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Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB against GeForce RTX 3070

Level on the overall index; the details below decide it. The price beside each button is the Amazon US reading where ScoutPrices has one; the comparison below is worked on typical prices.

Which one for what

Office & everyday

Either

Within 1 points; buy on price.

Coding & development

GeForce RTX 3070right

35 vs 40 for cores for builds and containers, plenty of memory, fast storage, and a card for several screens or a local model.

Light gaming

Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GBleft

46 vs 43 for 1080p frame rates per dollar.

Gaming

Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GBleft

37 vs 35 for 1440p frame rates, with a CPU that will not hold the card back.

Heavy gaming

Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GBleft

27 vs 24 for the strongest graphics card the budget allows.

Content creation

GeForce RTX 3070right

34 vs 40 for export times: many cores, a card with good encoders, lots of memory.

3D & rendering

GeForce RTX 3070right

34 vs 41 for all-core throughput and render speed.

Gaming & streaming

GeForce RTX 3070right

36 vs 38 for frame rates with headroom for the encoder and the chat.

AI & local models

GeForce RTX 3070right

31 vs 36 for video memory first, then card speed, then system memory.

Head to head

Scores

Indices out of 100 on ScoutSpecs' own scale, one per kind of work. They are not frames per second and not a measurement of any one sample.

  • Spec score

    Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB: 37

    GeForce RTX 3070: 36

    1 ptsto the left

  • Games at 1080p

    Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB: 46

    GeForce RTX 3070: 43

    3 ptsto the left

  • Games at 1440p

    Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB: 37

    GeForce RTX 3070: 35

    2 ptsto the left

  • Games at 4K

    Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB: 27

    GeForce RTX 3070: 24

    3 ptsto the left

  • Rendering and video

    Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB: 32

    GeForce RTX 3070: 44

    12 ptsto the right

Price and value

Worked on typical prices, the figures the comparison is built on.

  • Value, points per $100

    Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB: 8

    GeForce RTX 3070: 7.2

    11%to the left

  • Typical price

    Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB: $463

    GeForce RTX 3070: $499

    $36to the left

From the spec sheets

  • Video memory

    Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB: 8 GB

    GeForce RTX 3070: 8 GB

    level

  • Board power

    Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB: 160 W

    GeForce RTX 3070: 220 W

    38%to the left

  • Length

    Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB: 240 mm

    GeForce RTX 3070: 285 mm

    19%to the left

The verdict

  • The RX 9060 XT 8GB is 6% faster at 1440p.
  • At 4K the gap is 13% in the RX 9060 XT 8GB's favour.
  • The RX 9060 XT 8GB typically costs $36 less.
  • Per dollar, the RX 9060 XT 8GB is the better buy: 8 points per $100 against 7.2.

Specifications

SpecRadeon RX 9060 XT 8GBGeForce RTX 3070
Video memory8 GB8 GB
Board power160 W (better)220 W
Length240 mm (better)285 mm
Power connectorPCIe 8-pinPCIe 8-pin
BrandAMDNvidia
Released2025 (better)2020
Typical price$463 (better)$499

The better figure of each pair is in green, with a tick.