AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
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
170
113
105
79
The Witcher 3
255
226
166
88
191
160
114
61
Counter-Strike 2
323
219
160
81
262
207
148
82
Far Cry 6
200
177
155
100
148
135
112
71
Hogwarts Legacy
152
128
104
56
120
96
78
43
COD Modern Warfare 3
240
225
172
114
154
141
110
72
Ghost of Tsushima
156
129
112
71
104
87
74
40
Cyberpunk 2077
185
160
110
51
133
115
78
34
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
260
195
106
209
194
148
81
Avg FPS
1080p High225166
1080p Ultra187139
1440p Ultra146107
4K Ultra8663
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
26147
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
Time Spy3026817825
Solar Bay11900782645
Port Royal1871511149
Fire Strike6605144109
Night Raid199232152587
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
182816
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
Background Blur427.4 frames/s233 frames/s
Face Detection251 frames/s141.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.77 Gpix/sec6.62 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.42 Gpix/sec9.19 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.35 Gpix/sec9.2 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.42 Gpix/sec1.78 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching651.4 Gpix/sec845.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics23630 fps25043.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
27224
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
G2D Mark13471165
DirectX 11294 fps245 fps
DirectX 1280 fps102 fps
GPU Compute15847 Ops/s14820 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
298.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.8 fps1039 fps
Car Chase1403.1 fps900 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1113.5 fps761.2 fps
T-Rex4704.1 fps3848.1 fps
ALU 28678.1 fps5980.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2313.1 fps296.7 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6928.56200.7

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 April, 13, 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 AD104
Price 599 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 1660 MHz 1920 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2970 MHz 2475 MHz
Shader Units 4096 5888
TMUs 256 184
ROPs 128 64
Execution Units 64 46
Ray Tracing Cores 64 46
Tensor Cores 128 184
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 36000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 380 Gpix/sec 158 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 760 GTex/s 455 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS 29.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 304 W 200 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 357 mm² 294 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 35 billion
Transistor density 150.98 MTr/mm² 119.05 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 1313 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 21000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
644.6 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
504.2 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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