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AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

62 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 9070
VS
54 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
AMD Radeon RX 9070
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070, vs AMD Radeon RX 6900 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 6900 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 6900 XT

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
235
158
133
102
213
142
118
87
The Witcher 3
237
213
157
82
208
183
139
72
Counter-Strike 2
315
214
160
80
302
208
149
81
Far Cry 6
191
168
147
94
172
148
133
83
Hogwarts Legacy
143
121
95
55
130
105
83
46
COD Modern Warfare 3
222
211
156
105
183
177
130
84
Ghost of Tsushima
146
125
109
66
131
111
91
55
Cyberpunk 2077
171
154
107
47
148
129
87
42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
266
242
186
98
225
205
156
82
Avg FPS
1080p High214190
1080p Ultra178156
1440p Ultra139121
4K Ultra8170
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
22542
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
20263
Time Spy2700420781
Solar Bay10507886741
Port Royal1615810519
Fire Strike6055957323
Night Raid170494159759
Sources: 3DMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
149949
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
124121
Background Blur377.5 frames/s231.6 frames/s
Face Detection221.3 frames/s152.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.4 Gpix/sec4.26 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.99 Gpix/sec5.75 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.52 Gpix/sec5.87 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.12 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching606 Gpix/sec618.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8521.2 fps17973.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070
24877
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
26727
G2D Mark12741051
DirectX 11281 fps278 fps
DirectX 1272 fps113 fps
GPU Compute14704 Ops/s14962 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
305.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1379.6 fps
Car Chasen/a1317.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a1205.3 fps
T-Rexn/a4360 fps
ALU 2n/a6645 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a325.2 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a3954.8
Sources: GFXBench 5 [AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
37056
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
54866
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 9070
29946
AMD Radeon RX 6900 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 6900 XT
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 December, 8, 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 999

GPU

GPU Frequency 1330 MHz 1825 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2520 MHz 2250 MHz
Shader Units 3584 5120
TMUs 224 320
ROPs 128 128
Execution Units 56 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 56 80
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 720 GTex/s
FLOPS 36.1 TFLOPS 23 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 6900 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

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