AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 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
n/a
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The Witcher 3
255
226
166
88
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
323
219
160
81
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
200
177
155
100
n/a
n/a
n/a
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Hogwarts Legacy
152
128
104
56
n/a
n/a
n/a
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COD Modern Warfare 3
240
225
172
114
n/a
n/a
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Ghost of Tsushima
156
129
112
71
n/a
n/a
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Cyberpunk 2077
185
160
110
51
n/a
n/a
n/a
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
260
195
106
n/a
n/a
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Avg FPS
1080p High225n/a
1080p Ultra187n/a
1440p Ultra146n/a
4K Ultra86n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
26147
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
25741
Time Spy30268n/a
Solar Bay119007n/a
Port Royal18715n/a
Fire Strike66051n/a
Night Raid199232n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
182816
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
226752
Background Blur427.4 frames/s266.5 frames/s
Face Detection251 frames/s196.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.77 Gpix/sec10.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.42 Gpix/sec15.2 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.35 Gpix/sec14.4 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.42 Gpix/sec1.89 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching651.4 Gpix/sec1150 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics23630 fps29783 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
27224
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
31796
G2D Mark13471199
DirectX 11294 fps273 fps
DirectX 1280 fps142 fps
GPU Compute15847 Ops/s15940 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
298.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
266.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.8 fps1121.9 fps
Car Chase1403.1 fps1058.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1113.5 fps921.3 fps
T-Rex4704.1 fps4280.4 fps
ALU 28678.1 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2313.1 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6928.5n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 6, 2025
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 4.0 Blackwell 2.0
Codename Navi 48 GB203-400
Price 599 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1660 MHz 990-1515 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2970 MHz 1515-2160 MHz
Shader Units 4096 10496
TMUs 256 328
ROPs 128 128
Execution Units 64 82
Ray Tracing Cores 64 82
Tensor Cores 128 328
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 194-276 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 760 GTex/s 497-708 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS 31.8-45.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 304 W 95-175 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 357 mm² 378 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 45.6 billion
Transistor density 150.98 MTr/mm² 120.63 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR7
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 28000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
644.6 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
811.5 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 10.1
DisplayPort 2.1a 2.1a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 4

Results

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