AMD started Radeon RX 9070 sales 6 March 2025 at a recommended price of $549. This is a high-end RDNA 4.0 architecture desktop card based on 5 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 16 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 2.52 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 644.6 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a dual-slot graphics card attached via PCIe 5.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 267 mm. Two 8-pin power connectors are required, and power consumption is at 220 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about Radeon RX 9070: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	40
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	62.33
Power efficiency	20.01	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	RDNA 4.0 (2025)
GPU code name	Navi 48
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	6 March 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$549	of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

Detailed specifications

Radeon RX 9070's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon RX 9070's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	3584	of 24064 (RTX PRO 6000)
Core clock speed	1330 MHz	of 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz	of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	53,900 million	of 153,000 million (Radeon Instinct MI300)
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	220 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	564.5	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	36.13 TFLOPS	of 126 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
ROPs	128	of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000)
TMUs	224	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Tensor Cores	112	of 1216 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Ray Tracing Cores	56	of 188 (RTX PRO 6000)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Radeon RX 9070 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 5.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Width	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on Radeon RX 9070: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	2518 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	644.6 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory	-
Resizable BAR	+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon RX 9070. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1a
HDMI	+

API and SDK compatibility

APIs supported by Radeon RX 9070, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.8
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	2.2
Vulkan	1.3
DLSS	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Radeon RX 9070. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

RX 9070 59.03

Other tests
- Passmark
- 3DMark 11 Performance GPU
- 3DMark Vantage Performance
- 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
- 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
- 3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RX 9070 24878

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RX 9070 89815

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RX 9070 139086

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RX 9070 59022

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RX 9070 155274

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RX 9070 737404

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Radeon RX 9070 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD	196
1440p	119
4K	75

Cost per frame, $

1080p	2.80
1440p	4.61
4K	7.32

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset
Full HD
Medium Preset
Full HD
High Preset
Full HD
Ultra Preset
Full HD
Epic Preset
1440p
High Preset
1440p
Ultra Preset
1440p
Epic Preset
4K
High Preset
4K
Ultra Preset
4K
Epic Preset

Counter-Strike 2	300−310
Cyberpunk 2077	140−150
Hogwarts Legacy	264

Battlefield 5	160−170
Counter-Strike 2	300−310
Cyberpunk 2077	140−150
Far Cry 5	293
Fortnite	280−290
Forza Horizon 4	230−240
Forza Horizon 5	170−180
Hogwarts Legacy	231
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180
Valorant	300−350

Battlefield 5	160−170
Counter-Strike 2	300−310
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	270−280
Cyberpunk 2077	140−150
Far Cry 5	284
Fortnite	280−290
Forza Horizon 4	230−240
Forza Horizon 5	170−180
Grand Theft Auto V	160−170
Hogwarts Legacy	180
Metro Exodus	150−160
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	443
Valorant	300−350

Battlefield 5	160−170
Cyberpunk 2077	140−150
Far Cry 5	269
Forza Horizon 4	230−240
Hogwarts Legacy	133
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	250
Valorant	300−350

Fortnite

280−290

Counter-Strike 2	170−180
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	400−450
Grand Theft Auto V	120−130
Metro Exodus	95−100
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180
Valorant	350−400

Battlefield 5	140−150
Cyberpunk 2077	80−85
Far Cry 5	244
Forza Horizon 4	190−200
Hogwarts Legacy	105
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	191

Fortnite

150−160

Counter-Strike 2	75−80
Grand Theft Auto V	140−150
Hogwarts Legacy	40−45
Metro Exodus	60−65
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	166
Valorant	300−350

Battlefield 5	100−110
Counter-Strike 2	75−80
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40
Far Cry 5	134
Forza Horizon 4	140−150
Hogwarts Legacy	61
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	95−100

Fortnite

75−80

Closest competitors

Radeon RX 9070's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop graphics cards.

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB 106.83

GeForce RTX 3080 101.08

Radeon RX 6800 XT 100.47

Radeon RX 9070 100

Radeon RX 7800 XT 97.29

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 94.14

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB 91.48

NVIDIA equivalent

According to our data, the closest NVIDIA alternative to Radeon RX 9070 is GeForce RTX 3080, which is faster by 1% and higher by 3 positions in our ranking.

GeForce RTX3080

Compare
RX 9070 with RTX 3080

Here are some closest NVIDIA rivals to Radeon RX 9070:

GeForce RTX 3090 107.22

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB 106.83

GeForce RTX 3080 101.08

Radeon RX 9070 100

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 94.14

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB 91.48

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 91.36