AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
237
162
142
109
188
127
118
90
The Witcher 3
255
226
166
88
207
175
126
67
Counter-Strike 2
323
219
160
81
280
212
152
82
Far Cry 6
200
177
155
100
155
145
126
75
Hogwarts Legacy
152
128
104
56
131
107
84
45
COD Modern Warfare 3
240
225
172
114
172
161
124
80
Ghost of Tsushima
156
129
112
71
116
101
82
51
Cyberpunk 2077
185
160
110
51
145
131
89
43
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
260
195
106
242
218
170
91
Avg FPS
1080p High225182
1080p Ultra187153
1440p Ultra146119
4K Ultra8669
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
26147
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
21949
Time Spy3026819900
Solar Bay11900797504
Port Royal1871513633
Fire Strike6605147520
Night Raid199232139527
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
182816
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
211669
Background Blur427.4 frames/s320.8 frames/s
Face Detection251 frames/s207.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.77 Gpix/sec10.1 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.42 Gpix/sec14.4 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.35 Gpix/sec11.5 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.42 Gpix/sec1.48 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching651.4 Gpix/sec984.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics23630 fps27764.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
27224
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
26673
G2D Mark13471060
DirectX 11294 fps220 fps
DirectX 1280 fps110 fps
GPU Compute15847 Ops/s15547 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
298.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
247.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.8 fps978.4 fps
Car Chase1403.1 fps854.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1113.5 fps747.4 fps
T-Rex4704.1 fps3732.1 fps
ALU 28678.1 fps6650.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2313.1 fps296 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6928.56622.8

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 GA102
Price 599 1499

GPU

GPU Frequency 1660 MHz 1395 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2970 MHz 1695 MHz
Shader Units 4096 10496
TMUs 256 328
ROPs 128 112
Execution Units 64 82
Ray Tracing Cores 64 82
Tensor Cores 128 328
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 380 Gpix/sec 190 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 760 GTex/s 556 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS 35.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 304 W 350 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 357 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 150.98 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 XT
644.6 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 n/a 8.6
DisplayPort 2.1a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

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