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Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB vs GeForce RTX 3070

Compare the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB and GeForce RTX 3070 on real gaming benchmarks, full specifications, live retailer prices and performance-per-dollar, then jump straight to the cheapest in-stock version of either card.

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The short answer

The GeForce RTX 3070 is the better value, though the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB is the faster card at 1080p.

  • Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB is about 24% faster at 1080p (gaming index 58 vs 47).
  • GeForce RTX 3070 is the cheaper card right now, by roughly 62%.
  • GeForce RTX 3070 delivers about 31% more frames per dollar at 1080p.
  • Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB carries more VRAM (16GB vs 8GB), an edge at 4K and in memory-heavy games.
  • Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB draws less power (160W vs 220W), so it runs cooler and asks less of your PSU.

Gaming performance

Gaming score: geometric mean of in-game FPS, normalized so the RTX 5090 = 100. Switch resolution with the toggle above.

1080p gaming
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB58
GeForce RTX 307047

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB is about 24% faster at 1080p.

Performance per dollar

1080p gaming score for every $100 of the card’s current cheapest price. Higher is better value.

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB

8.6

per $100 spent

GeForce RTX 3070

11.2

per $100 spent

Better value

Specs head-to-head

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB
GeForce RTX 3070
Price (from)
$679.99
$420.60
1080p gaming index
58
47
VRAM
16GB GDDR6
8GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
448 GB/s
Boost clock
3130 MHz
1725 MHz
Shader cores
2,048
5,888
Ray tracing cores
32
46
Tensor / AI cores
64
184
TDP
160W
220W
Recommended PSU
450W
650W
Upscaling
FSR 4.1 (ML upscaling), FSR 3 Frame Generation
DLSS Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction
Architecture
RDNA 4 Navi 44
Ampere GA104
Process node
TSMC N4P
Samsung 8N
MSRP
$349.00
$499.00

Productivity & compute

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB
GeForce RTX 3070
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics (points)
38,316
31,058
3DMark Steel Nomad (points)
3,721
3,180
Geekbench 7 OpenCL (points)
89,483
114,484

Where to buy

GeForce RTX 3070from $420.60
From$420.60
16 versions in stock
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GBfrom $679.99
From$679.99
15 versions in stock

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