Radeon RX 9070 vs GeForce RTX 4060 Ti — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The Radeon RX 9070 is ahead of the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti on all 8 shared benchmarks on file, by 12% to 111%, including 80% in 3DMark Time Spy (24,306 vs 13,484). On qwen3:14b, the Radeon RX 9070 generates 52.2 tokens/s (per GitHub hirokuze/local-llm-benchmark-rx9070xt) against 22.4 for the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (per Hardware-Corner), best community run on file for each.
Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 9070 and the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti. MSRP range: $549 · $399. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti
*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
| Spec | Radeon RX 9070 | GeForce RTX 4060 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 16 | — |
| vram type | GDDR6 | — |
| tdp w | 220 | — |
| cuda cores | 3584 | — |
| rt cores | 56 | — |
| process nm | 4 | — |
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, Notebookcheck, WorthPlaying, BabelTechReviews, StorageReview, 3DMark, Guru3D, TechPowerUp, UL Benchmarks, CpuTronic GPU Rankings and TopCPU.net GPU Rankings; 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.
| Benchmark | Radeon RX 9070 | GeForce RTX 4060 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark DirectX Raytracing Feature Test (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com |
— | 38 points |
| 3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com, Notebookcheck, WorthPlaying |
46,934 points | 30,842 points |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better) Source: WorthPlaying |
— | 14,854 points |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics (higher is better) Source: BabelTechReviews |
— | 32,678 points |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better) Source: WorthPlaying |
— | 7,407 points |
| 3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) Source: StorageReview, WorthPlaying, 3DMark |
15,760 points | 8,388 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, Overclocking.com, Notebookcheck |
5,826 points | 3,245 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, CpuTronic GPU Rankings |
6,150 points | 2,914 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com, WorthPlaying, 3DMark, TopCPU.net GPU Rankings |
24,306 points | 13,484 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 9070
- qwen3:8b: 711.0 tok/s (LocalLLaMA)
- llama3.2:1b: 163.0 tok/s (LocalScore.ai)
- phi-2: 139.2 tok/s (StorageReview)
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti
- llama3.2:1b: 209.0 tok/s (LocalScore.ai)
- llama2:7b: 63.9 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub Discussions #15013)
- llama2:7b: 63.9 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub Discussions #15013)
Quick answers
Which is faster, the Radeon RX 9070 or the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti?
The Radeon RX 9070 is ahead of the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti on all 8 shared benchmarks on file, by 12% to 111%, including 80% in 3DMark Time Spy (24,306 vs 13,484).
Which is better for running local LLMs?
On qwen3:14b, the Radeon RX 9070 generates 52.2 tokens/s (per GitHub hirokuze/local-llm-benchmark-rx9070xt) against 22.4 for the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (per Hardware-Corner), best community run on file for each.
What did the Radeon RX 9070 and the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti cost at launch?
The Radeon RX 9070 launched at a $549 MSRP and the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti at $399. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.
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