AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Navi 48
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
GB206-300
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 9070 XT with 64 pipelines and 4096 shaders against the 3 months newer GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) that utilizes 36 pipelines and 4608 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
- Performs significantly better (up to 62%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 2.1x higher maximum theoretical performance (48.7 vs 23.7 TFLOPS)
- Shows 54% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 152 vs 99 FPS
- Manufactured using a more efficient 4 nm process technology
- Has 44% higher memory bandwidth: 644.6 vs 448 GB/s
- Achieves 23% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (182K vs 148K)
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 242 169 149 109 |
163 107 97 71 |
| The Witcher 3 | 267 237 167 89 |
178 150 111 61 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 325 224 163 82 |
266 198 140 80 |
| Far Cry 6 | 198 176 163 104 |
138 126 109 66 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 162 133 107 58 |
110 91 72 38 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 240 232 174 118 |
136 133 96 64 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 158 137 116 73 |
100 83 63 40 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 190 171 119 53 |
118 104 69 33 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 280 265 207 107 |
190 177 134 70 |
| 1080p High | 229 | 155 |
| 1080p Ultra | 194 | 130 |
| 1440p Ultra | 152 | 99 |
| 4K Ultra | 88 | 58 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 29556 | 16044 |
| Solar Bay | 122220 | 76027 |
| Port Royal | 18363 | 10283 |
| Fire Strike | 66319 | 42482 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 54672 | 30335 |
| Night Raid | 194947 | 150051 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 427.4 img/sec | 243.1 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 251 img/sec | 149.5 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 6.77 Gpixels/sec | 5.35 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 9.42 Gpixels/sec | 6.88 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 9.35 Gpixels/sec | 7.76 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.42 Gpixels/sec | 1.57 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 651.4 Gpixels/sec | 740.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 23630 FPS | 22183.7 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1310 | 1204 |
| DirectX 11 | 295 FPS | 218 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 77 FPS | 89 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 16100 Ops/s | 11237 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 5060 Ti (16GB)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-04-17 (StarSophia) | Steel Nomad Light | 17892 |
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 | 10281 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 25174 | 29909 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 45714 | 26549 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 74776 | 59010 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 196137 | 117200 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 5163 | 3993 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 8677 | 6647 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 19602 | 12742 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 74879 | 44856 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 411302 | 175892 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Radeon RX 9070 XT and GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)General
| Vendor | Amd | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | January 7, 2025 | April 15, 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | $429 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | Mid-range |
| Architecture | RDNA 4.0 | Blackwell 2.0 |
| GPU Codename | Navi 48 | GB206-300 |
| Rival Equivalent | - GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | - |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (12th and 33rd place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1660 MHz | 2407 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2970 MHz | 2572 MHz |
| Shading Units | 4096 | 4608 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 256 | 144 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 128 | 48 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 64 | 36 |
| Tensor Cores | 128 | 144 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 64 | 36 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 8MB shared | 32MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 4 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 380 GPixel/s | 123 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 760 GTexel/s | 370 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Differences in GPUs' instructions per clock make TFLOPS values not directly comparable.
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x8 |
| TGP | 304 W | 180 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 357 mm² | 181 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 53.9 billion | 21.9 billion |
| Transistor Density | 150.98 MTr/mm² | 120.99 MTr/mm² |
| Max. Temperature | - | 87°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR7 |
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2518 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 20100 Mbps | 28000 Mbps |
| Bus | 256-bit | 128-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.2 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | No | 12.0 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | DLSS 4 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1a | 2.1b |
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