ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Monster Hunter Wilds Edition VS MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Expert OC

The ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Monster Hunter Wilds Edition features a GPU clock speed of 1660 MHz, while the MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Expert OC is faster at 2295 MHz. However, the ASRock model offers a higher GPU turbo boost speed of 2970 MHz compared to 2580 MHz on the MSI. In terms of pixel rate, the ASRock card achieves 380.2 GPixel/s, significantly surpassing the MSI’s 247.7 GPixel/s. The floating-point performance of the ASRock is also slightly higher, reaching 48.66 TFLOPS, while the MSI offers 46.23 TFLOPS.

The ASRock card provides a texture rate of 760.3 GTexels/s, outperforming the MSI's 722.4 GTexels/s. In terms of GPU memory speed, the ASRock model operates at 2518 MHz, notably faster than the MSI’s 1750 MHz. The ASRock also has more shading units, with 4096 compared to the MSI’s 8960. The ASRock offers 256 texture mapping units (TMUs) and 128 render output units (ROPs), while the MSI has 280 TMUs and 96 ROPs.

Both cards support Double Precision Floating Point (DPFP), ensuring similar capabilities in terms of precision. Overall, the ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Monster Hunter Wilds Edition demonstrates stronger performance in several areas like clock speed, pixel rate, and memory speed, but the MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Expert OC excels in shading units and texture mapping units.

The ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Monster Hunter Wilds Edition and MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Expert OC both feature 16GB of VRAM, but differ in other memory specifications. The ASRock card has an effective memory speed of 20100 MHz, while the MSI card is faster, with an effective memory speed of 28000 MHz. In terms of maximum memory bandwidth, the ASRock offers 644 GB/s, which is lower than the MSI’s 896 GB/s.

Both cards use a 256-bit memory bus width and support ECC memory, ensuring error correction capabilities are available on both models. Additionally, the ASRock uses GDDR6 memory, whereas the MSI is equipped with the newer GDDR7 memory type, which can offer potential improvements in performance and efficiency.

While both products have the same amount of VRAM, the differences in memory speed and bandwidth, along with the GDDR6 vs. GDDR7 distinction, make the MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Expert OC a more advanced option in terms of memory performance.

Both the ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Monster Hunter Wilds Edition and MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Expert OC support DirectX 12 Ultimate, ensuring compatibility with the latest gaming technologies. They also both support OpenGL 4.6 and ray tracing, along with 3D capabilities. However, the ASRock card supports OpenCL version 2.2, while the MSI card supports the newer OpenCL version 3.

In terms of multi-display technology, both cards support it, allowing for enhanced multi-monitor setups. The ASRock model does not support DLSS, nor does it feature XeSS (XMX), while the MSI card supports DLSS but also lacks XeSS (XMX). For Resizable BAR support, the ASRock card is compatible with AMD SAM, while the MSI card works with Intel Resizable BAR.

When it comes to additional features, the ASRock card includes RGB lighting, which the MSI does not, and both cards support up to four displays. Neither card has LHR (Lite Hash Rate) limitations, making them suitable for cryptocurrency mining if needed.

Both the ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Monster Hunter Wilds Edition and the MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Expert OC come with one HDMI port, supporting HDMI 2.1b. Additionally, both cards provide three DisplayPort outputs, but neither includes USB-C, DVI, or mini DisplayPort outputs.

Overall, the port configurations for both cards are identical, with both offering the same HDMI version, DisplayPort outputs, and lack of other specialized ports like USB-C or mini DisplayPort.

The ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Monster Hunter Wilds Edition and MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Expert OC both use PCI Express 5.0, ensuring fast data transfer. The ASRock card features RDNA 4.0 architecture and a 4 nm semiconductor size, while the MSI card uses Blackwell architecture with a slightly larger 5 nm semiconductor size. In terms of transistors, the ASRock card has 53,900 million, compared to the MSI’s 45,600 million.

When it comes to thermal design power (TDP), the ASRock card has a slightly higher TDP of 304W, compared to the MSI’s 300W. Both cards do not include air-water cooling systems.

In terms of size, the ASRock card is smaller, with a width of 298 mm and a height of 131 mm, while the MSI card is larger, measuring 319 mm in width and 150 mm in height.