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AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

62 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 9070
VS
71 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
AMD Radeon RX 9070
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070, vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 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 7900 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 7900 XT

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
235
158
133
102
235
160
141
106
The Witcher 3
237
213
157
82
252
224
162
88
Counter-Strike 2
315
214
160
80
318
217
157
83
Far Cry 6
191
168
147
94
191
171
153
97
Hogwarts Legacy
143
121
95
55
147
125
101
54
COD Modern Warfare 3
222
211
156
105
225
223
163
109
Ghost of Tsushima
146
125
109
66
151
127
107
70
Cyberpunk 2077
171
154
107
47
179
158
108
48
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
266
242
186
98
267
256
196
100
Avg FPS
1080p High214218
1080p Ultra178185
1440p Ultra139143
4K Ultra8184
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
22542
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
24670
Time Spy2700426936
Solar Bay105078103478
Port Royal1615814245
Fire Strike6055967268
Night Raid170494171243
Sources: 3DMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
149949
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
203754
Background Blur377.5 frames/s419.8 frames/s
Face Detection221.3 frames/s240.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.4 Gpix/sec8.72 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.99 Gpix/sec12 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.52 Gpix/sec9.88 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.71 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching606 Gpix/sec701.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8521.2 fps26631.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070
24877
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
28850
G2D Mark12741214
DirectX 11281 fps339 fps
DirectX 1272 fps108 fps
GPU Compute14704 Ops/s17495 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
323.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1653.2 fps
Car Chasen/a1525.6 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a1206.5 fps
T-Rexn/a5517 fps
ALU 2n/a8007.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a340 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a6975.1
Sources: GFXBench 5 [AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
37056
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
54866
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 9070
29946
AMD Radeon RX 7900 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 7900 XT
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 December, 13, 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 31
Price n/a 899

GPU

GPU Frequency 1330 MHz 1387 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2520 MHz 2394 MHz
Shader Units 3584 5376
TMUs 224 336
ROPs 128 192
Execution Units 56 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 56 84
Tensor Cores 112 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core 256 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 323 Gpix/sec 460 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 564 GTex/s 804 GTex/s
FLOPS 36.1 TFLOPS 51.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 220 W 300 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 356.5 mm² 529 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 57 billion
Transistor density 151.19 MTr/mm² 107.75 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 2500 MHz
Bus 256 bit 320 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 20 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070
640 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
800 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

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