AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
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
122
74
65
45
The Witcher 3
255
226
166
88
139
109
81
42
Counter-Strike 2
323
219
160
81
198
150
107
56
Far Cry 6
200
177
155
100
103
95
72
39
Hogwarts Legacy
152
128
104
56
74
64
44
25
COD Modern Warfare 3
240
225
172
114
90
84
61
38
Ghost of Tsushima
156
129
112
71
72
59
41
24
Cyberpunk 2077
185
160
110
51
80
72
45
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
260
195
106
120
113
79
42
Avg FPS
1080p High225111
1080p Ultra18791
1440p Ultra14666
4K Ultra8637
DeviationLowHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
26147
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
10047
Time Spy3026810201
Solar Bay11900745966
Port Royal187156128
Fire Strike6605129129
Night Raid199232n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
182816
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Background Blur427.4 frames/sn/a
Face Detection251 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection6.77 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection9.42 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur9.35 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching1.42 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching651.4 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics23630 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
27224
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
17775
G2D Mark13471113
DirectX 11294 fps155 fps
DirectX 1280 fps71 fps
GPU Compute15847 Ops/s9063 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
298.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.8 fpsn/a
Car Chase1403.1 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1113.5 fpsn/a
T-Rex4704.1 fpsn/a
ALU 28678.1 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2313.1 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation6928.5n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 June, 24, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 4.0 Blackwell 2.0
Codename Navi 48 GB207-300
Price 599 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1660 MHz 2317 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2970 MHz 2572 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 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 380 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 760 GTex/s 206 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 304 W 130 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Max temperature n/a 87 °C
Transistor Size 357 mm² 149 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 16.9 billion
Transistor density 150.98 MTr/mm² 113.42 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
644.6 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 12.0
DisplayPort 2.1a 2.1b
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 4

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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