KB/core
L2 cache 48000 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 201 Gpix/sec 460 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 482 GTex/s 804 GTex/s
FLOPS 30.9 TFLOPS 51.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 300 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 529 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 57 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 107.75 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2500 MHz
Bus 192 bit 320 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 20 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
672 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
800 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 2.1
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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Total Votes: 12

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