AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

amd

Brand

16GB GDDR6

Memory

5120

Cores

512 GB/s

Bandwidth

Radeon RX 6900 XT

$499.99 Oct 2020 View Details

$499.99

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR7

Memory

6144

Cores

672 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 5070

$519.99 Mar 2025 View Details

$549.99

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

16GB GDDR6 300W $499.99 Oct 2020

Radeon RX 6900 XT

$999 • Oct 2020

GeForce RTX 5070

$549 • Mar 2025

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

12GB GDDR7 250W $519.99 Mar 2025

Specs Comparison

Specification	AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
Memory Size	16 GB	12 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR7
TDP	300 W	250 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2250 MHz	2512 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	512 GB/s	672 GB/s
Process Size	7nm	5nm
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Blackwell 2.0
Shading Units	5120	6144
RT Cores	80	48
TMUs	320	192
ROPs	128	80
Memory Bus	256-bit	192-bit
Memory Clock	2000 MHz	1750 MHz
Pixel Rate	288 GPixel/s	201 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	512 GTexel/s	482.3 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	23.04 GFLOPS	30.87 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	4.00 MB	48.00 MB
Die Size	520 mm²	263 mm²
Transistors	26800 Million	31100 Million
Required PSU	700 W	600 W
Power Connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 16-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 5.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	TSMC	TSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

20261

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

23103 (+14%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

124121

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

190967 (+54%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

305.2 FPS

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

26744

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

29107 (+9%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

Game Benchmarks Comparison (270 benchmarks)

007 First Light

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • IO Interactive A/S

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+6%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 75 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+3%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+6%)

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 6900 XT (+15%)

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 104 FPS

GeForce RTX 5070

AVG 101 FPS

MIN 87 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 6900 XT (+33%)

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 82 FPS

GeForce RTX 5070

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

Radeon RX 6900 XT (+9%)

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

GeForce RTX 5070

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

Winner

Loser

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Background

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight

7.8 2026 • Action, Adventure • TT Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+28%)

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 75 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+23%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+28%)

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

Winner

Loser

Forza Horizon 6

9.5 2026 • Racing, Simulation, Sports • Playground Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+64%)

AVG 126 FPS

MIN 114 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+48%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+40%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5070 (+94%)

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5070 (+81%)

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5070 (+67%)

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

GeForce RTX 5070 (+114%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

GeForce RTX 5070 (+94%)

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| high

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

GeForce RTX 5070 (+61%)

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

Winner

Loser

DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Background

DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, Nixxes Software

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+18%)

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+20%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+14%)

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5070 (+53%)

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5070 (+55%)

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5070 (+50%)

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5070 (+110%)

AVG 221 FPS

MIN 204 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5070 (+108%)

AVG 177 FPS

MIN 172 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5070 (+141%)

AVG 130 FPS

MIN 122 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

Winner

Loser

Crimson Desert

7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure • Pearl Abyss

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+38%)

AVG 80 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+43%)

AVG 57 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+43%)

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

Winner

Loser

Resident Evil Requiem

8.7 2026 • Action, Adventure • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5070 (+11%)

AVG 136 FPS

MIN 110 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 123 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5070 (+15%)

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 87 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5070 (+24%)

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Wins!

Based on 270 benchmarks across 75 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

+25%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5070