AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 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
192
132
123
94
The Witcher 3
255
226
166
88
212
182
128
68
Counter-Strike 2
323
219
160
81
278
215
153
84
Far Cry 6
200
177
155
100
156
143
127
77
Hogwarts Legacy
152
128
104
56
133
109
89
50
COD Modern Warfare 3
240
225
172
114
177
168
129
88
Ghost of Tsushima
156
129
112
71
125
104
88
53
Cyberpunk 2077
185
160
110
51
155
137
95
45
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
260
195
106
250
233
181
95
Avg FPS
1080p High225186
1080p Ultra187158
1440p Ultra146124
4K Ultra8673
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
26147
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
22762
Time Spy3026821485
Solar Bay11900796951
Port Royal1871513755
Fire Strike6605145288
Night Raid199232148942
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
182816
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
203263
Background Blur427.4 frames/s264 frames/s
Face Detection251 frames/s134.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.77 Gpix/sec9.27 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.42 Gpix/sec12.7 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.35 Gpix/sec13.2 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.42 Gpix/sec1.92 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching651.4 Gpix/sec1060 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics23630 fps29225.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
27224
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
27415
G2D Mark1347980
DirectX 11294 fps264 fps
DirectX 1280 fps107 fps
GPU Compute15847 Ops/s12395 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
298.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
254.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.8 fps1214.2 fps
Car Chase1403.1 fps1057.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1113.5 fps937.1 fps
T-Rex4704.1 fps4618.7 fps
ALU 28678.1 fps7621.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2313.1 fps295.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6928.57941

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 February, 8, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 4.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename Navi 48 AD103 (GN21-X11)
Price 599 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1660 MHz 930-1620 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2970 MHz 1455-2040 MHz
Shader Units 4096 9728
TMUs 256 304
ROPs 128 112
Execution Units 64 76
Ray Tracing Cores 64 76
Tensor Cores 128 304
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 64 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 380 Gpix/sec 163-228 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 760 GTex/s 442-620 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS 28.3-39.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 304 W 80-175 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 357 mm² 379 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 45.9 billion
Transistor density 150.98 MTr/mm² 121.11 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
644.6 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
512 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

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