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AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs AMD Radeon RX 6800

62 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 9070
VS
46 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 6800
AMD Radeon RX 9070
AMD Radeon RX 6800

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070, vs AMD Radeon RX 6800. 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 6800
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
AMD Radeon RX 6800

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
235
158
133
102
176
114
94
68
The Witcher 3
237
213
157
82
170
153
107
59
Counter-Strike 2
315
214
160
80
269
192
135
75
Far Cry 6
191
168
147
94
145
126
104
64
Hogwarts Legacy
143
121
95
55
105
87
69
37
COD Modern Warfare 3
222
211
156
105
145
139
95
63
Ghost of Tsushima
146
125
109
66
106
90
69
43
Cyberpunk 2077
171
154
107
47
113
100
64
31
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
266
242
186
98
183
165
120
63
Avg FPS
1080p High214157
1080p Ultra178130
1440p Ultra13995
4K Ultra8156
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
22542
AMD Radeon RX 6800
14608
Time Spy2700416193
Solar Bay10507864574
Port Royal161588098
Fire Strike6055944382
Night Raid170494142824
Sources: 3DMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [AMD Radeon RX 6800]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
149949
AMD Radeon RX 6800
135060
Background Blur377.5 frames/s298.6 frames/s
Face Detection221.3 frames/s186.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.4 Gpix/sec4.75 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.99 Gpix/sec6.68 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.52 Gpix/sec5.58 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.16 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching606 Gpix/sec579 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8521.2 fps18755.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [AMD Radeon RX 6800]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070
24877
AMD Radeon RX 6800
22123
G2D Mark1274987
DirectX 11281 fps214 fps
DirectX 1272 fps89 fps
GPU Compute14704 Ops/s11216 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [AMD Radeon RX 6800]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 6800
219.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1131 fps
Car Chasen/a1005 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a857.2 fps
T-Rexn/a3344.5 fps
ALU 2n/a5114.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a300.1 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a2950.4
Sources: GFXBench 5 [AMD Radeon RX 6800]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
37056
AMD Radeon RX 6800
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
54866
AMD Radeon RX 6800
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 9070
29946
AMD Radeon RX 6800
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 6800
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 October, 28, 2020
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 21
Price n/a 579

GPU

GPU Frequency 1330 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2520 MHz 2105 MHz
Shader Units 3584 3840
TMUs 224 240
ROPs 128 96
Execution Units 56 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 56 60
Tensor Cores 112 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 323 Gpix/sec 202 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 564 GTex/s 505 GTex/s
FLOPS 36.1 TFLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 220 W 250 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 356.5 mm² 520 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 26 billion
Transistor density 151.19 MTr/mm² 50 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070
640 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 6800
512 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.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
1 (33.33%)
2 (66.67%)
Total Votes: 3

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