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Radeon RX 9070 vs GeForce RTX 4060 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Radeon RX 9070 is ahead of the GeForce RTX 4060 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 22% to 166%, including 113% in 3DMark Time Spy (24,306 vs 11,413). On llama3:8b, the Radeon RX 9070 generates 87.6 tokens/s (per StorageReview) against 1.2 for the GeForce RTX 4060 (per Phoronix), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 9070 and the GeForce RTX 4060. MSRP range: $549 · $299. 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 9070GeForce RTX 4060
vram gb 168
vram type GDDR6GDDR6
tdp w 220115
cuda cores 35843072
rt cores 5624
tensor cores —96
process nm 45

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Notebookcheck, WorthPlaying, StorageReview, 3DMark, WCCFTech, Guru3D, TechPowerUp, UL Benchmarks, Overclocking.com and PassMark; 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 9070GeForce RTX 4060
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck, WorthPlaying		 46,934 points24,856 points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better)
Source: WorthPlaying		 —12,086 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: StorageReview, 3DMark, WCCFTech		 15,760 points6,327 points
3DMark Port Royal (RX 9070 XT reference) (higher is better)
Source: Guru3D		 14,723 points—
3DMark Solar Bay (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 106,882 points—
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: StorageReview, 3DMark, Notebookcheck, WCCFTech		 5,826 points2,710 points
3DMark Speed Way (RX 9070 XT reference) (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp		 6,345 points—
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: StorageReview, UL Benchmarks, Notebookcheck, Overclocking.com		 6,150 points2,311 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 24,306 points11,413 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 11,702 points—
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (RX 9070 XT reference) (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp		 14,591 points—
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 1,266 pts1,038 pts

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 9070

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GeForce RTX 4060

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 9070 or the GeForce RTX 4060?

The Radeon RX 9070 is ahead of the GeForce RTX 4060 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 22% to 166%, including 113% in 3DMark Time Spy (24,306 vs 11,413).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On llama3:8b, the Radeon RX 9070 generates 87.6 tokens/s (per StorageReview) against 1.2 for the GeForce RTX 4060 (per Phoronix), best community run on file for each.

What did the Radeon RX 9070 and the GeForce RTX 4060 cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 9070 launched at a $549 MSRP and the GeForce RTX 4060 at $299. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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