Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 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
192
140
127
98
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
212
180
134
70
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
284
215
157
82
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
161
148
127
82
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
137
115
92
50
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
181
172
133
88
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
123
107
88
56
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
161
141
99
44
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
250
241
181
101
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High189155
1080p Ultra162127
1440p Ultra12694
4K Ultra7555
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
22974
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy2261316983
Solar Bay10376864114
Port Royal143129710
Fire Strike5779339013
Night Raid172986155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
190967
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur254.4 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection180.6 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection7.91 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.2 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur10.7 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.84 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching975.7 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27816.5 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
29057
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark12971191
DirectX 11277 fps187 fps
DirectX 12108 fps57 fps
GPU Compute15779 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
30221
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
53037
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
23474
AMD Radeon RX 9060 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

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
6148.6
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
1574.66

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 RDNA 4.0
Codename GB205-300 Navi 44

GPU

GPU Frequency 2325 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2512 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 6144 2048
TMUs 192 128
ROPs 80 64
Execution Units 48 32
Ray Tracing Cores 48 32
Tensor Cores 192 64
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 48000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 201 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 482 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 30.9 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 250 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 29.7 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 149.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
672 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
320 GB/s

API

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

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
2 (25%)
6 (75%)
Total Votes: 8

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