AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
237
162
142
109
235
160
141
106
The Witcher 3
255
226
166
88
252
224
162
88
Counter-Strike 2
323
219
160
81
318
217
157
83
Far Cry 6
200
177
155
100
191
171
153
97
Hogwarts Legacy
152
128
104
56
147
125
101
54
COD Modern Warfare 3
240
225
172
114
225
223
163
109
Ghost of Tsushima
156
129
112
71
151
127
107
70
Cyberpunk 2077
185
160
110
51
179
158
108
48
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
260
195
106
267
256
196
100
Avg FPS
1080p High225218
1080p Ultra187185
1440p Ultra146143
4K Ultra8684
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
26147
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
24670
Time Spy3026826936
Solar Bay119007103478
Port Royal1871514245
Fire Strike6605167268
Night Raid199232171243
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
182816
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
203754
Background Blur427.4 frames/s419.8 frames/s
Face Detection251 frames/s240.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.77 Gpix/sec8.72 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.42 Gpix/sec12 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.35 Gpix/sec9.88 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.42 Gpix/sec1.71 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching651.4 Gpix/sec701.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics23630 fps26631.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
27224
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
28850
G2D Mark13471214
DirectX 11294 fps339 fps
DirectX 1280 fps108 fps
GPU Compute15847 Ops/s17495 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
298.6 fps
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
323.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1653.8 fps1653.2 fps
Car Chase1403.1 fps1525.6 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1113.5 fps1206.5 fps
T-Rex4704.1 fps5517 fps
ALU 28678.1 fps8007.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2313.1 fps340 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6928.56975.1

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 Navi 31
Price 599 899

GPU

GPU Frequency 1660 MHz 1387 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2970 MHz 2394 MHz
Shader Units 4096 5376
TMUs 256 336
ROPs 128 192
Execution Units 64 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 64 84
Tensor Cores 128 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 380 Gpix/sec 460 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 760 GTex/s 804 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS 51.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 304 W 300 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 357 mm² 529 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 57 billion
Transistor density 150.98 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 XT
644.6 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
800 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

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Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
2 (33.33%)
4 (66.67%)
Total Votes: 6

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