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Radeon RX 7900 XT vs GeForce RTX 4070 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Radeon RX 7900 XT leads on 7 of 8 shared benchmarks (42% in 3DMark Time Spy); the GeForce RTX 4070 takes 1 (5% in 3DMark Fire Strike). On qwen3:8b, the Radeon RX 7900 XT generates 711.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA) against 52.1 for the GeForce RTX 4070 (per singhajit.com), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 7900 XT and the GeForce RTX 4070. MSRP range: $899 · $599. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecRadeon RX 7900 XTGeForce RTX 4070
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Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Overclocking.com, SlashGear, Notebookcheck, BenchLife, PC Guide, 3DMark, HWBOT and CpuTronic; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkRadeon RX 7900 XTGeForce RTX 4070
3DMark DirectX Raytracing (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com		 —51 fps
3DMark DirectX Raytracing Feature Test (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com		 —51 FPS
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, SlashGear		 36,145 points37,790 points
3DMark Fire Strike (GPU Graphics sub-score) (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 63,712 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better)
Source: SlashGear		 27,227 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics (higher is better)
Source: BenchLife		 68,377 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: SlashGear		 16,587 points—
3DMark FireStrike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: PC Guide		 —9,880 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: PC Guide, 3DMark, BenchLife		 13,495 points11,040 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, 3DMark, BenchLife		 5,315 points4,423 points
3DMark Speed Way (Notebookcheck average) (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 4,986 points—
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, HWBOT, CpuTronic, Notebookcheck		 5,629 points3,853 points

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

Radeon RX 7900 XT

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GeForce RTX 4070

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 7900 XT or the GeForce RTX 4070?

The Radeon RX 7900 XT leads on 7 of 8 shared benchmarks (42% in 3DMark Time Spy); the GeForce RTX 4070 takes 1 (5% in 3DMark Fire Strike).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen3:8b, the Radeon RX 7900 XT generates 711.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA) against 52.1 for the GeForce RTX 4070 (per singhajit.com), best community run on file for each.

What did the Radeon RX 7900 XT and the GeForce RTX 4070 cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 7900 XT launched at a $899 MSRP and the GeForce RTX 4070 at $599. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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