AMD Radeon RX 9070
vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the AMD Radeon RX 9070 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 9070 and has 3584 texture shaders and 56 execution units.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070, which has 6144 shaders and 48 execution units.
AMD Radeon RX 9070 GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition
AMD Radeon RX 9070 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
Navi 48 XT GPU Chip GB205-300-A1
RDNA 4 Architecture Blackwell
56 Streaming Multiprocessors 48
3584 Shader 6144
128 Render Output Units 64
224 Texture Units 192
56 Raytracing Cores 48

Memory

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 645 GB/s.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition can access 12 GB GDDR7 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 672 GB/s.

16 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR7
2.518 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
20.1 Gbps Memory Speed 28.0 Gbps
645 GB/s Memory bandwidth 672 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 clocks in the base with up to 1.330 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition is 2.165 GHz.

1.330 GHz Base Clock 2.165 GHz
2.520 GHz Boost Clock 2.510 GHz
2.07 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the AMD Radeon RX 9070 is 220 W (Reference). The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition has a TDP of 250 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors.

220 W (Reference) TDP 250 W
-- TDP (up) --
85 °C Tjunction max 85 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition has 0 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the AMD Radeon RX 9070.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1b
3x DP v2.1a DP Ports 3x DP v2.1b
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Non addressable LED LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition is 242 mm long, 112 mm high and -- wide.

-- Length 242 mm
-- Height 112 mm
-- Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 5 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 5 x 16
No SFF-Ready Yes

Additional data

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 was released in Q2/2025 at a price of 549 $ (Reference).

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition was introduced in Q1/2025 at a price of 549 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q2/2025 Release date Q1/2025
549 $ (Reference) Launch Price 549 $ (Reference)
4 nm Structure size 5 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Steel Nomad Light Graphics score

Steel Nomad Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Solar Bay (Raytracing)

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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