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AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

62 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 9070
VS
50 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
AMD Radeon RX 9070
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070, vs AMD Radeon RX 7700 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 7700 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 7700 XT

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
235
158
133
102
181
118
100
73
The Witcher 3
237
213
157
82
179
153
116
58
Counter-Strike 2
315
214
160
80
274
195
134
76
Far Cry 6
191
168
147
94
150
129
109
64
Hogwarts Legacy
143
121
95
55
109
91
69
39
COD Modern Warfare 3
222
211
156
105
147
139
99
66
Ghost of Tsushima
146
125
109
66
108
90
73
42
Cyberpunk 2077
171
154
107
47
115
101
68
29
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
266
242
186
98
191
175
128
64
Avg FPS
1080p High214162
1080p Ultra178132
1440p Ultra139100
4K Ultra8157
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
22542
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
14982
Time Spy2700417110
Solar Bay10507863280
Port Royal161589055
Fire Strike6055942666
Night Raid170494144957
Sources: 3DMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
149949
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
132843
Background Blur377.5 frames/s285.8 frames/s
Face Detection221.3 frames/s181.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.4 Gpix/sec4.9 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.99 Gpix/sec6.66 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.52 Gpix/sec5.68 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.18 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching606 Gpix/sec493 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8521.2 fps19410.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070
24877
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
22467
G2D Mark12741150
DirectX 11281 fps233 fps
DirectX 1272 fps77 fps
GPU Compute14704 Ops/s13108 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
174.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1178.6 fps
Car Chasen/a1007.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a806.1 fps
T-Rexn/a3466.6 fps
ALU 2n/a5953.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a280.3 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a4717
Sources: GFXBench 5 [AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
37056
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
54866
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 9070
29946
AMD Radeon RX 7700 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 7700 XT
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 September, 6, 2023
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 4.0 RDNA 3.0
Codename Navi 48 XL Navi 32
Price n/a 449

GPU

GPU Frequency 1330 MHz 1435 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2520 MHz 2544 MHz
Shader Units 3584 3456
TMUs 224 216
ROPs 128 96
Execution Units 56 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 56 54
Tensor Cores 112 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 323 Gpix/sec 244 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 564 GTex/s 550 GTex/s
FLOPS 36.1 TFLOPS 35.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 220 W 245 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 356.5 mm² 346 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 151.19 MTr/mm² 80.92 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 2250 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 18000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070
640 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
432 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA No n/a
DisplayPort 2.1a 2.1
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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