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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060

66 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
VS
36 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060

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

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 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
Processors:
Radeon RX 9070 XT
vs
GeForce RTX 4060

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
237
162
142
109
127
81
70
49
The Witcher 3
255
226
166
88
142
114
82
46
Counter-Strike 2
323
219
160
81
204
154
114
57
Far Cry 6
200
177
155
100
107
96
75
42
Hogwarts Legacy
152
128
104
56
80
66
50
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
240
225
172
114
96
89
64
41
Ghost of Tsushima
156
129
112
71
74
61
45
25
Cyberpunk 2077
185
160
110
51
83
74
44
22
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
260
195
106
130
119
87
43
Avg FPS
1080p High225116
1080p Ultra18795
1440p Ultra14670
4K Ultra8639
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
26147
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
10688
Time Spy3026810620
Solar Bay11900749040
Port Royal187156050
Fire Strike6605128559
Night Raid199232121867
Sources: 3DMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
182816
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
106633
Background Blur427.4 frames/s186.9 frames/s
Face Detection251 frames/s112.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.77 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.42 Gpix/sec5.16 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.35 Gpix/sec4.94 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.42 Gpix/sec1.34 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching651.4 Gpix/sec446.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics23630 fps14935.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
27224
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
19712
G2D Mark13471080
DirectX 11294 fps174 fps
DirectX 1280 fps77 fps
GPU Compute15847 Ops/s9311 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
298.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
118.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.8 fps709 fps
Car Chase1403.1 fps615.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1113.5 fps496.1 fps
T-Rex4704.1 fps2635.8 fps
ALU 28678.1 fps3284 fps
Driver Overhead 2313.1 fps280.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6928.53372.6
Sources: GFXBench 5 [AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
17857
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
29214
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
14234
Image Classification (SP)n/a7696
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a13706
Horizon Detectionn/a23289
Face Detection (HP)n/a31126
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a78361
Text Classification (SP)n/a3315
Machine Translation (HP)n/a3491
Object Detection (SP)n/a9386
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a36778
Style Transfer (SP)n/a148120
Frameworkn/aONNX
Backendn/aDirectML
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
n/a
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 AD107
Price 599 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1660 MHz 1830 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2970 MHz 2460 MHz
Shader Units 4096 3072
TMUs 256 96
ROPs 128 48
Execution Units 64 24
Ray Tracing Cores 64 24
Tensor Cores 128 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 380 Gpix/sec 118 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 760 GTex/s 236 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS 15.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 304 W 115 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 357 mm² 159 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 18 billion
Transistor density 150.98 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 XT
644.6 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
272 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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