AMD Radeon RX 560 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Comparison

The Verdict

The benchmark data positions the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER as a decisively superior performer to the AMD Radeon RX 560 XT. The RTX 4070 SUPER wins both recorded head-to-head tests, with the Geekbench OpenCL score of 172,795 versus 31,387 for the RX 560 XT, a 450.5% advantage. The Vulkan test shows a similar gap: 205,624 versus 36,879, a 457.6% delta. The average benchmark score reinforces this: the RTX 4070 SUPER records 43,223, while the RX 560 XT averages 34,133, a difference that places them in different performance tiers altogether.

The RTX 4070 SUPER sits at the 83rd percentile of all GPUs in the database, while the RX 560 XT sits at the 79th. However, the percentile gap understates the practical difference, as the absolute scores show the RTX 4070 SUPER is roughly 26.6% ahead in average benchmark score. In the nearest rival comparisons, the RTX 4070 SUPER trades nearly evenly with the Quadro M6000 24 GB (delta of -0.1%), the RTX 5050 Mobile (-0.1%), and the Quadro M6000 (-0.2%), while trailing the RTX 4090 Mobile by 1%. The RX 560 XT, by contrast, is statistically tied with the RTX A2000 12 GB (-0.1%), the RTX A1000 (-0.2%), and the RX 480 (0.4% ahead of the RX 560 XT), with the HD 7950 slightly behind it at 0.5%.

Who should pick which: any workload that stresses modern rendering features, ray tracing, or high-resolution textures belongs on the RTX 4070 SUPER. The RX 560 XT, with its older architecture and smaller memory footprint, is only relevant for legacy DirectX 9/10/11 scenarios or basic compute where absolute frame rates are not the priority. The data does not support the RX 560 XT as a competitive alternative in any measured category; it is outclassed by an order of magnitude in both OpenCL and Vulkan throughput.

FAQ

Q: How large is the performance gap between the RTX 4070 SUPER and the RX 560 XT?

A: In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 4070 SUPER scores 172,795 versus 31,387, a 450.5% lead. In Geekbench Vulkan, the scores are 205,624 versus 36,879, a 457.6% lead. The average benchmark score gap is 43,223 versus 34,133, which is approximately 26.6% higher for the RTX 4070 SUPER.

Q: Does the RX 560 XT win any benchmark against the RTX 4070 SUPER?

A: No. The recorded head-to-head data shows two tests, and the RTX 4070 SUPER wins both. The wins count is 2 for the RTX 4070 SUPER and 0 for the RX 560 XT.

Q: How do their overall database percentiles compare?

A: The RTX 4070 SUPER is in the 83rd percentile of all GPUs, while the RX 560 XT is in the 79th. Despite the close percentile rank, the absolute score difference is substantial, indicating the percentile scale compresses the upper-mid range.

Q: Which GPUs are the nearest rivals for each card?

A: For the RTX 4070 SUPER, the nearest rivals are the Quadro M6000 24 GB (delta -0.1%), RTX 5050 Mobile (-0.1%), Quadro M6000 (-0.2%), and RTX 4090 Mobile (-1%). For the RX 560 XT, the nearest rivals are the RTX A2000 12 GB (-0.1%), RTX A1000 (-0.2%), RX 480 (0.4% ahead of the RX 560 XT), and HD 7950 (0.5% ahead of the RX 560 XT).

Q: Is the RX 560 XT competitive with the RTX 4070 SUPER in any API?

A: The data shows no such overlap. The Vulkan test, which often favors AMD architectures, still shows the RTX 4070 SUPER ahead by 457.6%. The OpenCL test shows a 450.5% lead. There is no recorded test where the RX 560 XT approaches the RTX 4070 SUPER's output.

Q: What does the average benchmark score imply for real-world use?

A: The average score of 43,223 for the RTX 4070 SUPER versus 34,133 for the RX 560 XT suggests the RTX 4070 SUPER sustains roughly a quarter higher overall throughput across the database's benchmark suite. This is a consistent margin, not a single-test anomaly.

Architecture Differences

The two cards come from fundamentally different design eras. The RTX 4070 SUPER uses the AD104 chip built on TSMC's 5 nm process, packing 35,800 million transistors into a 294 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 121.8 million per mm². The RX 560 XT uses the Ellesmere chip on GlobalFoundries' 14 nm process, with 5,700 million transistors on a 232 mm² die, a density of 24.6 million per mm². The density difference is over 4.9x, reflecting the generational leap in fabrication.

The RTX 4070 SUPER is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture, the successor to the GeForce 30 series. It includes dedicated ray tracing cores (56 of them) and tensor cores (224), enabling hardware-accelerated ray tracing and AI-assisted features. The RX 560 XT, based on GCN 4.0 from the Polaris generation, has no ray tracing cores and no tensor cores; it relies on traditional shader-based compute. The GCN architecture, while efficient for its time, lacks the specialized hardware units that define modern GPU workloads.

Shader resources differ sharply. The RTX 4070 SUPER has 7,168 shading units, 224 texture mapping units, and 80 render output units. The RX 560 XT has 1,792 shading units, 112 TMUs, and 32 ROPs. The RTX 4070 SUPER has exactly 4x the shading units and 2x the TMUs, with 2.5x the ROPs. The FP32 compute throughput tells the same story: 35.48 TFLOPS for the RTX 4070 SUPER versus 4.394 TFLOPS for the RX 560 XT, an 8.1x difference. FP16 is identical to FP32 on both cards (1:1 ratio), but the absolute numbers still favor the RTX 4070 SUPER by the same margin.

