GeForce RTX 5070 VS Radeon RX 9070
We are comparing the GeForce RTX 5070 ( NVIDIA ) head-to-head with the Radeon RX 9070 ( AMD ) . You’ll get the key pros and cons of each graphics card, in-depth specs, and gaming benchmarks.
Note: This comparison of GeForce RTX 5070 vs. Radeon RX 9070 is based on Comparigon's analysis and is for informational purposes only.
Last Updated: July 6, 2026
KEY DIFFERENCES OF GeForce RTX 5070 AND Radeon RX 9070
Here’s how GeForce RTX 5070 and Radeon RX 9070 stack up against each other in their most impactful areas. Use these bullets to see at a glance which graphics card excels where.
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5070
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13% higher PassMark G3D Mark score (28787 vs 25420)
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27% higher Geekbench 6 OpenCL score (190967 vs 149949)
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126% higher Blender score (6160 vs 2729)
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5% more memory bandwidth (672 GB/s vs 640 GB/s)
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Faster memory type (GDDR7)
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 9070
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12% higher 4K Ultra FPS (83 vs 74)
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9% higher 1440p Ultra FPS (139 vs 127)
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12% higher 1080p Ultra FPS (180 vs 161)
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19% higher 3DMark Time Spy score (26923 vs 22672)
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12% higher 3DMark Port Royal score (16114 vs 14348)
SPECIFICATION TABLE COMPARISON OF GeForce RTX 5070 AND Radeon RX 9070
Below is the detailed specification table comparing GeForce RTX 5070 and Radeon RX 9070.
Note: Highlighted specs mean that GPU wins that spec row.
If neither side is highlighted, it is a tie or there is not enough data for both specs.
| Specification | GeForce RTX 5070 | Radeon RX 9070 |
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General Info
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| GPU Name: | GeForce RTX 5070 | Radeon RX 9070 |
| GPU Type: | Discrete | Discrete |
| Codename: | GB205-300 | Navi 48 |
| Vendor: | NVIDIA | AMD |
| Foundry: | TSMSC | TSMC |
| Architecture: | Blackwell 2.0 | RDNA 4.0 |
| Generation: | GeForce 50 | Navi IV (RX 9000) |
| Release Date: | March 4, 2025 | March 6, 2025 |
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Board Design
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| Bus Interface: | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| PCIe Version: | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| PCIe Lanes: | x16 | x16 |
| Process Size: | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| Transistors: | 31.1 billion | 53.9 billion |
| Density: | 118.25 MTr/mm² | 151.19 MTr/mm² |
| Die Size: | 263 | 356.5 |
| Board Length: | 245 mm | — |
| Board Width: | 40 mm | — |
| Board Height: | 115 mm | — |
| Total Graphics Power (TGP): | 250 W | 220 W |
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Graphics Processor
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| Compute Units: | 80 | 56 |
| Shading Units: | 6144 | 3584 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs): | 192 | 224 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs): | 80 | 128 |
| Tensor Cores: | 192 | 112 |
| Ray Tracing Cores: | 48 | 56 |
| Base Clock: | 2325 | 1330 |
| Boost Clock: | 2512 | 2520 |
| L1 Cache: | 128KB per cluster | 128 KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache: | 48MB shared | 8 MB |
| L3 Cache: | — | 64 MB |
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Raw Performance
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| Pixel Fill Rate: | 201.0 GPixel/s | 322.6 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate: | 482.3 GTexel/s | 564.5 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance: | 30.87 TFLOPs | 36.13 TFLOPs |
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Memory
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| Memory Type: | GDDR7 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size: | 12 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Bus Width: | 192-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock: | 1750 | 2518 |
| Effective Memory Speed: | 28000 | 20100 |
| Bandwidth: | 672 | 640 |
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APIs
