ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070
vs
ASRock Radeon RX 9070 Challenger 16GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 and the ASRock Radeon RX 9070 Challenger 16GB, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 and has 6144 texture shaders and 48 execution units.

ASRock Radeon RX 9070 Challenger 16GB is based on AMD Radeon RX 9070, which has 3584 shaders and 56 execution units.
ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 GPU ASRock Radeon RX 9070 Challenger 16GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Based on AMD Radeon RX 9070
GB205-300-A1 GPU Chip Navi 48 XT
Blackwell Architecture RDNA 4
48 Streaming Multiprocessors 56
6144 Shader 3584
64 Render Output Units 128
192 Texture Units 224
48 Raytracing Cores 56

Memory

The ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR7 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 672 GB/s.

The ASRock Radeon RX 9070 Challenger 16GB can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 645 GB/s.

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

Clock Speeds

The ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 clocks in the base with up to 2.165 GHz. The base frequency of the ASRock Radeon RX 9070 Challenger 16GB is 1.330 GHz.

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

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 is 250 W (Reference). The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 16-Pin connector.

The ASRock Radeon RX 9070 Challenger 16GB has a TDP of 220 W (Reference) and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

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

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The ASRock Radeon RX 9070 Challenger 16GB has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- 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 ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070.

The ASRock Radeon RX 9070 Challenger 16GB 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 v2.1b DP Ports 3x DP v2.1a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASRock Radeon RX 9070 Challenger 16GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

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 ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 is 304 mm long, 125 mm high and 50 mm wide.

The ASRock Radeon RX 9070 Challenger 16GB is 290 mm long, 123 mm high and 51 mm wide.

304 mm Length 290 mm
125 mm Height 123 mm
50 mm Width 51 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 918 g
PCIe 5 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 5 x 16
Yes SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 was released in Q1/2025 at a price of 549 $ (Reference).

The ASRock Radeon RX 9070 Challenger 16GB was introduced in Q2/2025 at a price of 549 $ (Reference).

PRIME-RTX5070-12G Part-no RX9070 CL 16G
Q1/2025 Release date Q2/2025
549 $ (Reference) Launch Price 549 $ (Reference)
5 nm Structure size 4 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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