AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070, vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 and AMD Radeon RX 9060 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
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
237
213
157
82
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
315
214
160
80
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
191
168
147
94
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
143
121
95
55
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
222
211
156
105
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
146
125
109
66
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
171
154
107
47
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
266
242
186
98
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High214155
1080p Ultra178127
1440p Ultra13994
4K Ultra8155
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
22542
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy2700416983
Solar Bay10507864114
Port Royal161589710
Fire Strike6055939013
Night Raid170494155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
149949
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur377.5 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection221.3 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.4 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.99 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.52 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching606 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8521.2 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070
24877
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark12741191
DirectX 11281 fps187 fps
DirectX 1272 fps57 fps
GPU Compute14704 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
37056
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
54866
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 9070
29946
AMD Radeon RX 9060 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 9060 XT
1574.66

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 4.0 RDNA 4.0
Codename Navi 48 XL Navi 44

GPU

GPU Frequency 1330 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2520 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 3584 2048
TMUs 224 128
ROPs 128 64
Execution Units 56 32
Ray Tracing Cores 56 32
Tensor Cores 112 64
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 323 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 564 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 36.1 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 220 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 356.5 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 29.7 billion
Transistor density 151.19 MTr/mm² 149.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070
640 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA No No
DisplayPort 2.1a 2.1a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 9070 the clear winner in this comparison.

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