AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile Comparison

FAQ

Q: Which GPU is faster in the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 9070 scores 6290, versus 2380 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile, a 164.3% advantage in the database.

Q: Does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile win any benchmark comparison?

A: Yes, it wins the Geekbench Vulkan test with 86768 points to the AMD Radeon RX 9070's 58705, a 32.3% margin.

Q: What is the average benchmark score difference between the two?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 9070 has an average benchmark score of 23877, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile averages 20534.

Q: How does the AMD Radeon RX 9070 compare to its nearest rivals in average score?

A: It sits 0.6% above the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Z (23736) and 1.1% above the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile (23628), while trailing the AMD Radeon RX 6800S by 0.8% and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER by 1.2%.

Q: How does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile compare to its nearest rivals?

A: It is 0.1% below the Intel Arc B570 (20556) and 0.2% below the Intel Arc A750 (20582), while edging the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M by 0.3% and trailing the AMD Radeon R9 M390X by 0.6%.

Q: What are the production statuses of these two GPUs?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 9070 is listed as Active, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile is End-of-life.

Architecture Differences

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 is built on the RDNA 4.0 architecture with the Navi 48 chip, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile uses the Ampere architecture with the GA104 chip. The process nodes diverge substantially: AMD utilizes a 4 nm process from TSMC, whereas NVIDIA's mobile part is fabricated on Samsung's 8 nm process. Transistor counts reflect this gap, with the AMD GPU housing 53,900 million transistors on a 357 mm² die (151.0M per mm²), compared to 17,400 million transistors on a 392 mm² die for NVIDIA (44.4M per mm²). The AMD die is physically smaller yet packs more than three times the transistor density.

Memory configurations differ notably. The RX 9070 offers 16 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus with 644.6 GB/s bandwidth, while the RTX 3070 Mobile provides 8 GB of GDDR6 on the same 256-bit bus but with 448.0 GB/s bandwidth. Clock behavior also separates the two: the RX 9070 has a 1330 MHz base and 2520 MHz boost, plus a 2070 MHz game clock, while the RTX 3070 Mobile runs at 1110 MHz base and 1560 MHz boost. Effective memory speed is 20.1 Gbps on the AMD card versus 14 Gbps on the NVIDIA part.

Compute resources take opposite shapes. The RX 9070 has 3584 shading units, 224 texture mapping units, and 128 ROPs, with 56 ray tracing cores and no tensor cores listed. The RTX 3070 Mobile has more shading units at 5120, but fewer TMUs at 160 and fewer ROPs at 80, plus 40 ray tracing cores and 160 tensor cores. Raw throughput metrics favor AMD heavily: the RX 9070 delivers 36.13 TFLOPS FP32 and FP16, versus 15.97 TFLOPS for the RTX 3070 Mobile. Pixel and texture rates follow suit, with AMD posting 322.6 GPixel/s and 564.5 GTexel/s against NVIDIA's 124.8 GPixel/s and 249.6 GTexel/s.

Power and interface details diverge as well. The RX 9070 has a 220 W TDP, dual-slot cooler, two 8-pin power connectors, a 550 W suggested PSU, and PCIe 5.0 x16. The RTX 3070 Mobile is a 115 W part with no power connectors listed, no slot width, no suggested PSU, and PCIe 4.0 x16. Display outputs also differ: the RX 9070 offers 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1a, while the RTX 3070 Mobile is listed as Portable Device Dependent. Both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The RX 9070 released on 2025-03-05, with the RTX 3070 Mobile released on 2021-01-11, and the AMD part is a successor to Navi III while the NVIDIA part follows GeForce 20 Mobile.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 wins 9 of the 10 head-to-head comparisons, and the margins are frequently large. The most decisive result is in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, where the RX 9070 scores 6290 versus 2380 for the RTX 3070 Mobile, a 164.3% lead. This is the single largest delta in the dataset and indicates a generational gap in modern DX12 workloads.

PassMark suites reinforce the pattern. In PassMark G3D, the RX 9070 scores 25381 against 15309, a 65.8% advantage. PassMark GPU Compute shows an even larger gap: 14737 versus 6827, a 115.9% lead for AMD. Legacy DirectX tests also favor the RX 9070: PassMark DirectX 11 sees 281 versus 138 (103.6% ahead), PassMark DirectX 9 sees 343 versus 160 (114.4% ahead), and PassMark DirectX 10 sees 141 versus 113 (24.8% ahead). PassMark DirectX 12 is closer, with 74 versus 64, a 15.6% margin. PassMark G2D shows 1280 versus 641, a 99.7% difference, meaning the AMD part doubles the NVIDIA part in that 2D metric.

