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AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

62 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 9070
VS
33 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
AMD Radeon RX 9070
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. 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 AMD Radeon RX 9070 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
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:
AMD Radeon RX 9070
vs
GeForce RTX 3060

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
235
158
133
102
110
67
60
39
The Witcher 3
237
213
157
82
124
101
75
37
Counter-Strike 2
315
214
160
80
184
131
96
47
Far Cry 6
191
168
147
94
93
85
64
38
Hogwarts Legacy
143
121
95
55
68
56
40
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
222
211
156
105
83
73
50
34
Ghost of Tsushima
146
125
109
66
65
48
37
21
Cyberpunk 2077
171
154
107
47
69
61
36
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
266
242
186
98
107
98
68
37
Avg FPS
1080p High214100
1080p Ultra17880
1440p Ultra13958
4K Ultra8132
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
22542
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Time Spy270048748
Solar Bay10507840964
Port Royal161585142
Fire Strike6055922308
Night Raid17049498831
Sources: 3DMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
149949
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Background Blur377.5 frames/s149.6 frames/s
Face Detection221.3 frames/s91 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.4 Gpix/sec4.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.99 Gpix/sec5.58 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.52 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching606 Gpix/sec372.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8521.2 fps12226.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070
24877
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
G2D Mark1274961
DirectX 11281 fps128 fps
DirectX 1272 fps69 fps
GPU Compute14704 Ops/s8428 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a555.5 fps
Car Chasen/a492.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a407.9 fps
T-Rexn/a1940.6 fps
ALU 2n/a2862.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a295.2 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a2965.4
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
37056
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
54866
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 9070
29946
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
n/a
Image Classification (SP)15375n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)37834n/a
Horizon Detection43910n/a
Face Detection (HP)67858n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)172939n/a
Text Classification (SP)4469n/a
Machine Translation (HP)8499n/a
Object Detection (SP)15393n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)66890n/a
Style Transfer (SP)365633n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [AMD Radeon RX 9070]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
AMD Radeon RX 9070
2688.73
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 4.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 48 XL GA106
Price n/a 329

GPU

GPU Frequency 1330 MHz 1320 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2520 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 3584 3584
TMUs 224 112
ROPs 128 48
Execution Units 56 28
Ray Tracing Cores 56 28
Tensor Cores 112 112
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 323 Gpix/sec 85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 564 GTex/s 199 GTex/s
FLOPS 36.1 TFLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 220 W 170 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 356.5 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 151.19 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 1875 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 15000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070
640 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
360 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA No 8.6
DisplayPort 2.1a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

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

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