AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
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
132
85
77
55
The Witcher 3
255
226
166
88
152
123
91
47
Counter-Strike 2
323
219
160
81
226
170
122
67
Far Cry 6
200
177
155
100
114
104
81
47
Hogwarts Legacy
152
128
104
56
86
70
55
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
240
225
172
114
109
99
69
45
Ghost of Tsushima
156
129
112
71
82
66
48
30
Cyberpunk 2077
185
160
110
51
92
83
51
23
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
260
195
106
139
129
97
52
Avg FPS
1080p High225126
1080p Ultra187103
1440p Ultra14677
4K Ultra8644
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
26147
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
11980
Time Spy3026811708
Solar Bay11900754344
Port Royal187156969
Fire Strike6605129561
Night Raid199232109366
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
182816
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
115518
Background Blur427.4 frames/s185.1 frames/s
Face Detection251 frames/s108.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.77 Gpix/sec5.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.42 Gpix/sec7.17 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.35 Gpix/sec5.54 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.42 Gpix/sec1.15 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching651.4 Gpix/sec478 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics23630 fps15183 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
27224
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
20395
G2D Mark1347988
DirectX 11294 fps163 fps
DirectX 1280 fps79 fps
GPU Compute15847 Ops/s10075 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
298.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
143 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.8 fps733.4 fps
Car Chase1403.1 fps614.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1113.5 fps523.6 fps
T-Rex4704.1 fps2676.1 fps
ALU 28678.1 fps3657.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2313.1 fps282.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6928.53670

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 December, 2, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 4.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 48 GA104
Price 599 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 1660 MHz 1410 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2970 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 4096 4864
TMUs 256 152
ROPs 128 80
Execution Units 64 38
Ray Tracing Cores 64 38
Tensor Cores 128 152
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 380 Gpix/sec 133 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 760 GTex/s 253 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 304 W 200 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 357 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 150.98 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 XT
644.6 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 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 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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