AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded data shows a clear split between the two cards across nine benchmark tests, with the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT winning six and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile taking three. The most dramatic margin belongs to AMD in Passmark DirectX 9, where the RX 7700 XT scores 294 against 214, a 37.4% advantage. That result underscores the AMD card's strength in legacy DirectX workloads, and it is not an isolated case. In Passmark GPU Compute, the RX 7700 XT scores 12912 versus 8279, a 56% lead, the largest delta recorded in the head-to-head set. The RX 7700 XT also wins Passmark DirectX 11 by 20.8% (232 versus 192) and Passmark G2D by 29.6% (1161 versus 896).

The NVIDIA card counters with a massive win in Geekbench Vulkan. The RTX 5070 Mobile scores 116960, while the RX 7700 XT manages only 46443, a 60.3% deficit. That is the single biggest swing in either direction, and it shows the NVIDIA card's Vulkan driver and compute path are far ahead in that specific test. The RTX 5070 Mobile also wins Passmark DirectX 12 by 15.1% (93 versus 79) and Passmark DirectX 10 by 7.8% (129 versus 119). The DirectX 12 result matters, as modern games increasingly rely on that API, while the Vulkan result signals strong performance in titles built on Vulkan-based engines.

In Geekbench OpenCL, the RX 7700 XT leads 138383 to 122238, a 13.2% margin. In Passmark G3D, the RX 7700 XT scores 22547 against 20355, a 10.8% win. The overall pattern is consistent: AMD wins most rasterization and compute-oriented tests, NVIDIA wins the newer API tests and Vulkan compute. The average benchmark scores tell a different story, however. The RTX 5070 Mobile has an average benchmark score of 29928, which places it at the 75th percentile of all GPUs, while the RX 7700 XT averages 22549 and sits at the 67th percentile. That discrepancy comes from the two cards being measured against different nearest rival pools, not from the head-to-head results themselves.

The RX 7700 XT's nearest rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile (average score 22729, delta -0.8%), the RTX 2080 (22895, delta -1.5%), the RTX 5060 Mobile (22435, delta 0.5%), and the AMD RX 5700 (22170, delta 1.7%). The RTX 5070 Mobile's nearest rivals are far more powerful desktop parts: the RTX 3070 Ti (29945, delta -0.1%), RTX 2080 Ti (29783, delta 0.5%), RX 6800 (30095, delta -0.6%), and RX 6700 (30433, delta -1.7%). The RTX 5070 Mobile, despite its mobile form factor, is competing at the level of high-end desktop GPUs from previous generations, which explains its higher average score.

Architecture Differences

The two cards come from different generations and design philosophies. The AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT is built on the Navi 32 chip with RDNA 3.0 architecture, manufactured on a 5 nm process at TSMC. It packs 28,100 million transistors on a 346 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 81.2 million per square millimeter. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile uses the GB206 chip with Blackwell 2.0 architecture, also on a 5 nm TSMC process, but with 21,900 million transistors on a much smaller 181 mm² die, yielding a density of 121.0 million per square millimeter. The NVIDIA chip is denser, but the AMD chip has more total silicon area.

Memory configurations differ sharply. The RX 7700 XT uses 12 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus, delivering 432.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The RTX 5070 Mobile uses 8 GB of GDDR7 on a 128-bit bus, with 384.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The AMD card has more memory and higher bandwidth, which benefits high-resolution textures and larger datasets. The RTX 5070 Mobile compensates with faster memory technology, but the capacity gap remains a factor in memory-heavy workloads.

Core counts also diverge. The RX 7700 XT has 3456 shading units, 216 texture mapping units, and 96 raster operation units, plus 54 ray tracing cores. The RTX 5070 Mobile has 4608 shading units, 144 TMUs, and 48 ROPs, along with 36 ray tracing cores and 144 tensor cores. The NVIDIA card has more shading units and tensor cores, which support AI acceleration and DLSS-style features, while the AMD card has more TMUs, ROPs, and ray tracing cores. Clock speeds favor AMD heavily: the RX 7700 XT runs at a base of 1435 MHz, a boost of 2544 MHz, and a game clock of 2171 MHz. The RTX 5070 Mobile runs at a base of 907 MHz and a boost of 1425 MHz, with no game clock listed. That clock advantage feeds directly into the AMD card's higher pixel rate (244.2 GPixel/s versus 68.40 GPixel/s) and texture rate (549.5 GTexel/s versus 205.2 GTexel/s). The FP32 compute figures follow the same pattern: 35.17 TFLOPS for AMD versus 13.13 TFLOPS for NVIDIA.

