AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs GeForce RTX 5070
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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Navi 48
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
GB205-300
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB with 64 pipelines and 4096 shaders against the GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB that utilizes 48 pipelines and 6144 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 slightly better (up to 13%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 58% higher maximum theoretical performance (48.7 vs 30.9 TFLOPS)
- Shows 19% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 152 vs 128 FPS
- Includes 4 GB more video memory
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5070
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology
- Features 64 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Has 50% more shading units (6144 vs 4096)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 242 169 149 109 |
197 140 130 97 |
| The Witcher 3 | 267 237 167 89 |
216 183 131 71 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 325 224 163 82 |
293 210 160 81 |
| Far Cry 6 | 198 176 163 104 |
164 145 128 82 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 162 133 107 58 |
140 117 92 51 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 240 232 174 118 |
178 171 136 89 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 158 137 116 73 |
123 107 89 58 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 190 171 119 53 |
164 144 99 43 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 280 265 207 107 |
253 238 189 98 |
| 1080p High | 229 | 192 |
| 1080p Ultra | 194 | 162 |
| 1440p Ultra | 152 | 128 |
| 4K Ultra | 88 | 74 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 29556 | 22708 |
| Solar Bay | 122220 | 107004 |
| Port Royal | 18363 | 14498 |
| Fire Strike | 66319 | 58324 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 54672 | 43879 |
| Night Raid | 194947 | 172064 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 427.4 img/sec | 254.4 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 251 img/sec | 180.6 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 6.77 Gpixels/sec | 7.91 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 9.42 Gpixels/sec | 10.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 9.35 Gpixels/sec | 10.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.42 Gpixels/sec | 1.84 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 651.4 Gpixels/sec | 975.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 23630 FPS | 27816.5 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1310 | 1289 |
| DirectX 11 | 295 FPS | 279 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 77 FPS | 106 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 16100 Ops/s | 14323 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 5070
No benchmark results yet
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 | 12270 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 25174 | 30237 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 45714 | 35585 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 74776 | 62662 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 196137 | 145190 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 5163 | 4198 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 8677 | 6233 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 19602 | 16709 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 74879 | 58300 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 411302 | 246598 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Radeon RX 9070 XT and GeForce RTX 5070General
| Vendor | Amd | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | January 7, 2025 | January 7, 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | $549 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | Mid-range |
| Architecture | RDNA 4.0 | Blackwell 2.0 |
| GPU Codename | Navi 48 | GB205-300 |
| Rival Equivalent | - GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | - Radeon RX 9070 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (12th and 21st place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1660 MHz | 2160 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2970 MHz | 2512 MHz |
| Shading Units | 4096 | 6144 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 256 | 192 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 128 | 80 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 64 | 48 |
| Tensor Cores | 128 | 192 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 64 | 48 |
| 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 | 201 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 760 GTexel/s | 482 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 x16 |
| TGP | 304 W | 250 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 4 nm |
| Die Size | 357 mm² | 263 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 53.9 billion | 31.1 billion |
| Transistor Density | 150.98 MTr/mm² | 118.25 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR7 |
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2518 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 20100 Mbps | 28000 Mbps |
| Bus | 256-bit | 192-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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