Home > GPU Comparison > RX 9070 XT vs RTX 4070 – what's better?

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs GeForce RTX 4070

Radeon RX 9070 XT
VS
GeForce RTX 4070
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Navi 48
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
AD104

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB with 64 pipelines and 4096 shaders against the 1 year and 9 months older GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB that utilizes 46 pipelines and 5888 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Gaming performance
  4. Benchmarks
  5. AI
  6. Specs
  7. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Value for money (Beta)

We use average GPU prices from all manufacturers by default. Enter the current price of a specific card for better accuracy.
Currency
16 GB GDDR6
VS
12 GB GDDR6X
98.8
(Very good)
Value Index
40.8
(Average)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RTX 4070 over RX 9070 XT
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 9070 XT
  • Performs significantly better (up to 45%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 67% higher maximum theoretical performance (48.7 vs 29.1 TFLOPS)
  • Shows 43% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 152 vs 106 FPS
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 4 nm process technology
  • Includes 4 GB more video memory
  • Has 28% higher memory bandwidth: 644.6 vs 504 GB/s
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4070
  • Supports Nvidia DLSS 3 technology
  • Features 56 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
  • Has 44% more shading units (5888 vs 4096)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
RX 9070 XT
vs
RTX 4070

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
242
169
149
109
172
115
102
79
The Witcher 3
267
237
167
89
194
159
114
61
Counter-Strike 2
325
224
163
82
272
205
149
81
Far Cry 6
198
176
163
104
149
133
115
68
Hogwarts Legacy
162
133
107
58
117
97
77
39
CoD: Modern Warfare III
240
232
174
118
149
145
107
69
Ghost of Tsushima
158
137
116
73
106
88
72
43
Cyberpunk 2077
190
171
119
53
129
119
75
37
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
280
265
207
107
211
190
145
80
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 229 167
1080p Ultra 194 139
1440p Ultra 152 106
4K Ultra 88 62
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
RX 9070 XT +45%
26251
RTX 4070
18089
Time Spy 29556 17799
Solar Bay 122220 82861
Port Royal 18363 11156
Fire Strike 66319 44067
Wild Life Extreme 54672 35472
Night Raid 194947 153385
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
RX 9070 XT +9%
182816
RTX 4070
167522
Background Blur 427.4 img/sec 233 img/sec
Face Detection 251 img/sec 141.7 img/sec
Horizon Detection 6.77 Gpixels/sec 6.62 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 9.42 Gpixels/sec 9.19 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 9.35 Gpixels/sec 9.2 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.42 Gpixels/sec 1.78 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 651.4 Gpixels/sec 845.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 23630 FPS 25043.9 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
RX 9070 XT +178%
50113
RTX 4070
18051

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RX 9070 XT
26913
RTX 4070
26856
G2D Mark 1310 1165
DirectX 11 295 FPS 243 FPS
DirectX 12 77 FPS 103 FPS
GPU Compute 16100 Ops/s 14561 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 17863 & 20710 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RX 9070 XT
3287.07
RTX 4070 +64%
5387.27
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 1724 & 3020 samples
Add your GPU benchmark result

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Radeon RX 9070 XT
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-12 (luizmdd)Cinebench 202450113
📘 2026-07-04 -> StevenSGeekbench 6 OpenCL179283
📘 2026-07-04 -> StevenSSteel Nomad Light27505
📘 2025-10-15 (adv)Geekbench 6 OpenCL175418
Add View all (4)
GeForce RTX 4070
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-12-14 (kashitsu)Cinebench 202418051
Add View all (1)

Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
RX 9070 XT +44%
39190
RTX 4070
27166
GB6 ML Half Precision
RX 9070 XT +36%
55727
RTX 4070
40963
GB6 ML Quantized
RX 9070 XT +65%
33599
RTX 4070
20332
Image Classification (SP) 18001 10246
Image Segmentation (HP) 25174 26153
Image Super Resolution (Q) 45714 32054
Face Detection (HP) 74776 51337
Pose Estimation (Q) 196137 124617
Text Classification (SP) 5163 3703
Machine Translation (HP) 8677 5484
Object Detection (SP) 19602 13134
Depth Estimation (Q) 74879 50548
Style Transfer (SP) 411302 263477
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Radeon RX 9070 XT and GeForce RTX 4070

General

Vendor Amd Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released January 7, 2025 April 13, 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $599 $599
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 4.0 Ada Lovelace
GPU Codename Navi 48 AD104
Rival Equivalent - GeForce RTX 5070 Ti - Radeon RX 7900 XT
Successor - - GeForce RTX 5070
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above - Intel Core i7 14700K or above
Desktop GPU rating (12th and 30th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1660 MHz 1920 MHz
Boost Clock 2970 MHz 2475 MHz
Shading Units 4096 5888
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 256 184
Render Output Units (ROPs) 128 64
Compute Units (Pipelines) 64 46
Tensor Cores 128 184
Ray-tracing Cores 64 46
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 8MB shared 36MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 4 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 380 GPixel/s 158 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 760 GTexel/s 455 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RX 9070 XT +67%
48.7 TFLOPS
RTX 4070
29.1 TFLOPS
Differences in GPUs' instructions per clock make TFLOPS values not directly comparable.

Physical

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 304 W 200 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
Die Size 357 mm² 294 mm²
Transistor Count 53.9 billion 35 billion
Transistor Density 150.98 MTr/mm² 119.05 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Memory Clock 2518 MHz 1313 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 20100 Mbps 21000 Mbps
Bus 256-bit 192-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RX 9070 XT +28%
644.6 GB/s
RTX 4070
504 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.2 3.0
CUDA No 8.9
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 3
DisplayPort 2.1a 1.4a

Cast your vote

Choose between two graphics cards
37 (71.2%)
15 (28.8%)
Total votes: 52

Related comparisons

1. Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Radeon RX 7900 XT (1)
2. Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Radeon RX 9060 XT
3. Radeon RX 9070 XT vs GeForce RTX 5070 (11)
4. Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Radeon RX 7900 XTX
5. Radeon RX 9070 XT vs GeForce RTX 5080 (3)
6. GeForce RTX 4070 vs Nvidia RTX 2000 Ada
7. GeForce RTX 4070 vs Radeon RX 9070 (2)
8. GeForce RTX 4070 vs Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
9. GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce RTX 5070
10. GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce RTX 4060

User opinions

You can share your opinion or ask a question in the comments below
🌐 Register your profile and become part of NanoReview community!
EnglishРусский