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Radeon RX 9070 vs Radeon RX 9070 XT
Specs, price and the one trade-off that actually decides it — Radeon RX 9070 against Radeon RX 9070 XT, side by side.
Cheaper to start
Tie
Both start at a similar price.
Best ecosystem
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Neither lists native integrations.
Standout
Radeon RX 9070
Achievable frequency: Up to 2520 MHz
Radeon RX 9070
Radeon RX 9070 graphics card with up to 2520 MHz achievable frequency and 16 GB GDDR6 memory
Where it wins, where it doesn't
Pros
- Achievable frequency of up to 2520 MHz
- 16 GB of GDDR6 memory
- Up to 640 GB/s memory bandwidth
Cons
- Requires a minimum PSU of 650W
- High typical board power of 220W
Specifications
- bus typePCIe® 5.0 x16
- displayport™2.1a
- gpu memoryAMD Infinity Cache Technology
- hdmi™2.1b
- max memory size16 GB
- memory bandwidthUp to 640 GB/s
- memory interface256-bit
- memory speedUp to 20 Gbps
- memory typeGDDR6
- rops128
- stream processors3584
- transistor count53.9 B
- typical board power (desktop)220W
- 4K H264 Decode—
- 4K H264 Encode—
- achievable frequencyUp to 2520 MHz
- ai accelerators112
- AV1 Decode—
- AV1 Encode—
- featuresAMD Software Adrenalin Edition, AMD Fluid Motion Frames, AMD Noise Suppression, AMD Radeon™ Super Resolution, AMD Smart Access Memory, AMD Smart Access Video, AMD Privacy View, AMD Radeon™ Boost, AMD Radeon™ Anti-Lag, AMD Radeon™ Image Sharpening, AMD Enhanced Sync Technology, AMD FreeSync™ Technology, AMD Radeon™ Chill, AMD Virtual Super Resolution, AMD FSR™ 'Redstone'
- game frequency2070 MHz
- H265/HEVC Decode—
- H265/HEVC Encode—
- Minimum PSU Recommendation—
- peak 4-bit precision (int4 matrix) performance578 TOPs
- peak 8-bit precision (fp8 matrix) performance (e5m2, e4m3)289 TFLOPs
- peak 8-bit precision (int8 matrix) performance289 TOPs
- peak half precision (fp16 matrix) performance145 TFLOPs
- peak half precision (fp16 vector) performance36.1 TFLOPs
- peak pixel fill-rateUp to 322.6 GP/s
- peak single precision (fp32 vector) performance36.1 TFLOPs
- ray accelerators56
- supported rendering formatHDMI™ 4K Support, 4K H264 Decode, 4K H264 Encode, H265/HEVC Decode, H265/HEVC Encode, AV1 Decode, AV1 Encode
- TPP—
- TPP Density—
Radeon RX 9070 XT
High-performance Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics card with 4096 stream processors and up to 304W typical board power.
Where it wins, where it doesn't
Pros
- Supports multiple video decoding and encoding formats
- High memory bandwidth up to 640 GB/s
- 16 GB GDDR6 memory for large data sets
Cons
- Requires a minimum 750W power supply
- High typical board power of 304W increases cooling demands
Specifications
- bus typePCIe® 5.0 x16
- displayport™2.1a
- gpu memoryAMD Infinity Cache Technology
- hdmi™2.1b
- max memory size16 GB
- memory bandwidthUp to 640 GB/s
- memory interface256-bit
- memory speedUp to 20 Gbps
- memory typeGDDR6
- rops128
- stream processors4096
- transistor count53.9 B
- typical board power (desktop)304W
- 4K H264 DecodeYes
- 4K H264 EncodeYes
- achievable frequency—
- ai accelerators—
- AV1 DecodeYes
- AV1 EncodeYes
- features—
- game frequency—
- H265/HEVC DecodeYes
- H265/HEVC EncodeYes
- Minimum PSU Recommendation750W
- peak 4-bit precision (int4 matrix) performance—
- peak 8-bit precision (fp8 matrix) performance (e5m2, e4m3)—
- peak 8-bit precision (int8 matrix) performance—
- peak half precision (fp16 matrix) performance—
- peak half precision (fp16 vector) performance—
- peak pixel fill-rate—
- peak single precision (fp32 vector) performance—
- ray accelerators—
- supported rendering format—
- TPP3114
- TPP Density9.06