AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
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We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB with 64 pipelines and 4096 shaders against the 2 years and 1 month older GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB that utilizes 60 pipelines and 7680 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
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)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 9070 XT
- Shows 19% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 152 vs 128 FPS
- Manufactured using a more efficient 4 nm process technology
- 21% higher maximum theoretical performance (48.7 vs 40.1 TFLOPS)
- Includes 4 GB more video memory
- Has 28% higher memory bandwidth: 644.6 vs 504 GB/s
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 3 technology
- Features 112 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Achieves 20% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (219K vs 182K)
- Has 88% more shading units (7680 vs 4096)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 242 169 149 109 |
197 136 126 100 |
| The Witcher 3 | 267 237 167 89 |
211 190 135 72 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 325 224 163 82 |
288 218 160 83 |
| Far Cry 6 | 198 176 163 104 |
164 147 130 81 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 162 133 107 58 |
140 115 89 50 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 240 232 174 118 |
181 172 134 90 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 158 137 116 73 |
124 107 92 55 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 190 171 119 53 |
161 147 98 44 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 280 265 207 107 |
257 243 188 98 |
| 1080p High | 229 | 191 |
| 1080p Ultra | 194 | 164 |
| 1440p Ultra | 152 | 128 |
| 4K Ultra | 88 | 75 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 29556 | 22743 |
| Solar Bay | 122220 | 108437 |
| Port Royal | 18363 | 13995 |
| Fire Strike | 66319 | 53473 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 54672 | 45396 |
| Night Raid | 194947 | 171208 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 427.4 img/sec | 371.2 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 251 img/sec | 235 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 6.77 Gpixels/sec | 7.51 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 9.42 Gpixels/sec | 10.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 9.35 Gpixels/sec | 12.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.42 Gpixels/sec | 2.03 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 651.4 Gpixels/sec | 1120 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 23630 FPS | 30420.2 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1310 | 1209 |
| DirectX 11 | 295 FPS | 287 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 77 FPS | 115 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 16100 Ops/s | 18136 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
Radeon RX 9070 XT
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-12 (luizmdd) | Cinebench 2024 | 50113 |
| 📘 2026-07-04 -> StevenS | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 179283 |
| 📘 2026-07-04 -> StevenS | Steel Nomad Light | 27505 |
| 📘 2025-10-15 (adv) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 175418 |
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-14 (Isa) | Cinebench 2024 | 80717 |
| 📘 2026-06-02 (Harley) | Cinebench 2024 | 79993 |
| 📘 2026-03-27 (minato) | Cinebench 2024 | 80470 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 18001 | 12496 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 25174 | 33378 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 45714 | 37180 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 74776 | 62919 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 196137 | 171125 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 5163 | 3630 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 8677 | 6420 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 19602 | 15804 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 74879 | 58647 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 411302 | 331379 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Radeon RX 9070 XT and GeForce RTX 4070 TiGeneral
| Vendor | Amd | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | January 7, 2025 | January 3, 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | $799 |
| 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 Ti |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above | - Intel Core i7 14700K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (12th and 15th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1660 MHz | 2310 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2970 MHz | 2610 MHz |
| Shading Units | 4096 | 7680 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 256 | 240 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 128 | 80 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 64 | 60 |
| Tensor Cores | 128 | 240 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 64 | 60 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 8MB shared | 48MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 4 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 380 GPixel/s | 209 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 760 GTexel/s | 626 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
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 | 285 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
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 |
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