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 (285 benchmarks)

Gears of War: E-Day Beta

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • The Coalition

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+80%)

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+77%)

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 13 FPS

MIN 10 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+83%)

AVG 11 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 6 FPS

MIN 5 FPS

Winner

Loser

Beast of Reincarnation

7.6 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • GAME FREAK inc.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+15%)

AVG 106 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+16%)

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+24%)

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

Halo: Campaign Evolved

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Halo Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+27%)

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+29%)

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+33%)

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 24 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Background

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Barcelona, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft India, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Philippines, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Shanghai

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5070 (+26%)

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5070 (+28%)

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5070 (+26%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5070 (+27%)

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5070 (+29%)

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5070 (+32%)

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

Winner

Loser

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

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Wins!

Based on 285 benchmarks across 79 games

Avg FPS

Radeon RX 6900 XT

+25.2%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5070