AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Intel Arc Pro B70
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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Navi 48
Intel Arc Pro B70
BMG-G31
We compared two discrete desktop graphics cards: the Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB with 64 pipelines and 4096 shaders against the 1 year and 2 months newer Intel Arc Pro B70 32 GB that utilizes 32 pipelines and 4096 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
Scores marked with a red asterisk (**) represent initial estimates from early testing.
Value for money (Beta)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 9070 XT
- Performs significantly better (up to 73%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 2.1x higher maximum theoretical performance (48.7 vs 22.9 TFLOPS)
- Shows 85% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 152 vs 82 FPS
- Manufactured using a more efficient 4 nm process technology
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc Pro B70
- Includes 16 GB more video memory
- Features 128 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 242 169 149 109 |
144 97 84 62 |
| The Witcher 3 | 267 237 167 89 |
182 155 116 62 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 325 224 163 82 |
181 128 96 45 |
| Far Cry 6 | 198 176 163 104 |
125 114 93 55 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 162 133 107 58 |
89 71 56 32 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 240 232 174 118 |
108 110 80 51 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 158 137 116 73 |
83 71 53 29 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 190 171 119 53 |
109 97 63 29 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 280 265 207 107 |
133 123 94 50 |
| 1080p High | 229 | 128 |
| 1080p Ultra | 194 | 107 |
| 1440p Ultra | 152 | 82 |
| 4K Ultra | 88 | 46 |
| Margin of Error | Low | High |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 29556 | 18329 |
| Solar Bay | 122220 | 76054 |
| Port Royal | 18363 | 10682 |
| Fire Strike | 66319 | 46210 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 54672 | 37743 |
| Night Raid | 194947 | 183003 |
GeekBench 6 GPU Compute
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 427.4 img/sec | 413.1 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 251 img/sec | 226.4 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 6.77 Gpixels/sec | 5.05 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 9.42 Gpixels/sec | 9.66 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 9.35 Gpixels/sec | 10.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.42 Gpixels/sec | 1.67 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 651.4 Gpixels/sec | 712.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 23630 FPS | 20998.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | Vulkan |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1310 | 689 |
| DirectX 11 | 295 FPS | 142 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 77 FPS | 96 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 16100 Ops/s | 9800 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 |
Intel Arc Pro B70
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 | - |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 25174 | - |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 45714 | - |
| Face Detection (HP) | 74776 | - |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 196137 | - |
| Text Classification (SP) | 5163 | - |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 8677 | - |
| Object Detection (SP) | 19602 | - |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 74879 | - |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 411302 | - |
| Framework | ONNX | - |
| Backend | DirectML | - |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Radeon RX 9070 XT and Intel Arc Pro B70General
| Vendor | Amd | Intel |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | January 7, 2025 | March 25, 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | $949 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Professional |
| Segment | High-end | High-end |
| Architecture | RDNA 4.0 | Battlemage Pro Series |
| GPU Codename | Navi 48 | BMG-G31 |
| Rival Equivalent | - GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | - |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above | - |
Desktop GPU rating (12th and 28th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1660 MHz | 2280 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2970 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| Shading Units | 4096 | 4096 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 256 | 256 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 128 | 128 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 64 | 32 |
| Tensor Cores | 128 | 256 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 64 | 32 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 256KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 8MB shared | 16MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 4 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 380 GPixel/s | 358 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 760 GTexel/s | 717 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 | 230 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 357 mm² | - |
| Transistor Count | 53.9 billion | - |
| Transistor Density | 150.98 MTr/mm² | - |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2518 MHz | 2375 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 20100 Mbps | 19000 Mbps |
| Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.2 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | No | No |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | 2.1a | 2.1a |
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