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AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090

62 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 9070
VS
67 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
AMD Radeon RX 9070
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090. 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 3090
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 3090

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
235
158
133
102
188
127
118
90
The Witcher 3
237
213
157
82
207
175
126
67
Counter-Strike 2
315
214
160
80
280
212
152
82
Far Cry 6
191
168
147
94
155
145
126
75
Hogwarts Legacy
143
121
95
55
131
107
84
45
COD Modern Warfare 3
222
211
156
105
172
161
124
80
Ghost of Tsushima
146
125
109
66
116
101
82
51
Cyberpunk 2077
171
154
107
47
145
131
89
43
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
266
242
186
98
242
218
170
91
Avg FPS
1080p High214182
1080p Ultra178153
1440p Ultra139119
4K Ultra8169
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
22542
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
21949
Time Spy2700419900
Solar Bay10507897504
Port Royal1615813633
Fire Strike6055947520
Night Raid170494139527
Sources: 3DMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
149949
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
211669
Background Blur377.5 frames/s320.8 frames/s
Face Detection221.3 frames/s207.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.4 Gpix/sec10.1 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.99 Gpix/sec14.4 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.52 Gpix/sec11.5 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.48 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching606 Gpix/sec984.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8521.2 fps27764.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070
24877
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
26673
G2D Mark12741060
DirectX 11281 fps220 fps
DirectX 1272 fps110 fps
GPU Compute14704 Ops/s15547 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
247.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a978.4 fps
Car Chasen/a854.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a747.4 fps
T-Rexn/a3732.1 fps
ALU 2n/a6650.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a296 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a6622.8
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
37056
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
54866
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 9070
29946
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
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 3090
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 September, 24, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 4.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 48 XL GA102
Price n/a 1499

GPU

GPU Frequency 1330 MHz 1395 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2520 MHz 1695 MHz
Shader Units 3584 10496
TMUs 224 328
ROPs 128 112
Execution Units 56 82
Ray Tracing Cores 56 82
Tensor Cores 112 328
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 323 Gpix/sec 190 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 564 GTex/s 556 GTex/s
FLOPS 36.1 TFLOPS 35.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 220 W 350 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 356.5 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 151.19 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 1219 MHz
Bus 256 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 19500 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070
640 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
936.2 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

No clear favorite identified yet; updates may follow as new data arrives.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
3 (75%)
1 (25%)
Total Votes: 4

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