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AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070

62 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 9070
VS
45 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
AMD Radeon RX 9070
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070. 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 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
Processors:
AMD Radeon RX 9070
vs
GeForce RTX 3070

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
235
158
133
102
151
98
85
64
The Witcher 3
237
213
157
82
171
141
104
55
Counter-Strike 2
315
214
160
80
241
195
134
78
Far Cry 6
191
168
147
94
131
119
95
56
Hogwarts Legacy
143
121
95
55
97
81
60
33
COD Modern Warfare 3
222
211
156
105
120
116
81
53
Ghost of Tsushima
146
125
109
66
88
74
57
31
Cyberpunk 2077
171
154
107
47
105
93
60
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
266
242
186
98
164
151
112
59
Avg FPS
1080p High214141
1080p Ultra178119
1440p Ultra13988
4K Ultra8151
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
22542
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
14125
Time Spy2700413641
Solar Bay10507864184
Port Royal161588309
Fire Strike6055934034
Night Raid170494120956
Sources: 3DMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
149949
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
126195
Background Blur377.5 frames/s161.6 frames/s
Face Detection221.3 frames/s117.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.4 Gpix/sec5.89 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.99 Gpix/sec8.05 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.52 Gpix/sec6.65 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching606 Gpix/sec550.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8521.2 fps17613.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070
24877
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
22252
G2D Mark1274998
DirectX 11281 fps181 fps
DirectX 1272 fps85 fps
GPU Compute14704 Ops/s11282 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
170.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a856 fps
Car Chasen/a668 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a592.9 fps
T-Rexn/a3078.4 fps
ALU 2n/a4531.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a283 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a4563.3
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
37056
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
54866
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 9070
29946
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
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 3070
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 October, 22, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 4.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 48 XL GA104
Price n/a 499

GPU

GPU Frequency 1330 MHz 1500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2520 MHz 1725 MHz
Shader Units 3584 5888
TMUs 224 184
ROPs 128 96
Execution Units 56 46
Ray Tracing Cores 56 46
Tensor Cores 112 184
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 323 Gpix/sec 166 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 564 GTex/s 317 GTex/s
FLOPS 36.1 TFLOPS 20.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 220 W 220 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 356.5 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 151.19 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070
640 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
448 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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