AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs AMD Radeon RX 580

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070, vs AMD Radeon RX 580. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 and AMD Radeon RX 580
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
235
158
133
102
76
38
33
15
The Witcher 3
237
213
157
82
52
40
23
13
Counter-Strike 2
315
214
160
80
78
56
37
16
Far Cry 6
191
168
147
94
58
49
34
17
Hogwarts Legacy
143
121
95
55
33
23
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
222
211
156
105
47
41
27
15
Ghost of Tsushima
146
125
109
66
33
24
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
171
154
107
47
30
27
13
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
266
242
186
98
60
51
31
18
Avg FPS
1080p High21452
1080p Ultra17839
1440p Ultra13926
4K Ultra8113
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
22542
AMD Radeon RX 580
4176
Time Spy270044353
Solar Bay105078n/a
Port Royal16158527
Fire Strike6055914979
Night Raid17049456876
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
149949
AMD Radeon RX 580
40514
Background Blur377.5 frames/s59.5 frames/s
Face Detection221.3 frames/s33.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.4 Gpix/sec1.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.99 Gpix/sec3.1 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.52 Gpix/sec2.92 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec0.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching606 Gpix/sec161.8 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8521.2 fps5395.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070
24877
AMD Radeon RX 580
8831
G2D Mark1274767
DirectX 11281 fps60 fps
DirectX 1272 fps43 fps
GPU Compute14704 Ops/s3529 Ops/s
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
37056
AMD Radeon RX 580
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
54866
AMD Radeon RX 580
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 9070
29946
AMD Radeon RX 580
n/a
Image Classification (SP)15375n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)37834n/a
Horizon Detection43910n/a
Face Detection (HP)67858n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)172939n/a
Text Classification (SP)4469n/a
Machine Translation (HP)8499n/a
Object Detection (SP)15393n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)66890n/a
Style Transfer (SP)365633n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
AMD Radeon RX 9070
2688.73
AMD Radeon RX 580
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 April, 18, 2017
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 4.0 GCN 4.0
Codename Navi 48 XL Polaris 20
Price n/a 229

GPU

GPU Frequency 1330 MHz 1257 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2520 MHz 1340 MHz
Shader Units 3584 2304
TMUs 224 144
ROPs 128 32
Execution Units 56 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 56 No
Tensor Cores 112 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 16 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 323 Gpix/sec 43 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 564 GTex/s 193 GTex/s
FLOPS 36.1 TFLOPS 6.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 220 W 185 W
Process TSMC GlobalFoundries
Process tech. 4 nm 14 nm
Transistor Size 356.5 mm² 232 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 5 billion
Transistor density 151.19 MTr/mm² 21.55 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070
640 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 580
256 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA No n/a
DisplayPort 2.1a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 9070 the clear winner in this comparison.

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