ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 OC Edition
vs
ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 OC Edition is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (Blackwell) and has 12 GB GDDR7 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 672 GB/s.

The ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT (RDNA 3) and has 20 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 800 GB/s.

GPU

The ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 OC Edition has the GB205-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Blackwell architecture.

The ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT is based on the graphics chip Navi 31, which comes from the RDNA 3 architecture.
ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 OC Edition GPU ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Based on AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
GB205-300-A1 GPU Chip Navi 31
Blackwell Architecture RDNA 3
48 Streaming Multiprocessors 84
6144 Shader 5376
64 Render Output Units 192
192 Texture Units 336
48 Raytracing Cores 84

Memory

The graphics memory of the ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 OC Edition clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 28.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT is 20.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.500 GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 20 GB
GDDR7 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 2.500 GHz
28.0 Gbps Memory Speed 20.0 Gbps
672 GB/s Memory bandwidth 800 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 320 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

2.165 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
2.587 GHz Boost Clock 2.400 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.00 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 OC Edition is powered by 1 x 16-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 250 W (Reference).

The ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 300 W.

250 W (Reference) TDP 300 W
-- TDP (up) --
85 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 16-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 OC Edition is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT has 3 Axial main fans that 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

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 OC Edition.

The ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v2.1b DP Ports 2x DP v2.1
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports 1

Featureset

With the ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 OC Edition it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT 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 No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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 OC Edition is connected to the system via PCIe 5 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4 x 16 Lanes interface.

304 mm Length 276 mm
125 mm Height 113 mm
50 mm Width 51 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 5 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4 x 16
Yes SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 OC Edition has been manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers since Q1/2025.

The ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT came on the market in Q4/2022 and will have a structure width of 5 nanometers manufactured.

PRIME-RTX5070-O12G Part-no --
Q1/2025 Release date Q4/2022
549 $ (Reference) Launch Price 899 $ (Reference)
5 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)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
50 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
106 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
158 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
88 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
138 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
170054

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XT
20 GB GDDR6
196447

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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