AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070, vs AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 and AMD Radeon RX 6800 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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
235
158
133
102
196
131
112
80
The Witcher 3
237
213
157
82
199
176
129
65
Counter-Strike 2
315
214
160
80
284
200
144
77
Far Cry 6
191
168
147
94
159
143
120
75
Hogwarts Legacy
143
121
95
55
116
98
76
41
COD Modern Warfare 3
222
211
156
105
170
164
117
79
Ghost of Tsushima
146
125
109
66
122
103
81
52
Cyberpunk 2077
171
154
107
47
132
117
77
34
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
266
242
186
98
204
191
144
73
Avg FPS
1080p High214176
1080p Ultra178147
1440p Ultra139111
4K Ultra8164
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
22542
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
17610
Time Spy2700419340
Solar Bay10507878380
Port Royal161589690
Fire Strike6055953029
Night Raid170494155564
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
149949
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
138858
Background Blur377.5 frames/s335.7 frames/s
Face Detection221.3 frames/s221.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.4 Gpix/sec6.16 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.99 Gpix/sec8.96 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.52 Gpix/sec7.44 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.31 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching606 Gpix/sec263 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8521.2 fps14755 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070
24877
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
24993
G2D Mark12741025
DirectX 11281 fps264 fps
DirectX 1272 fps100 fps
GPU Compute14704 Ops/s13655 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
264.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1271.6 fps
Car Chasen/a1173.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a1067.6 fps
T-Rexn/a4026.9 fps
ALU 2n/a5306.3 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a278.9 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a3567
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
37056
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
54866
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 9070
29946
AMD Radeon RX 6800 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

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
AMD Radeon RX 9070
2688.73
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 November, 18, 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 649

GPU

GPU Frequency 1330 MHz 1825 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2520 MHz 2250 MHz
Shader Units 3584 4608
TMUs 224 288
ROPs 128 128
Execution Units 56 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 56 72
Tensor Cores 112 n/a
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 288 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 564 GTex/s 648 GTex/s
FLOPS 36.1 TFLOPS 20.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 220 W 300 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 XT
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?
3 (50%)
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Total Votes: 6

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