GeForce RTX 5070 vs Radeon R7 (Carrizo)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 (Carrizo) with GeForce RTX 5070, including specs and performance data.

R7 (Carrizo)
2015
12 Watt
1.73

RTX 5070 outperforms R7 (Carrizo) by a whopping 4028% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking9008
Place by popularitynot in top-10065
Power efficiency3.9022.57
ArchitectureGCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameCarrizoGB205
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 June 2015 (9 years ago)March 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$549

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 cores5126144
Core clock speedno data2325 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHz2512 MHz
Number of transistors2410 Million31,100 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rateno data482.3
Floating-point processing powerno data30.87 TFLOPS
ROPsno data80
TMUsno data192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 5.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-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 typeno dataGDDR7
Maximum RAM amountno data12 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data672.0 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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI-+

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.4
CUDA-10.1
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 HD10
−1200%
130
+1200%
1440p2−3
−4600%
94
+4600%
4K1−2
−6500%
66
+6500%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data4.22
1440pno data5.84
4Kno data8.32

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 5−6
−4480%
220−230
+4480%
Counter-Strike 2 1−2
−32900%
300−350
+32900%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−4800%
190−200
+4800%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 5−6
−4480%
220−230
+4480%
Battlefield 5 5−6
−3760%
190−200
+3760%
Counter-Strike 2 1−2
−32900%
300−350
+32900%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−4800%
190−200
+4800%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−9550%
190−200
+9550%
Fortnite 8−9
−3675%
300−350
+3675%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
−3070%
300−350
+3070%
Forza Horizon 5 2−3
−10700%
210−220
+10700%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
−1509%
170−180
+1509%
Valorant 35−40
−1145%
450−500
+1145%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 5−6
−4480%
220−230
+4480%
Battlefield 5 5−6
−3760%
190−200
+3760%
Counter-Strike 2 1−2
−32900%
300−350
+32900%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 24
−1058%
270−280
+1058%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−4800%
190−200
+4800%
Dota 2 21−24
−3948%
850−900
+3948%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−9550%
190−200
+9550%
Fortnite 8−9
−3675%
300−350
+3675%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
−3070%
300−350
+3070%
Forza Horizon 5 2−3
−10700%
210−220
+10700%
Grand Theft Auto V 4−5
−4250%
170−180
+4250%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−6400%
190−200
+6400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
−1509%
170−180
+1509%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6
−5483%
300−350
+5483%
Valorant 35−40
−1145%
450−500
+1145%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
−3760%
190−200
+3760%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−4800%
190−200
+4800%
Dota 2 21−24
−3948%
850−900
+3948%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−9550%
190−200
+9550%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
−3070%
300−350
+3070%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
−1509%
170−180
+1509%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
−2914%
211
+2914%
Valorant 35−40
−1145%
450−500
+1145%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 8−9
−3675%
300−350
+3675%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 1−2
−24600%
240−250
+24600%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 12−14
−3869%
500−550
+3869%
Grand Theft Auto V 0−1 150−160
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16−18
−929%
170−180
+929%
Valorant 12−14
−3631%
450−500
+3631%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−11700%
110−120
+11700%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−8900%
180−190
+8900%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−6975%
280−290
+6975%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−8050%
163
+8050%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 3−4
−4933%
150−160
+4933%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 1−2
−7700%
75−80
+7700%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−1113%
180−190
+1113%
Valorant 10−11
−3220%
300−350
+3220%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 55−60
Dota 2 4−5
−3900%
160−170
+3900%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−6400%
130−140
+6400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4
−3100%
95−100
+3100%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 3−4
−2533%
75−80
+2533%

1440p
High Preset

Metro Exodus 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Metro Exodus 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 146
+0%
146
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 240−250
+0%
240−250
+0%

This is how R7 (Carrizo) and RTX 5070 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 5070 is 1200% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 5070 is 4600% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 5070 is 6500% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Counter-Strike 2, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the RTX 5070 is 32900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 5070 is ahead in 50 tests (86%)
  • there's a draw in 8 tests (14%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.73 71.42
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 250 Watt

R7 (Carrizo) has 1983.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 5070, on the other hand, has a 4028.3% higher aggregate performance score, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 5070 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 (Carrizo) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R7 (Carrizo) is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 5070 is a desktop one.

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AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo)
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