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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs NVIDIA ASUS Dual OC GeForce RTX 3070: Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and NVIDIA ASUS Dual OC GeForce RTX 3070 separate most on vram: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT at 16 GB, NVIDIA ASUS Dual OC GeForce RTX 3070 at 8 GB, 50% in favour of AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT. In Blender Cycles (GPU) the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT scores 3,279 against 3,190 for the NVIDIA ASUS Dual OC GeForce RTX 3070, a lead of 3%.

Specs

Specification
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (AMD/RDNA 4/Upper Mid-Range/16GB VRAM/280W TDP/FSR 4/Ray Tracing/850W PSU)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
ASUS Dual OC GeForce RTX 3070
NVIDIA ASUS Dual OC GeForce RTX 3070
GPU BrandAMDNVIDIA
SeriesRDNA 4GeForce RTX 30
Board PartnerReference/Founders EditionASUS
VRAM16 GB8 GB-50%
TierUpper Mid-RangeUpper Mid-Range
Ray Tracing SupporttrueYes
ArchitectureRDNA 4Ampere

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 9070 XT3,279n=676Best
NVIDIA ASUS Dual OC GeForce RTX 30703,190n=311-3%

Verdict

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

9 / 10 Expert Rating

AMD's most well-rounded card in years — near-5070-Ti raster for less, the cheapest path to native 4K 60 FPS, with a narrowed RT gap and improved FSR 4.

NVIDIA ASUS Dual OC GeForce RTX 3070

7.5 / 10 Expert Rating

A solid upper mid-range pick if its price and 8GB VRAM allocation match your target resolution.

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