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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070

66 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
VS
61 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
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 5070

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
237
162
142
109
192
140
127
98
The Witcher 3
255
226
166
88
212
180
134
70
Counter-Strike 2
323
219
160
81
284
215
157
82
Far Cry 6
200
177
155
100
161
148
127
82
Hogwarts Legacy
152
128
104
56
137
115
92
50
COD Modern Warfare 3
240
225
172
114
181
172
133
88
Ghost of Tsushima
156
129
112
71
123
107
88
56
Cyberpunk 2077
185
160
110
51
161
141
99
44
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
260
195
106
250
241
181
101
Avg FPS
1080p High225189
1080p Ultra187162
1440p Ultra146126
4K Ultra8675
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
26147
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
22974
Time Spy3026822613
Solar Bay119007103768
Port Royal1871514312
Fire Strike6605157793
Night Raid199232172986
Sources: 3DMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
182816
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
190967
Background Blur427.4 frames/s254.4 frames/s
Face Detection251 frames/s180.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.77 Gpix/sec7.91 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.42 Gpix/sec10.2 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.35 Gpix/sec10.7 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.42 Gpix/sec1.84 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching651.4 Gpix/sec975.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics23630 fps27816.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
27224
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
29057
G2D Mark13471297
DirectX 11294 fps277 fps
DirectX 1280 fps108 fps
GPU Compute15847 Ops/s15779 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
298.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
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
Sources: GFXBench 5 [AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
30221
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
53037
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
23474
Image Classification (SP)n/a12270
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a30237
Horizon Detectionn/a35585
Face Detection (HP)n/a62662
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a145190
Text Classification (SP)n/a4198
Machine Translation (HP)n/a6233
Object Detection (SP)n/a16709
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a58300
Style Transfer (SP)n/a246598
Frameworkn/aONNX
Backendn/aDirectML
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
6148.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 7, 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 GB205-300
Price 599 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1660 MHz 2325 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2970 MHz 2512 MHz
Shader Units 4096 6144
TMUs 256 192
ROPs 128 80
Execution Units 64 48
Ray Tracing Cores 64 48
Tensor Cores 128 192
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 201 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 760 GTex/s 482 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS 30.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 304 W 250 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 357 mm² 263 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 31.1 billion
Transistor density 150.98 MTr/mm² 118.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR7
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 28000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
644.6 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
672 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

No clear favorite identified yet; updates may follow as new data arrives.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
4 (44.44%)
5 (55.56%)
Total Votes: 9

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