AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER Comparison

FAQ

Q: How does the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE compare to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER in the single recorded benchmark?

A: In the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test, the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE scores 4814, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER scores 2690. The AMD card wins by 79%.

Q: What is the average benchmark score for each GPU?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE has an average benchmark score of 32456 across ten recorded tests, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER has an average score of 2690 from a single test.

Q: How does the RTX 5070 SUPER rank among all GPUs?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER sits at the 18th percentile among all GPUs. Its nearest rivals are the NVIDIA Quadro K1100M (1% lower average score), the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (1.1% lower), the Intel Arc Pro B50 (1.1% lower), and the NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 (1.7% lower).

Q: What is the RX 7900 GRE's percentile ranking?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE ranks at the 77th percentile among all GPUs. Its nearest rivals include the AMD FirePro S10000 (0.2% higher average score), the AMD FirePro S9300 X2 (0.3% lower), the AMD Radeon RX 590 GME (0.4% lower), and the AMD Radeon Pro 570X (0.9% higher).

Q: Which GPU has more memory bandwidth?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER delivers 672.0 GB/s over an 18 GB GDDR7 memory bus, compared to 576.0 GB/s on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE, which uses 16 GB of GDDR6.

Q: What are the release dates for these cards?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE was released on July 26, 2023. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER has a recorded release date of December 31, 2025.

Architecture Differences

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE uses the Navi 31 chip with the RDNA 3.0 architecture, codenamed Plum Bonito, and belongs to the Navi III (RX 7000) generation. It is built on a 5 nm process at TSMC with 57,700 million transistors on a 529 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 109.1 million per mm². The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER uses the GB205 chip with the Blackwell 2.0 architecture and belongs to the GeForce 50 generation. It is also built on a 5 nm process at TSMC, but packs 31,100 million transistors on a much smaller 263 mm² die, resulting in a higher transistor density of 118.3 million per mm².

The compute layouts differ substantially. The AMD card carries 5120 shading units, 320 texture mapping units, and 160 ROPs, along with 80 ray tracing cores and no tensor cores. The NVIDIA card has 6400 shading units, but only 200 TMUs and 80 ROPs. It includes 50 ray tracing cores and 200 tensor cores, which the AMD part lacks entirely.

Clock behavior also marks a clear divide. The RX 7900 GRE has a base clock of 1287 MHz, a game clock of 1880 MHz, and a boost clock of 2245 MHz. The RTX 5070 SUPER starts at 2325 MHz base and boosts to 2512 MHz, with no game clock listed. Memory clocks differ too: the AMD card runs at 2250 MHz with 18 Gbps effective data rate, while the NVIDIA card runs at 1750 MHz with 28 Gbps effective.

The interface and power delivery configurations also differ. The AMD card uses PCIe 4.0 x16, while the NVIDIA card uses PCIe 5.0 x16. Power is supplied via two 8-pin connectors on the AMD card versus a single 16-pin connector on the NVIDIA card. The RX 7900 GRE has a TDP of 260 W and a suggested PSU of 600 W, while the RTX 5070 SUPER has a TDP of 275 W and no suggested PSU recorded. Display outputs differ as well: the AMD card provides one HDMI 2.1a, two DisplayPort 2.1, and one USB Type-C, while the NVIDIA card offers one HDMI 2.1b and three DisplayPort 2.1b outputs.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The only head-to-head benchmark recorded in the database is 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12. In this test, the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE scores 4814, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER scores 2690. The delta is 79% in favor of the AMD card, a decisive margin.

Looking at the broader benchmark picture, the RX 7900 GRE has ten recorded scores. Its strongest results include 175758 in Geekbench OpenCL, 99850 in Geekbench Vulkan, 27089 in Passmark G3D, and 15016 in Passmark GPU Compute. It also shows 4814 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12. The RTX 5070 SUPER has only one recorded benchmark, the same 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test, with its score of 2690.

The percentile data reinforces the gap. The RX 7900 GRE sits at the 77th percentile among all GPUs, while the RTX 5070 SUPER sits at the 18th percentile. In terms of average score, the RX 7900 GRE records 32456, which is roughly twelve times higher than the RTX 5070 SUPER's 2690.