Power and physical design reflect their intended roles. The RX 7700 XT is a dual-slot desktop card with a 245 W TDP, two 8-pin power connectors, and a recommended 550 W PSU. It measures 267 mm in length, 135 mm in height, and 50 mm in width. The RTX 5070 Mobile is an integrated graphics package with a 50 W TDP, no power connectors, and no listed dimensions. It connects via PCIe 5.0 x16, while the RX 7700 XT uses PCIe 4.0 x16. The RX 7700 XT offers display outputs including 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, and 1x USB Type-C, while the RTX 5070 Mobile'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 RTX 5070 Mobile adds tensor cores, which the RX 7700 XT lacks entirely. The NVIDIA card also uses GDDR7 memory, a newer standard than the GDDR6 found on the AMD card. The RX 7700 XT was released on September 5, 2023, with a launch MSRP of 449 USD. The RTX 5070 Mobile was released on April 14, 2025, with no launch MSRP recorded.

Where Each One Wins

The RX 7700 XT delivers its strongest results in compute-heavy and legacy API workloads. The 56% lead in Passmark GPU Compute indicates that raw number-crunching tasks, such as rendering, physics simulation, or data processing, will run faster on the AMD card. The 37.4% win in DirectX 9 and 20.8% win in DirectX 11 suggest that older games and applications that rely on those APIs will see a clear performance advantage. The 29.6% lead in G2D points to faster 2D graphics operations, which can matter in desktop compositing and productivity applications. The 13.2% OpenCL win reinforces the AMD card's compute strength, and the 10.8% G3D win shows it also leads in general 3D rasterization.

The RTX 5070 Mobile wins where modern API efficiency matters most. The 60.3% Vulkan lead is decisive and suggests that Vulkan-based games, especially those with heavy draw-call overhead, will perform significantly better on the NVIDIA card. The 15.1% DirectX 12 win covers the most common API in current AAA titles. The 7.8% DirectX 10 win is smaller but still a win. The RTX 5070 Mobile also has 144 tensor cores, enabling AI-accelerated features that the RX 7700 XT cannot match, though the benchmark data does not include specific tensor-core tests.

The average score and percentile data add context. The RTX 5070 Mobile's 75th percentile and 29928 average score place it alongside desktop GPUs like the RTX 3070 Ti and RX 6800, while the RX 7700 XT's 67th percentile and 22549 average score put it near the RTX 4060 Mobile and RTX 2080. For users prioritizing the latest API performance and AI features, the NVIDIA card wins. For users prioritizing raw compute throughput, legacy API compatibility, and memory capacity, the AMD card wins.

FAQ

Q: Which card wins in DirectX 12?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile wins Passmark DirectX 12 with a score of 93 versus 79 for the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT, a 15.1% advantage.

Q: How large is the Vulkan performance gap?

A: The RTX 5070 Mobile scores 116960 in Geekbench Vulkan, while the RX 7700 XT scores 46443, giving NVIDIA a 60.3% lead.

Q: Which card has more memory?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT has 12 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus with 432.0 GB/s bandwidth. The RTX 5070 Mobile has 8 GB of GDDR7 on a 128-bit bus with 384.0 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: What is the compute performance difference?

A: In Passmark GPU Compute, the RX 7700 XT scores 12912 versus 8279 for the RTX 5070 Mobile, a 56% lead for AMD. The FP32 figures are 35.17 TFLOPS for AMD and 13.13 TFLOPS for NVIDIA.

Q: How do the cards compare in overall average score?

A: The RTX 5070 Mobile has an average benchmark score of 29928 at the 75th percentile of all GPUs, while the RX 7700 XT averages 22549 at the 67th percentile.

Q: Which card has tensor cores?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile has 144 tensor cores. The AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT has no tensor cores listed.

The Verdict

The data supports a split decision based on workload priorities. The AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT is the stronger choice for raw compute tasks, legacy DirectX applications, and high-memory scenarios. Its 56% GPU Compute lead, 37.4% DirectX 9 lead, and 20.8% DirectX 11 lead are substantial. Its 12 GB memory capacity and 432.0 GB/s bandwidth give it an edge in texture-heavy workloads. The 35.17 TFLOPS FP32 figure is more than double the RTX 5070 Mobile's 13.13 TFLOPS, and the higher clock speeds (2544 MHz boost versus 1425 MHz) reinforce that advantage.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile is the better option for modern API performance and AI-accelerated features. The 60.3% Vulkan lead and 15.1% DirectX 12 lead are decisive in current-generation game engines. The 144 tensor cores provide AI capabilities that the AMD card lacks. The 75th percentile ranking and 29928 average score show that this mobile part performs at the level of desktop GPUs like the RTX 3070 Ti, despite its 50 W TDP and integrated form factor.

For a desktop user with access to full-size slots and power delivery, the RX 7700 XT offers higher raw throughput and more memory. For a laptop user constrained by power and space, the RTX 5070 Mobile delivers competitive modern API performance at a fraction of the power draw. The recorded benchmarks do not show a single overall winner; they show two different performance profiles for two different use cases.