AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded data contains a single direct comparison between the AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER. The benchmark used is 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, a demanding test of modern DirectX 12 rendering performance. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER scores 2690 points, while the AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT scores 2048 points. This gives NVIDIA a 23.9% advantage in this specific test, with the delta expressed as -23.9% from the perspective of the AMD part.

The magnitude of this gap is significant. A 23.9% difference in a single synthetic workload places the two cards in clearly different performance tiers. The RTX 5070 SUPER delivers its higher score while operating with a substantially larger silicon budget, which the specification data confirms. The NVIDIA part also carries a much lower percentile ranking of 18 among all GPUs in the database, whereas the AMD part sits at percentile 52. This percentile gap is counterintuitive at first glance, but it reflects the composition of the database rather than raw performance. The RTX 5070 SUPER has only one recorded benchmark result, which lowers its aggregate standing relative to the broader GPU population.

The RX 7600M XT has a much larger benchmark footprint. Its average benchmark score across all recorded tests is 12710, while the RTX 5070 SUPER has an average of 2690 based on its single Steel Nomad result. These averages are not directly comparable because they aggregate different test suites. The RX 7600M XT shows results across Geekbench OpenCL, Geekbench Vulkan, multiple Passmark DirectX versions, Passmark G2D, G3D, and GPU compute. The RTX 5070 SUPER has no such breadth in the current data, so any holistic comparison must lean primarily on the head-to-head Steel Nomad result.

The RX 7600M XT's own benchmark spread is informative. It scores 74869 in Geekbench OpenCL and 27793 in Geekbench Vulkan, showing strong compute-oriented throughput in those APIs. Its Passmark G3D score of 13907 and GPU compute score of 7140 indicate a balanced profile across rasterization and general compute workloads. The older DirectX tests show 175 in DX9, 137 in DX11, 76 in DX10, and 58 in DX12, which are legacy API results and not representative of modern workload performance. The Steel Nomad DX12 result of 2048 is the most relevant modern metric for the AMD card, and it is the one used in the direct comparison.

The RTX 5070 SUPER's nearest rivals in the database are oddly positioned. Its closest matches by average score are the NVIDIA Quadro K1100M at 2664 with a 1% delta, the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 at 2662 with a 1.1% delta, the Intel Arc Pro B50 at 2660 with a 1.1% delta, and the NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 at 2645 with a 1.7% delta. These rival cards are far older and less powerful in real-world terms, but their average scores happen to cluster near 2690. This illustrates that average score alone, without workload context, can produce misleading peer groupings. The RX 7600M XT's rivals cluster much closer to its own average: the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 at 12773 with a -0.5% delta, the AMD Radeon Pro 455 at 12831 with a -0.9% delta, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 at 12830 with a -0.9% delta, and the NVIDIA Tesla K20Xm at 12625 with a 0.7% delta.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU wins the single recorded head-to-head benchmark?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER wins the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test with a score of 2690 against 2048 for the AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT, a 23.9% difference.

Q: How do the average benchmark scores compare?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT has an average benchmark score of 12710 across its many recorded tests. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER has an average of 2690, but that figure is based on a single benchmark result, so the two averages are not directly comparable.

Q: What is the percentile ranking of each GPU?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT ranks in the 52nd percentile among all GPUs in the database. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER ranks in the 18th percentile.

Q: Which GPU has more shading units?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER has 6400 shading units, while the AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT has 2048. The NVIDIA part also has 200 texture mapping units versus 128, and 80 render output units versus 64.

Q: What memory configurations do the two cards use?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT uses 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER uses 18 GB of GDDR7 on a 192-bit bus with 672.0 GB/s of bandwidth.

