AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
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
184
128
116
89
The Witcher 3
255
226
166
88
204
175
127
68
Counter-Strike 2
323
219
160
81
283
214
156
83
Far Cry 6
200
177
155
100
157
142
127
76
Hogwarts Legacy
152
128
104
56
132
110
87
48
COD Modern Warfare 3
240
225
172
114
171
165
128
83
Ghost of Tsushima
156
129
112
71
118
99
85
50
Cyberpunk 2077
185
160
110
51
154
136
92
40
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
260
195
106
242
224
176
93
Avg FPS
1080p High225183
1080p Ultra187155
1440p Ultra146122
4K Ultra8670
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
26147
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
21558
Time Spy3026820901
Solar Bay11900797900
Port Royal1871513112
Fire Strike6605150143
Night Raid199232164308
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
182816
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
206598
Background Blur427.4 frames/s359.5 frames/s
Face Detection251 frames/s210 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.77 Gpix/sec7.61 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.42 Gpix/sec10.4 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.35 Gpix/sec11.3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.42 Gpix/sec1.97 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching651.4 Gpix/sec969.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics23630 fps29061.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
27224
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
29967
G2D Mark13471178
DirectX 11294 fps274 fps
DirectX 1280 fps108 fps
GPU Compute15847 Ops/s17275 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
298.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
219.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.8 fps1132.4 fps
Car Chase1403.1 fps981.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1113.5 fps840.6 fps
T-Rex4704.1 fps4325.3 fps
ALU 28678.1 fps6890.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2313.1 fps290.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6928.57090.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 17, 2024
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 1980 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2970 MHz 2475 MHz
Shader Units 4096 7168
TMUs 256 224
ROPs 128 80
Execution Units 64 56
Ray Tracing Cores 64 56
Tensor Cores 128 224
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 48000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 380 Gpix/sec 198 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 760 GTex/s 554 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS 35.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 304 W 220 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 SUPER
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

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Survey

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4 (57.14%)
3 (42.86%)
Total Votes: 7

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