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 localaimaster.com) against 22.4 for the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (per Hardware Corner GPU LLM Ranking), 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, PC Watch, Guru3D, TechPowerUp, 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, PC Watch |
15,760 points | 8,072 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, PC Watch |
5,826 points | 3,225 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way (RX 9070 XT reference) (higher is better) Source: TechPowerUp |
6,345 points | — |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: StorageReview, 3DMark, 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 (Mozilla Builders))
- phi-2: 139.2 tok/s (StorageReview)
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti
- llama3.2:1b: 218.0 tok/s (LocalScore (via benchmarklist.com; raw DB github.com/cjpais/LocalScore))
- llama3.2:1b: 209.0 tok/s (LocalScore (Mozilla Builders))
- llama2:7b: 63.9 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub (CUDA performance scoreboard))
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 localaimaster.com) against 22.4 for the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (per Hardware Corner GPU LLM Ranking), 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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