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AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

62 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 9070
VS
79 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
AMD Radeon RX 9070
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070, vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX. 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 XTX
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 XTX

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
235
158
133
102
253
180
159
120
The Witcher 3
237
213
157
82
270
255
184
93
Counter-Strike 2
315
214
160
80
324
232
169
87
Far Cry 6
191
168
147
94
209
187
168
106
Hogwarts Legacy
143
121
95
55
171
143
110
63
COD Modern Warfare 3
222
211
156
105
256
254
188
132
Ghost of Tsushima
146
125
109
66
170
142
124
79
Cyberpunk 2077
171
154
107
47
206
180
126
59
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
266
242
186
98
293
275
207
113
Avg FPS
1080p High214239
1080p Ultra178205
1440p Ultra139159
4K Ultra8195
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
22542
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
29862
Time Spy2700430610
Solar Bay105078121915
Port Royal1615816607
Fire Strike6055973014
Night Raid170494182333
Sources: 3DMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
149949
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
224686
Background Blur377.5 frames/s423.9 frames/s
Face Detection221.3 frames/s270.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.4 Gpix/sec9.23 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.99 Gpix/sec13.7 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.52 Gpix/sec11.1 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.74 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching606 Gpix/sec871 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8521.2 fps29891.2 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070
24877
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
31104
G2D Mark12741252
DirectX 11281 fps357 fps
DirectX 1272 fps128 fps
GPU Compute14704 Ops/s18188 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [AMD Radeon RX 9070], [AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
405.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1822 fps
Car Chasen/a1721.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a1382 fps
T-Rexn/a5784.5 fps
ALU 2n/a10100.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a326.5 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a8087.1
Sources: GFXBench 5 [AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
37056
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
54866
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 9070
29946
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
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 XTX
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 November, 3, 2022
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 999

GPU

GPU Frequency 1330 MHz 1929 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2520 MHz 2498 MHz
Shader Units 3584 6144
TMUs 224 384
ROPs 128 192
Execution Units 56 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 56 96
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 480 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 564 GTex/s 959 GTex/s
FLOPS 36.1 TFLOPS 61.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 220 W 355 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 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070
640 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
960 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 7900 XTX the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
6 (66.67%)
3 (33.33%)
Total Votes: 9

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