Q: What are the power consumption figures?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT has a TDP of 120 W and is listed as an IGP with no power connectors. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER has a TDP of 275 W and uses a single 16-pin power connector.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from different architectural generations and are built on different process nodes. The AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT uses the Navi 33 chip with RDNA 3.0 architecture, codenamed Hotpink Bonefish, and belongs to the Navi Mobile generation of the RX 7000M series. It is manufactured on a 6 nm process at TSMC and contains 13,300 million transistors on a 204 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 65.2 million per square millimeter. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER uses the GB205 chip with Blackwell 2.0 architecture and belongs to the GeForce 50 series. It is manufactured on a 5 nm process at TSMC and contains 31,100 million transistors on a 263 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 118.3 million per square millimeter.

The ray tracing and compute resources differ markedly. The AMD part has 32 ray tracing cores and no tensor cores. The NVIDIA part has 50 ray tracing cores and 200 tensor cores. This tensor core count gives the RTX 5070 SUPER a dedicated hardware path for AI-accelerated workloads that the AMD card lacks entirely. The FP32 throughput also favors NVIDIA: 32.15 TFLOPS versus 20.23 TFLOPS. The FP16 figures show a stark difference in ratio. The AMD card reaches 40.45 TFLOPS with a 2:1 ratio, meaning it doubles FP16 throughput relative to FP32. The NVIDIA card delivers 32.15 TFLOPS with a 1:1 ratio, meaning its FP16 throughput equals its FP32 throughput rather than exceeding it.

Clock behavior is another distinguishing factor. The AMD card has a base clock of 1280 MHz, a boost clock of 2469 MHz, and a game clock of 2023 MHz. The NVIDIA card has a base clock of 2325 MHz and a boost clock of 2512 MHz, with no game clock listed. Memory clocks also diverge: the AMD card runs at 2250 MHz with 18 Gbps effective, while the NVIDIA card runs at 1750 MHz with 28 Gbps effective. The higher effective memory speed on the NVIDIA part, combined with a wider 192-bit bus versus 128-bit, produces the large bandwidth advantage of 672.0 GB/s versus 288.0 GB/s.

Physical and interface specifications differ as well. The AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT is listed as an IGP with no power connectors and a PCIe 4.0 x16 bus interface. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER is a dual-slot card measuring 245 mm in length, 115 mm in height, and 40 mm in width, with a PCIe 5.0 x16 bus interface. The NVIDIA card provides 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1b outputs, while the AMD card's display outputs are listed as portable device dependent. Both cards support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

The Verdict

The benchmark data points to a clear winner in raw performance. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER beats the AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT by 23.9% in the only directly comparable test, the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 benchmark. The NVIDIA card also holds decisive specification advantages in shading units, texture mapping units, render output units, ray tracing cores, memory capacity, memory bandwidth, and FP32 throughput. Its 18 GB of GDDR7 memory and 672.0 GB/s of bandwidth place it in a different class of memory subsystem than the 8 GB GDDR6 configuration of the AMD card.

The AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT is not without its own strengths. Its 120 W TDP is less than half of the NVIDIA card's 275 W, and its IGP form factor with no power connectors makes it suitable for compact, power-constrained portable systems. The AMD card's broader benchmark record shows respectable compute performance, particularly its Geekbench OpenCL score of 74869 and its Passmark G3D score of 13907. Its 52nd percentile ranking among all GPUs indicates it sits near the middle of the database population, which is a reasonable placement for a mobile-oriented part.

The RTX 5070 SUPER's 18th percentile ranking is misleading in this context. That percentile is computed from an average score based on a single benchmark, and the nearest rivals by average score are all much older, lower-performance cards. The Steel Nomad result itself, which is the more meaningful data point, shows the NVIDIA card outperforming the AMD card by a substantial margin. The percentile field should not be read as an indication that the RTX 5070 SUPER is a weak GPU; the head-to-head result contradicts that interpretation.

The release dates confirm the generational gap. The AMD card was released on 2023-01-03, while the NVIDIA card is dated 2025-12-31. The two-year separation explains much of the architectural and specification delta. The AMD card is a mobile-first RDNA 3.0 part, while the NVIDIA card is a desktop-oriented Blackwell 2.0 part with a much larger transistor budget and a newer process node.

