AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
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
106
65
53
35
The Witcher 3
255
226
166
88
115
92
65
34
Counter-Strike 2
323
219
160
81
167
123
90
42
Far Cry 6
200
177
155
100
86
80
61
33
Hogwarts Legacy
152
128
104
56
63
53
35
18
COD Modern Warfare 3
240
225
172
114
75
65
45
32
Ghost of Tsushima
156
129
112
71
60
47
33
20
Cyberpunk 2077
185
160
110
51
64
56
34
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
260
195
106
98
89
62
33
Avg FPS
1080p High22593
1080p Ultra18774
1440p Ultra14653
4K Ultra8629
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
26147
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
7959
Time Spy302688211
Solar Bay11900735563
Port Royal187154627
Fire Strike6605121866
Night Raid19923284235
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
182816
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
81436
Background Blur427.4 frames/s141.4 frames/s
Face Detection251 frames/s84.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.77 Gpix/sec3.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.42 Gpix/sec3.91 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.35 Gpix/sec3.85 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.42 Gpix/sec1.1 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching651.4 Gpix/sec325.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics23630 fps11008.8 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
27224
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
14434
G2D Mark1347630
DirectX 11294 fps130 fps
DirectX 1280 fps61 fps
GPU Compute15847 Ops/s5961 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
298.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
99.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.8 fps597.7 fps
Car Chase1403.1 fps531.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1113.5 fps416.7 fps
T-Rex4704.1 fps2221.6 fps
ALU 28678.1 fps2915 fps
Driver Overhead 2313.1 fps258.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6928.52946.5

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Entry-level
Architecture RDNA 4.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename Navi 48 AD107 (GN21-X2)
Price 599 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1660 MHz 1140-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2970 MHz 1605-2370 MHz
Shader Units 4096 2560
TMUs 256 80
ROPs 128 32
Execution Units 64 20
Ray Tracing Cores 64 20
Tensor Cores 128 80
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 12000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 380 Gpix/sec 51-76 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 760 GTex/s 128-190 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS 8.2-12.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 304 W 35-140 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 357 mm² 156 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 18.9 billion
Transistor density 150.98 MTr/mm² 121.15 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 256 bit 96 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
644.6 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
192 GB/s

API

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

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