Geekbench results split the verdict. In Geekbench OpenCL, the RX 9070 scores 131539 versus 92939, a 41.5% win. But in Geekbench Vulkan, the RTX 3070 Mobile reverses the trend with 86768 against 58705, a 32.3% margin in NVIDIA's favor. This Vulkan result is the only benchmark where the RTX 3070 Mobile leads, and it is a substantial one, suggesting the NVIDIA architecture retains an advantage in certain Vulkan compute or graphics paths despite losing heavily elsewhere.

The average benchmark scores capture the overall balance: 23877 for the RX 9070 versus 20534 for the RTX 3070 Mobile, a 16.2% gap. The RX 9070 sits at the 69th percentile of all GPUs in the database, while the RTX 3070 Mobile sits at the 65th percentile. The AMD card's nearest rivals include the RTX 3080 Mobile (23628, 1.1% behind) and GTX TITAN Z (23736, 0.6% behind), while the RTX 3070 Mobile's nearest rivals include the Intel Arc B570 (20556, 0.1% ahead) and Intel Arc A750 (20582, 0.2% ahead). The RX 9070's average is roughly 16% higher than the RTX 3070 Mobile's, but the per-test deltas range from a 164.3% AMD win to a 32.3% NVIDIA win, so the overall picture is not uniform.

The Verdict

The data points to the AMD Radeon RX 9070 as the stronger overall performer. It wins 9 of 10 head-to-head benchmarks, including every PassMark test and both 3DMark and Geekbench OpenCL. Its most dominant areas are 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 (164.3% ahead), PassMark GPU Compute (115.9% ahead), and PassMark DirectX 9 (114.4% ahead). For scenarios heavily reliant on DX12, compute throughput, or legacy DirectX paths, the RX 9070 is far ahead of the RTX 3070 Mobile.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile's single win in Geekbench Vulkan (32.3% ahead) is notable but isolated. Applications built around Vulkan may see better results on NVIDIA's mobile part, but the RTX 3070 Mobile trails in every other recorded test. The RTX 3070 Mobile also carries an End-of-life status, a 115 W TDP for laptop integration, 8 GB memory, and no tensor core count listed in the database. The RX 9070 remains Active with 16 GB memory, a 220 W TDP, and a desktop-oriented dual-slot design.

Buyers choosing between these two should weigh the AMD card for its extensive benchmark wins, higher average score (23877 versus 20534), and larger memory capacity. The RTX 3070 Mobile suits scenarios where the Vulkan workload matters most and where a mobile form factor with no power connectors is required. The RX 9070 launches with a launch MSRP of 549 USD, while the RTX 3070 Mobile has no launch MSRP listed. The verdict from the recorded data is clear: the RX 9070 dominates the overall comparison, while the RTX 3070 Mobile retains a single specialized advantage in Vulkan.

Specification Differences

| Field | AMD Radeon RX 9070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile |

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

| Architecture | RDNA 4.0 | Ampere |

| Chip | Navi 48 | GA104 |

| Process Node | 4 nm | 8 nm |

| Foundry | TSMC | Samsung |

| Transistors | 53,900 million | 17,400 million |

| Die Size | 357 mm² | 392 mm² |

| Transistor Density | 151.0M / mm² | 44.4M / mm² |

| Base Clock | 1330 MHz | 1110 MHz |

| Boost Clock | 2520 MHz | 1560 MHz |

| Game Clock | 2070 MHz | None |

| Memory Clock | 2518 MHz, 20.1 Gbps effective | 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective |

| Memory Size | 16 GB | 8 GB |

| Memory Bandwidth | 644.6 GB/s | 448.0 GB/s |

| Shading Units | 3584 | 5120 |

| TMUs | 224 | 160 |

| ROPs | 128 | 80 |

| RT Cores | 56 | 40 |

| Tensor Cores | None | 160 |

| Pixel Rate | 322.6 GPixel/s | 124.8 GPixel/s |

| Texture Rate | 564.5 GTexel/s | 249.6 GTexel/s |

| FP32 | 36.13 TFLOPS | 15.97 TFLOPS |

| FP16 | 36.13 TFLOPS (1:1) | 15.97 TFLOPS (1:1) |

| TDP | 220 W | 115 W |

| Slot Width | Dual-slot | None |

| Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin | None |

| Suggested PSU | 550 W | None |

| Bus Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |

| Display Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1a | Portable Device Dependent |

| Production Status | Active | End-of-life |

| Release Date | 2025-03-05 | 2021-01-11 |

| Predecessor | Navi III | GeForce 20 Mobile |

| Launch MSRP | 549 USD | None |

| Average Benchmark Score | 23877 | 20534 |

| Percentile vs All GPUs | 69 | 65 |

The two GPUs share the same memory bus width (256 bit), API support (DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.4), and memory type (GDDR6). All other fields in the specification comparison differ, with the RX 9070 leading in memory capacity, bandwidth, clocks, throughput rates, and transistor density, while the RTX 3070 Mobile leads in shading unit count, tensor cores, and lower power draw.