AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
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
235
158
133
102
127
81
70
49
The Witcher 3
237
213
157
82
142
114
82
46
Counter-Strike 2
315
214
160
80
204
154
114
57
Far Cry 6
191
168
147
94
107
96
75
42
Hogwarts Legacy
143
121
95
55
80
66
50
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
222
211
156
105
96
89
64
41
Ghost of Tsushima
146
125
109
66
74
61
45
25
Cyberpunk 2077
171
154
107
47
83
74
44
22
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
266
242
186
98
130
119
87
43
Avg FPS
1080p High214116
1080p Ultra17895
1440p Ultra13970
4K Ultra8139
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
22542
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
10688
Time Spy2700410620
Solar Bay10507849040
Port Royal161586050
Fire Strike6055928559
Night Raid170494121867
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
149949
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
106633
Background Blur377.5 frames/s186.9 frames/s
Face Detection221.3 frames/s112.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.4 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.99 Gpix/sec5.16 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.52 Gpix/sec4.94 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.34 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching606 Gpix/sec446.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8521.2 fps14935.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070
24877
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
19712
G2D Mark12741080
DirectX 11281 fps174 fps
DirectX 1272 fps77 fps
GPU Compute14704 Ops/s9311 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
118.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a709 fps
Car Chasen/a615.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a496.1 fps
T-Rexn/a2635.8 fps
ALU 2n/a3284 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a280.8 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a3372.6
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
37056
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
17857
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
54866
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
29214
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 9070
29946
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
14234
Image Classification (SP)153757696
Image Segmentation (HP)3783413706
Horizon Detection4391023289
Face Detection (HP)6785831126
Pose Estimation (Q)17293978361
Text Classification (SP)44693315
Machine Translation (HP)84993491
Object Detection (SP)153939386
Depth Estimation (Q)6689036778
Style Transfer (SP)365633148120
FrameworkONNXONNX
BackendDirectMLDirectML

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
AMD Radeon RX 9070
2688.73
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
3174.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 May, 18, 2023
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 4.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename Navi 48 XL AD107

GPU

GPU Frequency 1330 MHz 1830 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2520 MHz 2460 MHz
Shader Units 3584 3072
TMUs 224 96
ROPs 128 48
Execution Units 56 24
Ray Tracing Cores 56 24
Tensor Cores 112 96
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 24000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 323 Gpix/sec 118 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 564 GTex/s 236 GTex/s
FLOPS 36.1 TFLOPS 15.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 220 W 115 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 356.5 mm² 159 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 18 billion
Transistor density 151.19 MTr/mm² 113.21 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz n/a
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070
640 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
272 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA No 8.9
DisplayPort 2.1a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 3

Results

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

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