AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs RX 9070
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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Navi 48
AMD Radeon RX 9070
Navi 48
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 9070 XT with 64 pipelines and 4096 shaders against the RX 9070 that utilizes 56 pipelines and 3584 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 slightly better (up to 15%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 35% higher maximum theoretical performance (48.7 vs 36.1 TFLOPS)
- Shows 9% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 152 vs 139 FPS
- Achieves 22% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (182K vs 149K)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 242 169 149 109 |
229 156 137 102 |
| The Witcher 3 | 267 237 167 89 |
240 216 159 84 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 325 224 163 82 |
307 215 158 84 |
| Far Cry 6 | 198 176 163 104 |
192 163 148 95 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 162 133 107 58 |
146 119 97 52 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 240 232 174 118 |
219 212 157 107 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 158 137 116 73 |
146 122 105 65 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 190 171 119 53 |
174 149 102 47 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 280 265 207 107 |
262 248 188 99 |
| 1080p High | 229 | 213 |
| 1080p Ultra | 194 | 178 |
| 1440p Ultra | 152 | 139 |
| 4K Ultra | 88 | 82 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 29556 | 26693 |
| Solar Bay | 122220 | 106118 |
| Port Royal | 18363 | 15939 |
| Fire Strike | 66319 | 60053 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 54672 | 48323 |
| Night Raid | 194947 | 177554 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 427.4 img/sec | 377.5 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 251 img/sec | 221.3 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 6.77 Gpixels/sec | 6.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 9.42 Gpixels/sec | 8.99 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 9.35 Gpixels/sec | 8.52 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.42 Gpixels/sec | 1.36 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 651.4 Gpixels/sec | 606 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 23630 FPS | 8521.2 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1310 | 1262 |
| DirectX 11 | 295 FPS | 280 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 77 FPS | 73 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 16100 Ops/s | 14799 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 6 OpenCL | 179283 |
| 📘 2026-07-04 -> StevenS | Steel Nomad Light | 27505 |
| 📘 2025-10-15 (adv) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 175418 |
Radeon RX 9070
No benchmark results yet
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 | 15375 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 25174 | 37834 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 45714 | 43910 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 74776 | 67858 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 196137 | 172939 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 5163 | 4469 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 8677 | 8499 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 19602 | 15393 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 74879 | 66890 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 411302 | 365633 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070General
| Vendor | Amd | Amd |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | January 7, 2025 | January 7, 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | $549 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | High-end |
| Architecture | RDNA 4.0 | RDNA 4.0 |
| GPU Codename | Navi 48 | Navi 48 |
| Rival Equivalent | - GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | - GeForce RTX 5070 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (12th and 16th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1660 MHz | 1330 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2970 MHz | 2520 MHz |
| Shading Units | 4096 | 3584 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 256 | 224 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 128 | 128 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 64 | 56 |
| Tensor Cores | 128 | 112 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 64 | 56 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 8MB shared | 8MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 4 IPC | 4 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 380 GPixel/s | 323 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 760 GTexel/s | 564 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| TGP | 304 W | 220 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 4 nm |
| Die Size | 357 mm² | 357 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 53.9 billion | 53.9 billion |
| Transistor Density | 150.98 MTr/mm² | 150.98 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2518 MHz | 2518 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 20100 Mbps | 20100 Mbps |
| Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| CUDA | No | No |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | 2.1a | 2.1a |
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