AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
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
130
72
58
38
151
98
85
64
The Witcher 3
116
95
66
32
171
141
104
55
Counter-Strike 2
184
128
91
49
241
195
134
78
Far Cry 6
102
86
66
35
131
119
95
56
Hogwarts Legacy
69
56
42
19
97
81
60
33
COD Modern Warfare 3
89
82
55
33
120
116
81
53
Ghost of Tsushima
74
58
43
23
88
74
57
31
Cyberpunk 2077
69
60
37
16
105
93
60
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
118
107
73
36
164
151
112
59
Avg FPS
1080p High106141
1080p Ultra83119
1440p Ultra5988
4K Ultra3151
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
8593
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
14125
Time Spy942513641
Solar Bayn/a64184
Port Royaln/a8309
Fire Strike2753534034
Night Raid103141120956
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
81739
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
126195
Background Blur148 frames/s161.6 frames/s
Face Detection89.5 frames/s117.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.52 Gpix/sec5.89 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.98 Gpix/sec8.05 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.11 Gpix/sec6.65 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.75 Gpix/sec1.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching295.8 Gpix/sec550.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics10480.7 fps17613.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
16372
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
22252
G2D Mark921998
DirectX 11117 fps181 fps
DirectX 1265 fps85 fps
GPU Compute7839 Ops/s11282 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
117.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
170.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)695.6 fps856 fps
Car Chase606.1 fps668 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)496.2 fps592.9 fps
T-Rex2407 fps3078.4 fps
ALU 23024.6 fps4531.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2299.8 fps283 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2576.44563.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 7, 2019 October, 22, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 1.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 10 GA104
Price 399 499

GPU

GPU Frequency 1605 MHz 1500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1905 MHz 1725 MHz
Shader Units 2560 5888
TMUs 160 184
ROPs 64 96
Execution Units n/a 46
Ray Tracing Cores No 46
Tensor Cores No 184
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 122 Gpix/sec 166 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 305 GTex/s 317 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.8 TFLOPS 20.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 225 W 220 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 7 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 251 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 39.84 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 8.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 the clear winner in this comparison.

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