AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, vs Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
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
235
169
153
126
The Witcher 3
255
226
166
88
248
215
152
80
Counter-Strike 2
323
219
160
81
313
227
173
84
Far Cry 6
200
177
155
100
175
164
145
92
Hogwarts Legacy
152
128
104
56
161
133
108
60
COD Modern Warfare 3
240
225
172
114
215
208
167
115
Ghost of Tsushima
156
129
112
71
147
126
109
68
Cyberpunk 2077
185
160
110
51
200
179
120
57
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
260
195
106
283
266
200
108
Avg FPS
1080p High225220
1080p Ultra187187
1440p Ultra146147
4K Ultra8688
DeviationLowHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
26147
Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
32929
Time Spy3026825950
Solar Bay119007140262
Port Royal1871519521
Fire Strike6605153578
Night Raid199232187162
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
182816
Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
389848
Background Blur427.4 frames/s618.3 frames/s
Face Detection251 frames/s399.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.77 Gpix/sec15.1 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.42 Gpix/sec22.1 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.35 Gpix/sec26.3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.42 Gpix/sec2.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching651.4 Gpix/sec2210 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics23630 fps53494.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
27224
Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
28651
G2D Mark1347971
DirectX 11294 fps278 fps
DirectX 1280 fps102 fps
GPU Compute15847 Ops/s23249 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
298.6 fps
Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
326.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.8 fps770.7 fps
Car Chase1403.1 fps1010.6 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1113.5 fps1007.2 fps
T-Rex4704.1 fps2335.4 fps
ALU 28678.1 fps10509.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2313.1 fps202.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6928.510030.7

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 December, 3, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 4.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename Navi 48 AD102
Price 599 6800

GPU

GPU Frequency 1660 MHz 915 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2970 MHz 2505 MHz
Shader Units 4096 18176
TMUs 256 568
ROPs 128 192
Execution Units 64 142
Ray Tracing Cores 64 142
Tensor Cores 128 568
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 96 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 380 Gpix/sec 481 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 760 GTex/s 1423 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS 91.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 304 W 300 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 357 mm² 609 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 76 billion
Transistor density 150.98 MTr/mm² 124.79 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 2500 MHz
Bus 256 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 48 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
644.6 GB/s
Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
960 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

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada the clear winner in this comparison.

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