The Call of Duty series is one of the world's most popular first-person shooter franchises, releasing new games almost annually and achieving astonishing sales, with most titles exceeding 30 million copies sold.

For PC Call of Duty players, AMD graphics cards have always demonstrated a significant performance advantage in the series. This tradition continues in Black Ops 7—test data shows AMD's performance lead even surpassing that of Black Ops 6. The RX 9070 XT easily surpasses the RTX 5070 Ti, trailing only the flagship RTX 5090 in average and minimum frame rates.

Current testing is based on a beta version of the game. Based on Computer Base's benchmark data, the performance of various graphics card models is now largely clear. Black Ops 7 was tested using maximum settings, DLSS 4/FSR 4 quality mode, and 1.5x resolution scaling for the RTX 50/RX 9000 series. The RX 7000/6000 and Intel Arc series used XeSS Ultra Quality mode with 1.3x scaling.

Test results show that at 1440p, the RX 9070 XT performed exceptionally well, achieving 203.3 FPS, while the RTX 5070ti only managed 155.1 FPS, a 23.7% performance gap. In comparison, the flagship RTX 5090, with 231.3 FPS, was only 12% ahead.

In a side-by-side comparison, the RX 7800 XT and RTX 4070 performed on par, both reaching an average frame rate of 120 FPS. The RX 7600 and Arc B580 performed similarly, but slightly behind the RTX 4060.

In the 4K resolution test, the RTX 5090's lead widened to 21.5%. However, it's worth noting that this performance improvement isn't directly proportional to its price. The RX 9070 XT continued its excellent performance, achieving 168.1 FPS, surpassing the RTX 5070 Ti's 132.3 FPS.

In terms of minimum frame rate performance, the RX 9070 XT also had the upper hand (120.4 FPS vs. 99.4 FPS), a 20% performance lead. In terms of average and minimum frame rates, the RX 7800 XT and RTX 4070 performed roughly on par.

What are your thoughts on this? Do you think this gap is due to Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 being an A-GPU-friendly game?