Radeon RX 9070 vs Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile
Aggregate performance score
We've compared RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile with Radeon RX 9070, including specs and performance data.
RX 9070 outperforms Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile by a whopping 139% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 221 | 37 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 62.29 |
| Power efficiency | 52.63 | 20.02 |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) | RDNA 4.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | AD107 | Navi 48 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 26 February 2024 (1 year ago) | 6 March 2025 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $549 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2048 | 3584 |
| Core clock speed | 1485 MHz | 1330 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2025 MHz | 2520 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 18,900 million | 53,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 220 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 129.6 | 564.5 |
| Floating-point processing power | 8.294 TFLOPS | 36.13 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 128 |
| TMUs | 64 | 224 |
| Tensor Cores | 64 | 112 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 16 | 56 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 2x 8-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | 2518 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 128.0 GB/s | 644.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | + | + |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | - |
| DLSS | + | + |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 80−85
−145%
| 196
+145%
|
| 1440p | 45−50
−164%
| 119
+164%
|
| 4K | 30−35
−150%
| 75
+150%
|
Cost per frame, $
| 1080p | no data | 2.80 |
| 1440p | no data | 4.61 |
| 4K | no data | 7.32 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 140−150
+0%
|
140−150
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 264
+0%
|
264
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 160−170
+0%
|
160−170
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 140−150
+0%
|
140−150
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 293
+0%
|
293
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 280−290
+0%
|
280−290
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 230−240
+0%
|
230−240
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 231
+0%
|
231
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| Valorant | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 160−170
+0%
|
160−170
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 270−280
+0%
|
270−280
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 140−150
+0%
|
140−150
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 284
+0%
|
284
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 280−290
+0%
|
280−290
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 230−240
+0%
|
230−240
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 160−170
+0%
|
160−170
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 180
+0%
|
180
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 150−160
+0%
|
150−160
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 443
+0%
|
443
+0%
|
| Valorant | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 160−170
+0%
|
160−170
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 140−150
+0%
|
140−150
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 269
+0%
|
269
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 230−240
+0%
|
230−240
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 133
+0%
|
133
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 250
+0%
|
250
+0%
|
| Valorant | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 280−290
+0%
|
280−290
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 400−450
+0%
|
400−450
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 120−130
+0%
|
120−130
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 95−100
+0%
|
95−100
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| Valorant | 350−400
+0%
|
350−400
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 140−150
+0%
|
140−150
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 80−85
+0%
|
80−85
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 244
+0%
|
244
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 190−200
+0%
|
190−200
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 105
+0%
|
105
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 191
+0%
|
191
+0%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 150−160
+0%
|
150−160
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 80−85
+0%
|
80−85
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 140−150
+0%
|
140−150
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 166
+0%
|
166
+0%
|
| Valorant | 300−350
+0%
|
300−350
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 100−110
+0%
|
100−110
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 80−85
+0%
|
80−85
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 134
+0%
|
134
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 140−150
+0%
|
140−150
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 61
+0%
|
61
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 95−100
+0%
|
95−100
+0%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 75−80
+0%
|
75−80
+0%
|
This is how Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile and RX 9070 compete in popular games:
- RX 9070 is 145% faster in 1080p
- RX 9070 is 164% faster in 1440p
- RX 9070 is 150% faster in 4K
All in all, in popular games:
- there's a draw in 63 tests (100%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 24.71 | 59.00 |
| Recency | 26 February 2024 | 6 March 2025 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 16 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 220 Watt |
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile has 528.6% lower power consumption.
RX 9070, on the other hand, has a 138.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.
The Radeon RX 9070 is our recommended choice as it beats the RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile in performance tests.
Be aware that RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation card while Radeon RX 9070 is a desktop one.
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