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AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

62 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 9070
VS
38 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
AMD Radeon RX 9070
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070, vs AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 and AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
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
Processors:
AMD Radeon RX 9070
vs
Radeon RX 6700 XT

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
235
158
133
102
158
91
74
53
The Witcher 3
237
213
157
82
146
120
87
44
Counter-Strike 2
315
214
160
80
226
160
112
58
Far Cry 6
191
168
147
94
123
110
83
48
Hogwarts Legacy
143
121
95
55
85
72
54
27
COD Modern Warfare 3
222
211
156
105
117
113
74
47
Ghost of Tsushima
146
125
109
66
93
73
55
31
Cyberpunk 2077
171
154
107
47
88
77
50
24
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
266
242
186
98
149
135
98
49
Avg FPS
1080p High214132
1080p Ultra178106
1440p Ultra13976
4K Ultra8142
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
22542
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
11451
Time Spy2700412807
Solar Bay10507850157
Port Royal161586162
Fire Strike6055935844
Night Raid170494130743
Sources: 3DMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
149949
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
110742
Background Blur377.5 frames/s245.8 frames/s
Face Detection221.3 frames/s153.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.4 Gpix/sec3.99 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.99 Gpix/sec5.82 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.52 Gpix/sec4.37 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching606 Gpix/sec474.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8521.2 fps13872.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070
24877
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
19820
G2D Mark1274946
DirectX 11281 fps174 fps
DirectX 1272 fps77 fps
GPU Compute14704 Ops/s9584 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
173.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a943.9 fps
Car Chasen/a840 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a743.3 fps
T-Rexn/a2906.3 fps
ALU 2n/a3886.3 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a290.8 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a2414.4
Sources: GFXBench 5 [AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
37056
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
54866
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 9070
29946
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
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
Sources: GeekBench v6 [AMD Radeon RX 9070]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
AMD Radeon RX 9070
2688.73
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 March, 3, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 4.0 RDNA 2.0
Codename Navi 48 XL Navi 22
Price n/a 479

GPU

GPU Frequency 1330 MHz 2321 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2520 MHz 2581 MHz
Shader Units 3584 2560
TMUs 224 160
ROPs 128 64
Execution Units 56 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 56 40
Tensor Cores 112 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 323 Gpix/sec 165 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 564 GTex/s 413 GTex/s
FLOPS 36.1 TFLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 220 W 230 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 356.5 mm² 335 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 151.19 MTr/mm² 50.75 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070
640 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
384 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 Yes
DLSS No No

Results

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

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