Radeon RX 9070 XT vs RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

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Radeon RX 5700 Radeon RX 5700 XT Radeon RX 6600 Radeon RX 6600 XT Radeon RX 6700 XT Radeon RX 7600 Radeon RX 7600 XT Radeon RX 7800 XT Radeon RX 7900 XTX Radeon RX 9060 XT Radeon RX 9070 Radeon RX 9070 XT

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) with Radeon RX 9070 XT, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
2020
15 Watt
5.22

RX 9070 XT outperforms RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by a whopping 1063% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
RX 9070 XT RX 9070 XT

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking60224
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data60.97
Power efficiency27.5815.82
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)RDNA 4.0 (2025)
GPU code nameVega RenoirNavi 48
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2020 (5 years ago)6 March 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores3844096
Core clock speed400 MHz1660 MHz
Boost clock speed1500 MHz2970 MHz
Number of transistorsno data53,900 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt304 Watt
Texture fill rateno data760.3
Floating-point processing powerno data48.66 TFLOPS
ROPsno data128
TMUsno data256
Tensor Coresno data128
Ray Tracing Coresno data64

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 5.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data16 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2518 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data644.6 GB/s
Shared memory+-
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1a
HDMI-+

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12_112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.2
Vulkan-1.3
DLSS-+

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD20
−1050%
230−240
+1050%
1440p24
−1025%
270−280
+1025%
4K18
−1011%
200−210
+1011%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data2.60
1440pno data2.22
4Kno data3.00

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 19
−911%
190−200
+911%
Counter-Strike 2 52
−488%
300−350
+488%
Cyberpunk 2077 13
−1085%
150−160
+1085%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 15
−1180%
190−200
+1180%
Battlefield 5 22
−673%
170−180
+673%
Counter-Strike 2 34
−800%
300−350
+800%
Cyberpunk 2077 10
−1440%
150−160
+1440%
Far Cry 5 15
−1027%
160−170
+1027%
Fortnite 33
−794%
290−300
+794%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−827%
240−250
+827%
Forza Horizon 5 12
−1400%
180−190
+1400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
−743%
170−180
+743%
Valorant 97
−254%
300−350
+254%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 9
−2033%
190−200
+2033%
Battlefield 5 21
−710%
170−180
+710%
Counter-Strike 2 14
−2086%
300−350
+2086%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 56
−396%
270−280
+396%
Cyberpunk 2077 7
−2100%
150−160
+2100%
Dota 2 42
−971%
450−500
+971%
Far Cry 5 16
−956%
160−170
+956%
Fortnite 22
−1241%
290−300
+1241%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−827%
240−250
+827%
Forza Horizon 5 14−16
−1100%
180−190
+1100%
Grand Theft Auto V 15
−1000%
160−170
+1000%
Metro Exodus 8
−1850%
150−160
+1850%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
−743%
170−180
+743%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16
−1488%
250−260
+1488%
Valorant 73
−370%
300−350
+370%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 19
−795%
170−180
+795%
Cyberpunk 2077 8
−1825%
150−160
+1825%
Dota 2 40
−1025%
450−500
+1025%
Far Cry 5 16
−956%
160−170
+956%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−827%
240−250
+827%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
−743%
170−180
+743%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 11
−2209%
250−260
+2209%
Valorant 19
−1705%
300−350
+1705%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 30−35
−768%
290−300
+768%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 9−10
−1956%
180−190
+1956%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 40−45
−959%
450−500
+959%
Grand Theft Auto V 7−8
−1757%
130−140
+1757%
Metro Exodus 5−6
−1940%
100−110
+1940%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
−373%
170−180
+373%
Valorant 49
−733%
400−450
+733%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
−1813%
150−160
+1813%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−2050%
85−90
+2050%
Far Cry 5 10−12
−1255%
140−150
+1255%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−1364%
200−210
+1364%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−1675%
140−150
+1675%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 10−12
−1273%
150−160
+1273%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 4−5
−1300%
55−60
+1300%
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
−782%
150−160
+782%
Metro Exodus 0−1 65−70
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−6000%
120−130
+6000%
Valorant 22
−1391%
300−350
+1391%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−3600%
110−120
+3600%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−1950%
40−45
+1950%
Dota 2 19
−1058%
220−230
+1058%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−1500%
95−100
+1500%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−1850%
150−160
+1850%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 6−7
−1500%
95−100
+1500%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 6−7
−1217%
75−80
+1217%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%

This is how RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and RX 9070 XT compete in popular games:

  • RX 9070 XT is 1050% faster in 1080p
  • RX 9070 XT is 1025% faster in 1440p
  • RX 9070 XT is 1011% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RX 9070 XT is 6000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX 9070 XT is ahead in 57 tests (97%)
  • there's a draw in 2 tests (3%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 5.22 60.69
Recency 7 January 2020 6 March 2025
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 304 Watt

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has 1926.7% lower power consumption.

RX 9070 XT, on the other hand, has a 1062.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 9070 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook card while Radeon RX 9070 XT is a desktop one.

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