The nearest rival data for each card tells a different story. The RX 7900 GRE competes with other AMD workstation and older gaming cards, with deltas between 0.2% and 0.9%. The RTX 5070 SUPER's nearest rivals are much older NVIDIA cards and an Intel workstation part, with deltas between 1% and 1.7%. This places the RTX 5070 SUPER's performance level far below the RX 7900 GRE in the database's recorded measurements.

Specification Differences

| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER |

|---|---|---|

| Architecture | RDNA 3.0 | Blackwell 2.0 |

| Chip | Navi 31 | GB205 |

| Transistors | 57,700 million | 31,100 million |

| Die size | 529 mm² | 263 mm² |

| Transistor density | 109.1M / mm² | 118.3M / mm² |

| Base clock | 1287 MHz | 2325 MHz |

| Boost clock | 2245 MHz | 2512 MHz |

| Game clock | 1880 MHz | Not listed |

| Memory size | 16 GB | 18 GB |

| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR7 |

| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 192 bit |

| Memory bandwidth | 576.0 GB/s | 672.0 GB/s |

| Shading units | 5120 | 6400 |

| TMUs | 320 | 200 |

| ROPs | 160 | 80 |

| Ray tracing cores | 80 | 50 |

| Tensor cores | None | 200 |

| Pixel rate | 359.2 GPixel/s | 201.0 GPixel/s |

| Texture rate | 718.4 GTexel/s | 502.4 GTexel/s |

| FP32 | 45.98 TFLOPS | 32.15 TFLOPS |

| FP16 | 91.96 TFLOPS (2:1) | 32.15 TFLOPS (1:1) |

| TDP | 260 W | 275 W |

| Power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 1x 16-pin |

| Bus interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |

| Display outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C | 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b |

| Dimensions | 276 mm x 110 mm x 51 mm | 245 mm x 115 mm x 40 mm |

| Release date | 2023-07-26 | 2025-12-31 |

| Launch MSRP | 549 USD | Not listed |

Both cards use the same 5 nm TSMC process, PCIe slots of dual-slot width, DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

Where Each One Wins

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE wins in raw rasterization throughput. Its FP32 compute of 45.98 TFLOPS exceeds the RTX 5070 SUPER's 32.15 TFLOPS. Its FP16 output of 91.96 TFLOPS (2:1 ratio) is nearly three times the NVIDIA card's 32.15 TFLOPS (1:1 ratio). Pixel rate also favors AMD at 359.2 GPixel/s versus 201.0 GPixel/s, and texture rate favors AMD at 718.4 GTexel/s versus 502.4 GTexel/s. The RX 7900 GRE also has more ROPs (160 vs 80) and more ray tracing cores (80 vs 50), which contributes to its large lead in the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 benchmark.

The RX 7900 GRE's advantage in the recorded benchmark is substantial: 79% ahead in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, and it holds a higher percentile rank (77th vs 18th). Its average benchmark score of 32456 dwarfs the RTX 5070 SUPER's 2690.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER does hold advantages in specific architectural areas. It has more shading units (6400 vs 5120), a higher base clock (2325 MHz vs 1287 MHz), and a higher boost clock (2512 MHz vs 2245 MHz). Its memory subsystem delivers more bandwidth at 672.0 GB/s versus 576.0 GB/s, despite a narrower 192-bit bus, thanks to GDDR7 memory. It also has 18 GB of VRAM compared to 16 GB. The card includes 200 tensor cores, a feature entirely absent from the RX 7900 GRE, which may matter for workloads that rely on tensor operations.

The RTX 5070 SUPER also uses the newer PCIe 5.0 x16 interface compared to PCIe 4.0 x16, and it has a more compact physical footprint at 245 mm length and 40 mm width versus 276 mm length and 51 mm width. Its transistor density is higher at 118.3M per mm² versus 109.1M per mm², indicating a more densely packed design on a smaller die.

In terms of the recorded data, the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE wins the single head-to-head benchmark decisively and dominates the compute throughput metrics. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 SUPER wins on memory capacity, memory bandwidth, clock speeds, shading unit count, tensor core support, and physical size. However, the database's only direct comparison, 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, shows a 79% advantage for the AMD card, and the RX 7900 GRE's average score and percentile rank place it in a far higher performance tier.