AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs 7800 XT
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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Navi 48
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
Navi 32
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 9070 XT with 64 pipelines and 4096 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 XT
- Performs significantly better (up to 45%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Shows 32% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 152 vs 115 FPS
- 31% higher maximum theoretical performance (48.7 vs 37.3 TFLOPS)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 4 nm process technology
- Achieves 23% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (182K vs 148K)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 242 169 149 109 |
197 135 111 86 |
| The Witcher 3 | 267 237 167 89 |
205 174 132 66 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 325 224 163 82 |
297 206 147 80 |
| Far Cry 6 | 198 176 163 104 |
166 145 124 77 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 162 133 107 58 |
122 101 79 45 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 240 232 174 118 |
169 168 122 80 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 158 137 116 73 |
124 105 85 54 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 190 171 119 53 |
132 121 80 39 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 280 265 207 107 |
212 199 151 77 |
| 1080p High | 229 | 180 |
| 1080p Ultra | 194 | 150 |
| 1440p Ultra | 152 | 115 |
| 4K Ultra | 88 | 67 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 29556 | 20095 |
| Solar Bay | 122220 | 80667 |
| Port Royal | 18363 | 10917 |
| Fire Strike | 66319 | 50073 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 54672 | 37173 |
| Night Raid | 194947 | 160762 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 427.4 img/sec | 300.7 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 251 img/sec | 200.5 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 6.77 Gpixels/sec | 5.77 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 9.42 Gpixels/sec | 8.05 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 9.35 Gpixels/sec | 6.44 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.42 Gpixels/sec | 1.25 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 651.4 Gpixels/sec | 566.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 23630 FPS | 20533.6 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1311 | 1194 |
| DirectX 11 | 294 FPS | 250 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 77 FPS | 96 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 16070 Ops/s | 13608 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
Radeon RX 9070 XT
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-12 (luizmdd) | Cinebench 2024 | 50113 |
| 📘 2026-07-04 -> StevenS | GeekBench | 179283 |
| 📘 2026-07-04 -> StevenS | Steel Nomad Light | 27505 |
| 📘 2025-10-15 (adv) | GeekBench | 175418 |
Radeon RX 7800 XT
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-03 (RekrutV) | GeekBench | 156177 |
| 📘 2026-06-03 (RekrutV) | Steel Nomad Light | 19225 |
| 📘 2026-05-14 (RekrutV) | GeekBench | 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) | 18001 | 13913 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 25174 | 18416 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 45714 | 31387 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 74776 | 51780 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 196137 | 177217 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 5163 | 3655 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 8677 | 6216 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 19602 | 15073 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 74879 | 57318 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 411302 | 347420 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Radeon RX 9070 XT and 7800 XTGeneral
| Vendor | Amd | Amd |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | January 7, 2025 | September 6, 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | $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 Ti | - 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 (12th and 25th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1660 MHz | 1295 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2970 MHz | 2430 MHz |
| Shading Units | 4096 | 3840 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 256 | 240 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 128 | 96 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 64 | - |
| Tensor Cores | 128 | - |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 64 | 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 | 380 GPixel/s | 233 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 760 GTexel/s | 583 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 304 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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