Memory architecture is also generationally distinct. The RTX 4070 SUPER uses 12 GB of GDDR6X on a 192-bit bus, delivering 504.2 GB/s of bandwidth. The RX 560 XT uses 4 GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus, delivering 224.0 GB/s. The RTX 4070 SUPER offers 3x the capacity and 2.25x the bandwidth, despite the narrower bus. The memory clock shows the technology gap: 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective) for the RTX 4070 SUPER versus 1750 MHz (7 Gbps effective) for the RX 560 XT.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ across nearly every recorded specification field. Process node: 5 nm for the RTX 4070 SUPER, 14 nm for the RX 560 XT. Transistor count: 35,800 million versus 5,700 million. Die size: 294 mm² versus 232 mm². Transistor density: 121.8M per mm² versus 24.6M per mm².

Clock speeds are higher on the RTX 4070 SUPER: base 1980 MHz versus 1074 MHz, boost 2475 MHz versus 1226 MHz. Memory type and bandwidth favor the RTX 4070 SUPER with GDDR6X at 504.2 GB/s versus GDDR5 at 224.0 GB/s. Memory capacity is 12 GB versus 4 GB. Bus width is narrower on the RTX 4070 SUPER (192-bit versus 256-bit), but the faster memory compensates.

The compute resources differ as listed above: 7168 shading units versus 1792, 224 TMUs versus 112, 80 ROPs versus 32. The RTX 4070 SUPER has 56 RT cores and 224 tensor cores; the RX 560 XT has none. Pixel rate is 198.0 GPixel/s versus 39.23 GPixel/s, and texture rate is 554.4 GTexel/s versus 137.3 GTexel/s.

Power draw and connectivity also differ. The RTX 4070 SUPER has a TDP of 220 W with a 1x 16-pin power connector and a suggested 550 W PSU; the RX 560 XT has a TDP of 150 W with a 1x 6-pin connector and a suggested 450 W PSU. The bus interface is PCIe 4.0 x16 on the RTX 4070 SUPER versus PCIe 3.0 x16 on the RX 560 XT. Display outputs: the RTX 4070 SUPER has 1x HDMI 2.1 and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a; the RX 560 XT has 1x HDMI 2.0b and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a. API support: the RTX 4070 SUPER supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4, while the RX 560 XT supports DirectX 12 (12_0) and Vulkan 1.3. Both support OpenGL 4.6.

Physical dimensions: the RTX 4070 SUPER is 267 mm long, 112 mm tall, and 42 mm wide; the RX 560 XT is 241 mm long with no recorded height or width. Both are dual-slot cards. Release dates are far apart: the RTX 4070 SUPER launched in January 2024, the RX 560 XT in March 2019. The RTX 4070 SUPER has a recorded launch MSRP of 599 USD; the RX 560 XT has no recorded MSRP.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database records exactly two head-to-head tests between these cards, and both are dominated by the RTX 4070 SUPER.

In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 4070 SUPER scores 172,795 against the RX 560 XT's 31,387. The delta is 450.5%, meaning the RTX 4070 SUPER delivers more than 5.5x the OpenCL compute throughput. This is the sort of margin seen between entirely different performance classes, not between two cards that share a similar market position. OpenCL is a proxy for general compute workloads such as physics simulation, data processing, and non-gaming acceleration; the RX 560 XT's GCN architecture, with its 4.394 TFLOPS FP32, simply cannot keep pace with the Ada Lovelace parts at 35.48 TFLOPS.

In Geekbench Vulkan, the gap is even wider in relative terms. The RTX 4070 SUPER scores 205,624, while the RX 560 XT scores 36,879. The delta is 457.6%, the largest margin in the recorded dataset. Vulkan is a low-overhead graphics API that scales with raw shader throughput and memory bandwidth. The RTX 4070 SUPER's 504.2 GB/s bandwidth and 7,168 shading units overwhelm the RX 560 XT's 224.0 GB/s and 1,792 units. The Vulkan result also reflects the RTX 4070 SUPER's newer driver optimization and hardware scheduling, though the specification gap alone explains most of the difference.

The wins tally is 2 for the RTX 4070 SUPER, 0 for the RX 560 XT. There are no tests where the RX 560 XT comes within even 10% of the RTX 4070 SUPER, let alone wins. The closest the RX 560 XT gets is in OpenCL, where it still trails by 450.5%, and in Vulkan, where it trails by 457.6%. These are not marginal losses; they are categorical defeats.

Contextualizing with the nearest rivals: the RTX 4070 SUPER's average score of 43,223 sits just below the RTX 4090 Mobile's 43,667 (a 1% deficit) and just above the Quadro M6000 24 GB's 43,262 (a 0.1% advantage). The RX 560 XT's average of 34,133 sits below the RTX A2000 12 GB's 34,154 (a 0.1% deficit) and above the HD 7950's 33,951 (a 0.5% advantage). This means the RTX 4070 SUPER competes with flagship-class mobile and workstation GPUs, while the RX 560 XT competes with entry-level professional cards and a card from 2012 (the HD 7950). The delta between the two cards' average scores, roughly 9,090 points, is larger than the entire score of the RX 560 XT's closest rival cluster.

The practical interpretation: for any modern workload measured by these benchmarks, the RTX 4070 SUPER is not just faster, it is in a different stratum. The RX 560 XT remains usable for its original era of games and compute, but the recorded data shows no scenario where it challenges the RTX 4070 SUPER. The percentile ranks (83rd versus 79th) might suggest proximity, but the absolute scores and the head-to-head deltas reveal the true scale of the performance gap. The RTX 4070 SUPER is the clear choice for any application that benefits from OpenCL or Vulkan throughput, and the RX 560 XT should be considered only where legacy compatibility or minimal power draw outweighs raw performance.