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ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB White OC against GeForce RTX 3090

ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB White OC leads on the overall index. 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

ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB White OCleft

69 vs 59 for snappy single-core speed, quiet running, and a card that drives two or three screens without fuss.

Coding & development

ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB White OCleft

60 vs 57 for cores for builds and containers, plenty of memory, fast storage, and a card for several screens or a local model.

Light gaming

ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB White OCleft

77 vs 60 for 1080p frame rates per dollar.

Gaming

ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB White OCleft

70 vs 55 for 1440p frame rates, with a CPU that will not hold the card back.

Heavy gaming

ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB White OCleft

59 vs 48 for the strongest graphics card the budget allows.

Content creation

Either

Within 1 points; buy on price.

3D & rendering

Either

Within 1 points; buy on price.

Gaming & streaming

ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB White OCleft

64 vs 56 for frame rates with headroom for the encoder and the chat.

AI & local models

GeForce RTX 3090right

54 vs 62 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

    ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB White OC: 67

    GeForce RTX 3090: 55

    12 ptsto the left

  • Games at 1080p

    ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB White OC: 77

    GeForce RTX 3090: 60

    17 ptsto the left

  • Games at 1440p

    ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB White OC: 70

    GeForce RTX 3090: 55

    15 ptsto the left

  • Games at 4K

    ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB White OC: 59

    GeForce RTX 3090: 48

    11 ptsto the left

  • Rendering and video

    ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB White OC: 50

    GeForce RTX 3090: 58

    8 ptsto the right

Price and value

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

  • Value, points per $100

    ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB White OC: 8.4

    GeForce RTX 3090: 4.6

    83%to the left

  • Typical price

    ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB White OC: $800

    GeForce RTX 3090: $1,199

    $399to the left

From the spec sheets

  • Video memory

    ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB White OC: 16 GB

    GeForce RTX 3090: 24 GB

    50%to the right

  • Board power

    ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB White OC: 304 W

    GeForce RTX 3090: 350 W

    15%to the left

  • Length

    ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB White OC: 305 mm

    GeForce RTX 3090: 313 mm

    3%to the left

The verdict

  • The ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB White OC is 27% faster at 1440p.
  • At 4K the gap is 23% in the ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB White OC's favour.
  • RTX 3090 carries 24 GB of video memory against 16 GB.
  • The ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB White OC typically costs $399 less.
  • Per dollar, the ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB White OC is the better buy: 8.4 points per $100 against 4.6.

Specifications

SpecASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB White OCGeForce RTX 3090
Video memory16 GB24 GB (better)
Board power304 W (better)350 W
Length305 mm (better)313 mm
Power connectorPCIe 8-pinPCIe 8-pin
BrandAMDNvidia
Released2025 (better)2020
Typical price$800 (better)$1,199

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

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