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

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

61 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
VS
79 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX. 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 XTX
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 XTX

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
192
140
127
98
253
180
159
120
The Witcher 3
212
180
134
70
270
255
184
93
Counter-Strike 2
284
215
157
82
324
232
169
87
Far Cry 6
161
148
127
82
209
187
168
106
Hogwarts Legacy
137
115
92
50
171
143
110
63
COD Modern Warfare 3
181
172
133
88
256
254
188
132
Ghost of Tsushima
123
107
88
56
170
142
124
79
Cyberpunk 2077
161
141
99
44
206
180
126
59
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
250
241
181
101
293
275
207
113
Avg FPS
1080p High189239
1080p Ultra162205
1440p Ultra126159
4K Ultra7595
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
22974
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
29862
Time Spy2261330610
Solar Bay103768121915
Port Royal1431216607
Fire Strike5779373014
Night Raid172986182333
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
190967
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
224686
Background Blur254.4 frames/s423.9 frames/s
Face Detection180.6 frames/s270.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection7.91 Gpix/sec9.23 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.2 Gpix/sec13.7 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur10.7 Gpix/sec11.1 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.84 Gpix/sec1.74 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching975.7 Gpix/sec871 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27816.5 fps29891.2 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
29057
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
31104
G2D Mark12971252
DirectX 11277 fps357 fps
DirectX 12108 fps128 fps
GPU Compute15779 Ops/s18188 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
405.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1822 fps
Car Chasen/a1721.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a1382 fps
T-Rexn/a5784.5 fps
ALU 2n/a10100.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a326.5 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a8087.1
Sources: GFXBench 5 [AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
30221
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
53037
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
23474
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
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 XTX
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 November, 3, 2022
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 999

GPU

GPU Frequency 2325 MHz 1929 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2512 MHz 2498 MHz
Shader Units 6144 6144
TMUs 192 384
ROPs 80 192
Execution Units 48 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 48 96
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 480 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 482 GTex/s 959 GTex/s
FLOPS 30.9 TFLOPS 61.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 355 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 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
672 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
960 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 XTX the clear winner in this comparison.

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