AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
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
237
162
142
109
89
52
42
24
The Witcher 3
255
226
166
88
85
67
46
24
Counter-Strike 2
323
219
160
81
133
93
66
32
Far Cry 6
200
177
155
100
70
62
50
23
Hogwarts Legacy
152
128
104
56
46
36
28
14
COD Modern Warfare 3
240
225
172
114
55
49
31
22
Ghost of Tsushima
156
129
112
71
41
32
25
12
Cyberpunk 2077
185
160
110
51
46
41
23
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
260
195
106
76
73
49
22
Avg FPS
1080p High22571
1080p Ultra18756
1440p Ultra14640
4K Ultra8620
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
26147
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
5844
Time Spy302686091
Solar Bay11900715809
Port Royal187151275
Fire Strike6605118707
Night Raid19923272273
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
182816
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
53429
Background Blur427.4 frames/s142.3 frames/s
Face Detection251 frames/s65.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.77 Gpix/sec2.2 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.42 Gpix/sec3.23 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.35 Gpix/sec3.74 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.42 Gpix/sec0.3 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching651.4 Gpix/sec195.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics23630 fps5161.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
27224
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
13504
G2D Mark1347847
DirectX 11294 fps100 fps
DirectX 1280 fps48 fps
GPU Compute15847 Ops/s6129 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
298.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
75.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.8 fps423.4 fps
Car Chase1403.1 fps391.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1113.5 fps360 fps
T-Rex4704.1 fps1942.3 fps
ALU 28678.1 fps5965.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2313.1 fps271.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6928.52186

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 10, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 4.0 Pascal
Codename Navi 48 GP104
Price 599 379

GPU

GPU Frequency 1660 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2970 MHz 1683 MHz
Shader Units 4096 1920
TMUs 256 120
ROPs 128 64
Execution Units 64 15
Ray Tracing Cores 64 No
Tensor Cores 128 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 380 Gpix/sec 108 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 760 GTex/s 202 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 304 W 150 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 357 mm² 314 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 7 billion
Transistor density 150.98 MTr/mm² 22.29 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
644.6 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
256.3 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 6.1
DisplayPort 2.1a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS No No

Results

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

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