AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, vs AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and AMD Radeon RX 7800 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
201
136
113
85
The Witcher 3
255
226
166
88
198
179
128
67
Counter-Strike 2
323
219
160
81
289
202
145
79
Far Cry 6
200
177
155
100
164
141
126
75
Hogwarts Legacy
152
128
104
56
121
102
80
42
COD Modern Warfare 3
240
225
172
114
170
167
118
82
Ghost of Tsushima
156
129
112
71
123
104
88
53
Cyberpunk 2077
185
160
110
51
133
117
79
37
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
260
195
106
214
200
150
76
Avg FPS
1080p High225179
1080p Ultra187150
1440p Ultra146114
4K Ultra8666
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
26147
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
18126
Time Spy3026820098
Solar Bay11900778368
Port Royal1871510855
Fire Strike6605149984
Night Raid199232158067
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
182816
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
148335
Background Blur427.4 frames/s300.7 frames/s
Face Detection251 frames/s200.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.77 Gpix/sec5.77 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.42 Gpix/sec8.05 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.35 Gpix/sec6.44 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.42 Gpix/sec1.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching651.4 Gpix/sec566.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics23630 fps20533.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
27224
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
24202
G2D Mark13471167
DirectX 11294 fps249 fps
DirectX 1280 fps93 fps
GPU Compute15847 Ops/s13685 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
298.6 fps
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
230.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.8 fps1300.3 fps
Car Chase1403.1 fps1191.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1113.5 fps955.3 fps
T-Rex4704.1 fps3854.1 fps
ALU 28678.1 fps6542.4 fps
Driver Overhead 2313.1 fps284.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6928.55363.2

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 Navi 32
Price 599 499

GPU

GPU Frequency 1660 MHz 1295 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2970 MHz 2430 MHz
Shader Units 4096 3840
TMUs 256 240
ROPs 128 96
Execution Units 64 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 64 60
Tensor Cores 128 n/a
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 380 Gpix/sec 233 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 760 GTex/s 583 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS 37.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 304 W 263 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 357 mm² 346 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 150.98 MTr/mm² 80.92 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 2438 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 19500 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
644.6 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
624.1 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
DisplayPort 2.1a 2.1
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
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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