AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs 7800 XT
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AMD Radeon RX 9070
Navi 48
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
Navi 32
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 9070 with 56 pipelines and 3584 shaders against the 1 year and 4 months older 7800 XT that utilizes 3840 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Value for money (Beta)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 9070
- Performs better (up to 26%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Shows 21% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 139 vs 115 FPS
- Manufactured using a more efficient 4 nm process technology
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 229 156 137 102 |
197 135 111 86 |
| The Witcher 3 | 240 216 159 84 |
205 174 132 66 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 307 215 158 84 |
297 206 147 80 |
| Far Cry 6 | 192 163 148 95 |
166 145 124 77 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 146 119 97 52 |
122 101 79 45 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 219 212 157 107 |
169 168 122 80 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 146 122 105 65 |
124 105 85 54 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 174 149 102 47 |
132 121 80 39 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 262 248 188 99 |
212 199 151 77 |
| 1080p High | 213 | 180 |
| 1080p Ultra | 178 | 150 |
| 1440p Ultra | 139 | 115 |
| 4K Ultra | 82 | 67 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 26693 | 20095 |
| Solar Bay | 106118 | 80667 |
| Port Royal | 15939 | 10917 |
| Fire Strike | 60053 | 50073 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 48323 | 37173 |
| Night Raid | 177554 | 160762 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 377.5 img/sec | 300.7 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 221.3 img/sec | 200.5 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 6.4 Gpixels/sec | 5.77 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 8.99 Gpixels/sec | 8.05 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 8.52 Gpixels/sec | 6.44 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.36 Gpixels/sec | 1.25 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 606 Gpixels/sec | 566.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 8521.2 FPS | 20533.6 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1262 | 1195 |
| DirectX 11 | 280 FPS | 250 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 73 FPS | 96 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 14799 Ops/s | 13617 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
Radeon RX 9070
No benchmark results yet
Radeon RX 7800 XT
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-03 (RekrutV) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 156177 |
| 📘 2026-06-03 (RekrutV) | Steel Nomad Light | 19225 |
| 📘 2026-05-14 (RekrutV) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 152506 |
| 📘 2026-05-14 (RekrutV) | Steel Nomad Light | 18724 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 15375 | 13913 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 37834 | 18416 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 43910 | 31387 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 67858 | 51780 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 172939 | 177217 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 4469 | 3655 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 8499 | 6216 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 15393 | 15073 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 66890 | 57318 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 365633 | 347420 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Radeon RX 9070 and 7800 XTGeneral
| Vendor | Amd | Amd |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | January 7, 2025 | September 6, 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $549 | $499 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | High-end |
| Architecture | RDNA 4.0 | RDNA 3.0 |
| GPU Codename | Navi 48 | Navi 32 |
| Rival Equivalent | - GeForce RTX 5070 | - GeForce RTX 4070 |
| Successor | - | - Radeon RX 9070 XT |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above | - Intel Core i5 13600K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (16th and 26th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1330 MHz | 1295 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2520 MHz | 2430 MHz |
| Shading Units | 3584 | 3840 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 224 | 240 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 128 | 96 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 56 | - |
| Tensor Cores | 112 | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 56 | 60 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 8MB shared | 4MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 4 IPC | 4 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 323 GPixel/s | 233 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 564 GTexel/s | 583 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 220 W | 263 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 357 mm² | 346 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 53.9 billion | 28 billion |
| Transistor Density | 150.98 MTr/mm² | 80.92 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2518 MHz | 2438 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 20100 Mbps | 19500 Mbps |
| Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| CUDA | No | - |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | 2.1a | 2.1 |
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