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| DirectX: | 12.2 | 12 |
| Vulkan: | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL: | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL: | 3.0 | 2.2 |
| CUDA: | 12.0 | No |
| Ray Tracing: | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS: | DLSS 4 | No |
| DisplayPort: | 2.1b | 2.1a |
| HDMI: | — | 2.1b |
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Gaming FPS
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| 1080p Ultra (FPS): | 161 | 180 |
| 1440p Ultra (FPS): | 127 | 139 |
| 4K Ultra (FPS): | 74 | 83 |
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Benchmarks
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3D Mark
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| Steel Nomad Lite | 23186 | 22669 |
| Time Spy | 22672 | 26923 |
| Solar Bay | 106341 | 105195 |
| Port Royal | 14348 | 16114 |
| Fire Strike | 58080 | 60172 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 43673 | 48175 |
| Night Raid | 175736 | 176602 |
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GeekBench 6 OpenCL
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| Compute Score | 190967 | 149949 |
| Background Blur | 254.4 img/sec | 377.5 |
| Face Detection | 180.6 img/sec | 221.3 |
| Horizon Detection | 7.91 Gpixels/sec | 6.4 |
| Edge Detection | 10.2 Gpixels/sec | 8.99 |
| Gaussian Blur | 10.7 Gpixels/sec | 8.52 |
| Feature Matching | 1.84 Gpixels/sec | 1.36 |
| Stereo Matching | 975.7 Gpixels/sec | 606 |
| Particle Physics | 27816.5 FPS | 8521.2 |
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Passmark Graphics
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| G3D Mark | 28787 | 25420 |
| G2D Mark | 1304 | 1272 |
| DirectX 11 | 280 | 279 |
| DirectX 12 | 106 | 74 |
| GPU Compute | 14598 Ops/s | 14801 |
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GFXBench 5
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| Aztec Ruins High (4K) | 1199.40 | 274.70 |
| Aztec Ruins Normal | 995.80 | 1412.60 |
| Car Chase | 859.00 | 1332.40 |
| Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) | 4075.00 | 1061.20 |
| T-Rex | 6657.70 | 4127.00 |
| Tessellation | 5998.50 | 6097.50 |
| ALU 2 | 276.30 | 7774.70 |
| Driver Overhead 2 | — | 276.10 |
| API | — | OpenGL |
| OS | Windows | Windows |
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Blender (Rendering)
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| Blender Score | 6160 | 2729 |
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GeekBench 6 ML
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| Single Precision | 30221 | 37056 |
| Half Precision | 30221 | 54866 |
| Quantized | 23474 | 29946 |
| Image Classification | 12270 | 15375 |
| Image Segmentation | 30237 | 37834 |
| Image Super Resolution | 35585 | 43910 |
| Face Detection | 62662 | 67858 |
| Pose Estimation | 145190 | 172939 |
| Text Classification | 4198 | 4469 |
| Machine Translation | 6233 | 8499 |
| Object Detection | 16709 | 15393 |
| Depth Estimation | 58300 | 66890 |
| Style Transfer | 246598 | 365633 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
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FurMark
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| 1080p Vulkan | 17361 | 17149 |
| 1440p Vulkan | 12595 | 12146 |
| 2160p Vulkan | 7899 | 5814 |
| 1080p OpenGL | 16477 | 17615 |
| 1440p OpenGL | 12295 | 11876 |
| 2160p OpenGL | 6339 | 5810 |
Tip: ▲ indicates a higher-is-better spec advantage, while ▼ indicates a lower-is-better advantage.
PERFORMANCE CHART COMPARISON OF GeForce RTX 5070 AND Radeon RX 9070
The charts below visualize how GeForce RTX 5070 and Radeon RX 9070 stack up in key performance metrics.
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Release Timeline of GeForce RTX 5070 and Radeon RX 9070
GeForce RTX 5070 was released 2 days earlier than Radeon RX 9070.
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Domain Score Summary
Note: Scores (0 to 100) are generated by Comparigon’s scoring algorithm and are intended as a high-level guide. They may not map 1-to-1 with the individual spec-by-spec comparisons shown in the table.
Our Verdict
In conclusion, the Radeon RX 9070 is clearly better overall compared to the GeForce RTX 5070. Its strongest advantages are in Gaming Performance, AI & Machine Learning, Hardware Architecture and Energy Efficiency. The GeForce RTX 5070 is the better fit if your top priority is Workstation.
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