Specification Differences

The two GPUs differ across nearly every specification category. The AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT uses the Navi 33 chip with RDNA 3.0 architecture, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER uses the GB205 chip with Blackwell 2.0 architecture. The process nodes are 6 nm for AMD and 5 nm for NVIDIA, both from TSMC. Transistor counts are 13,300 million for AMD and 31,100 million for NVIDIA, with die sizes of 204 mm² and 263 mm² respectively. Transistor density is 65.2 million per square millimeter for AMD and 118.3 million per square millimeter for NVIDIA.

Memory configurations diverge sharply. The AMD card has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 288.0 GB/s bandwidth. The NVIDIA card has 18 GB of GDDR7 on a 192-bit bus with 672.0 GB/s bandwidth. Compute resources: AMD has 2048 shading units, 128 TMUs, 64 ROPs, and 32 ray tracing cores. NVIDIA has 6400 shading units, 200 TMUs, 80 ROPs, 50 ray tracing cores, and 200 tensor cores. The AMD card has no tensor cores.

Clock speeds and throughput figures differ as well. AMD base clock is 1280 MHz, boost is 2469 MHz, and game clock is 2023 MHz. NVIDIA base clock is 2325 MHz and boost is 2512 MHz. AMD memory clock is 2250 MHz with 18 Gbps effective; NVIDIA memory clock is 1750 MHz with 28 Gbps effective. Pixel rate is 158.0 GPixel/s for AMD and 201.0 GPixel/s for NVIDIA. Texture rate is 316.0 GTexel/s for AMD and 502.4 GTexel/s for NVIDIA. FP32 is 20.23 TFLOPS for AMD and 32.15 TFLOPS for NVIDIA. FP16 is 40.45 TFLOPS for AMD with a 2:1 ratio and 32.15 TFLOPS for NVIDIA with a 1:1 ratio.

Power and physical specs: AMD has a 120 W TDP, is an IGP, and has no power connectors. NVIDIA has a 275 W TDP, is dual-slot, and uses a 1x 16-pin connector. The AMD card uses PCIe 4.0 x16; the NVIDIA card uses PCIe 5.0 x16. Display outputs: AMD is portable device dependent; NVIDIA has 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1b. Dimensions are not listed for AMD; NVIDIA measures 245 mm by 115 mm by 40 mm. The AMD card's predecessor is listed as Polaris Mobile, while the NVIDIA card has no predecessor listed.

Where Each One Wins

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER wins in every directly measured performance category. Its 23.9% lead in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 makes it the stronger choice for modern DirectX 12 rendering workloads. Its 50 ray tracing cores and 200 tensor cores give it dedicated hardware for ray-traced effects and AI-based features, which the AMD card cannot match. The 18 GB GDDR7 memory pool with 672.0 GB/s bandwidth supports high-resolution textures and large data sets far beyond the 8 GB capacity of the AMD card. The 32.15 TFLOPS FP32 throughput and 502.4 GTexel/s texture rate indicate strong raw compute and texturing performance for demanding 3D applications.

The AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT wins in power efficiency and form factor suitability. Its 120 W TDP is less than half of the NVIDIA card's 275 W, and its IGP classification with no power connectors means it can operate in systems without discrete power wiring. The AMD card's 40.45 TFLOPS FP16 throughput with a 2:1 ratio gives it a relative advantage in workloads that can exploit reduced-precision math, though the NVIDIA card's 1:1 ratio means its FP16 performance is consistent with its FP32 performance rather than doubled. The AMD card's broader benchmark record, including its Geekbench OpenCL score of 74869 and Passmark GPU compute score of 7140, shows it handles general compute tasks competently for its power class.

The data supports a straightforward split. For maximum rendering performance, ray tracing capability, and memory bandwidth, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER is the clear choice. For low-power mobile or compact systems where the 120 W TDP and connector-free IGP design are decisive, the AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT is the appropriate option. The two cards are not direct competitors in the same segment; they occupy different power and form factor tiers, and their benchmark results reflect that positioning.