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AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs NVIDIA MSI Ventus 2X OC GeForce RTX 4070: Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 9070 and NVIDIA MSI Ventus 2X OC GeForce RTX 4070 separate most on vram: AMD Radeon RX 9070 at 16 GB, NVIDIA MSI Ventus 2X OC GeForce RTX 4070 at 12 GB, 25% in favour of AMD Radeon RX 9070. TDP splits them by another 10%, this time favouring NVIDIA MSI Ventus 2X OC GeForce RTX 4070. They match on tier, ray tracing support and msrp. In Blender Cycles (GPU) the NVIDIA MSI Ventus 2X OC GeForce RTX 4070 scores 5,219 against 2,840 for the AMD Radeon RX 9070, a lead of 46%.

AMD Radeon RX 9070 (AMD/RDNA 4/Upper Mid-Range/16GB GDDR6/220W TDP/Ray Tracing/$549 MSRP)
AMDAMD Radeon RX 9070
MSI Ventus 2X OC GeForce RTX 4070
NVIDIANVIDIA MSI Ventus 2X OC GeForce RTX 4070

Specs

Specification
AMD Radeon RX 9070 (AMD/RDNA 4/Upper Mid-Range/16GB GDDR6/220W TDP/Ray Tracing/$549 MSRP)
AMD Radeon RX 9070
MSI Ventus 2X OC GeForce RTX 4070
NVIDIA MSI Ventus 2X OC GeForce RTX 4070
GPU BrandAMDNVIDIA
SeriesRDNA 4GeForce RTX 40
Board PartnerReference/Founders EditionMSI
VRAM16 GB12 GB-25%
TierUpper Mid-RangeUpper Mid-Range
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6X
Ray Tracing Supporttruetrue
TDP220 W-10%200 W
ArchitectureRDNA 4Ada Lovelace (AD104)
MSRP549549

Benchmarks

Measured results, not specifications. Percentages are the gap to the leading product in each test.

Blender Cycles (GPU)

Blender 4.5, Blender Open Data (CC0). Median of monster + junkshop + classroom, combined samples/min.

Blender renders 3D scenes by tracing light through them, which loads every shader unit on the card at once. The score measures sustained render throughput, so it tells you what a card does in Cycles and similar renderers rather than what it does in a game. Figures come from Blender's Open Data project, which places no restriction on reuse, and we publish the median of every submission for that card on the same Blender version.

AMD Radeon RX 90702,840n=90-46%
NVIDIA MSI Ventus 2X OC GeForce RTX 40705,219n=262Best

Verdict

AMD Radeon RX 9070

8 / 10 Expert Rating

The overlooked sibling — the XT's 16GB of VRAM at 220W and $549, a real efficiency and price win if you don't need every last XT frame.

NVIDIA MSI Ventus 2X OC GeForce RTX 4070

7.5 / 10 Expert Rating

A solid upper mid-range pick if its price and 12GB VRAM allocation match your target resolution.

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