AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, vs AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and AMD Radeon RX 5700 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
237
162
142
109
130
72
58
38
The Witcher 3
255
226
166
88
116
95
66
32
Counter-Strike 2
323
219
160
81
184
128
91
49
Far Cry 6
200
177
155
100
102
86
66
35
Hogwarts Legacy
152
128
104
56
69
56
42
19
COD Modern Warfare 3
240
225
172
114
89
82
55
33
Ghost of Tsushima
156
129
112
71
74
58
43
23
Cyberpunk 2077
185
160
110
51
69
60
37
16
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
260
195
106
118
107
73
36
Avg FPS
1080p High225106
1080p Ultra18783
1440p Ultra14659
4K Ultra8631
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
26147
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
8593
Time Spy302689425
Solar Bay119007n/a
Port Royal18715n/a
Fire Strike6605127535
Night Raid199232103141
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
182816
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
81739
Background Blur427.4 frames/s148 frames/s
Face Detection251 frames/s89.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.77 Gpix/sec3.52 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.42 Gpix/sec4.98 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.35 Gpix/sec4.11 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.42 Gpix/sec0.75 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching651.4 Gpix/sec295.8 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics23630 fps10480.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
27224
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
16372
G2D Mark1347921
DirectX 11294 fps117 fps
DirectX 1280 fps65 fps
GPU Compute15847 Ops/s7839 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
298.6 fps
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
117.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.8 fps695.6 fps
Car Chase1403.1 fps606.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1113.5 fps496.2 fps
T-Rex4704.1 fps2407 fps
ALU 28678.1 fps3024.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2313.1 fps299.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6928.52576.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 July, 7, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture RDNA 4.0 RDNA 1.0
Codename Navi 48 Navi 10
Price 599 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 1660 MHz 1605 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2970 MHz 1905 MHz
Shader Units 4096 2560
TMUs 256 160
ROPs 128 64
Execution Units 64 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 64 No
Tensor Cores 128 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 380 Gpix/sec 122 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 760 GTex/s 305 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS 9.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 304 W 225 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 357 mm² 251 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 10 billion
Transistor density 150.98 MTr/mm² 39.84 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
644.6 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
DisplayPort 2.1a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS No No

Results

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

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