GPU Comparison
Select up to 2 GPUs to analyze their pricing, performance, and specifications side-by-side.
On raw speed the Radeon RX 9070 comes out noticeably faster — about 15% ahead of the GeForce RTX 3090. It also wins on performance-per-dollar, making it the cleaner choice when you can afford it.
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Radeon RX 9070 vs GeForce RTX 3090: In-Depth Breakdown
Performance: Radeon RX 9070 vs GeForce RTX 3090
The Radeon RX 9070 is noticeably faster, around 15% ahead of the GeForce RTX 3090. That gap is enough to move it up a tier: the Radeon RX 9070 is comfortable at 4K with upscaling and native 1440p, while the GeForce RTX 3090 is better matched to 1440p.
Price & Value
The Radeon RX 9070 currently lists from $575 EUR, $1,215 EUR less than the GeForce RTX 3090 at $1,790 EUR. Because it's both faster and competitively priced, the Radeon RX 9070 wins on performance-per-dollar by about 259%. The GeForce RTX 3090 still sits about $291 EUR above its $1,499 EUR MSRP.
Power & Efficiency
At 220W against 350W, the Radeon RX 9070 is both the lower-power and the more efficient card, making it the easier build to cool and power. Its more modern RDNA 4 architecture on a TSMC N4 process is part of why it does more with each watt.
VRAM & Future-Proofing
The GeForce RTX 3090 carries 24GB versus 16GB on the Radeon RX 9070. The extra 8GB helps at 4K, with high-resolution texture packs, and for content-creation or local-AI workloads that exhaust smaller buffers.
Generation & Longevity
The Radeon RX 9070 is roughly 5 years newer than the GeForce RTX 3090 (RDNA 4 vs Ampere), so it generally benefits from a more modern architecture and longer driver-support runway.
Features & Ecosystem
Beyond raw numbers, the GeForce RTX 3090 brings NVIDIA DLSS upscaling/frame generation and stronger ray tracing, while the Radeon RX 9070 offers AMD FSR upscaling and strong rasterization value. If you lean on upscaling or ray tracing, that ecosystem difference can matter as much as the frame-rate gap.
Which should you buy: GeForce RTX 3090 or Radeon RX 9070?
The Radeon RX 9070 is the all-round winner here — it's faster and the better value, so buy it if it fits your budget. Only consider the GeForce RTX 3090 if you find it at a steep discount.