AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs NVIDIA A10

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 9070 and NVIDIA A10 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 9070

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 50% higher core clock speed: 1330 MHz vs 885 MHz
  • Around 49% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 1695 MHz
  • Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 564.5 GTexel/s vs 488.2 GTexel/s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 61% higher memory clock speed: 2518 MHz, 20.1 Gbps effective vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1276 vs 1007
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 24879 vs 22064
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 Mar 2025 vs 12 Apr 2021
Core clock speed 1330 MHz vs 885 MHz
Boost clock speed 2520 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Texture fill rate 564.5 GTexel/s vs 488.2 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 8 nm
Memory clock speed 2518 MHz, 20.1 Gbps effective vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1276 vs 1007
PassMark - G3D Mark 24879 vs 22064

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A10

  • 2.6x more pipelines: 9216 vs 3584
  • Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 220 Watt
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 16 GB
  • Around 15% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 158308 vs 138234
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 9216 vs 3584
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 220 Watt
Maximum memory size 24 GB vs 16 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 158308 vs 138234

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 9070
GPU 2: NVIDIA A10

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1276
1007
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
24879
22064
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
138234
158308
Name AMD Radeon RX 9070 NVIDIA A10
PassMark - G2D Mark 1276 1007
PassMark - G3D Mark 24879 22064
Geekbench - OpenCL 138234 158308
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 6290

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 9070 NVIDIA A10

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 4.0 Ampere
Code name Navi 48 GA102
Launch date 6 Mar 2025 12 Apr 2021
Place in performance rating 31 28

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2520 MHz 1695 MHz
Compute units 56
Core clock speed 1330 MHz 885 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 8 nm
Pipelines 3584 9216
Pixel fill rate 322.6 GPixel/s 162.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 564.5 GTexel/s 488.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 220 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 53900 million 28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 976.3 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 31.24 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 31.24 TFLOPS

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1a No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot Single-slot
Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 1x 8-pin
Length 267 mm, 10.5 inches
Width 112 mm, 4.4 inches

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 2.2 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.8 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 24 GB
Memory bandwidth 644.6 GB/s 600.2 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 384 bit
Memory clock speed 2518 MHz, 20.1 Gbps effective 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6