Radeon RX 9070 vs Instinct MI325X
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 40 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 62.33 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 20.02 |
| Architecture | CDNA 3.0 (2023−2024) | RDNA 4.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | Aqua Vanjaram | Navi 48 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | October 2024 (recently) | 6 March 2025 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $549 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
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 cores | 19456 | 3584 |
| Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1330 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2100 MHz | 2520 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 153,000 million | 53,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 1000 Watt | 220 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 2,554 | 564.5 |
| Floating-point processing power | 81.72 TFLOPS | 36.13 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 128 |
| TMUs | 1216 | 224 |
| Tensor Cores | 1216 | 112 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 56 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | OAM Module | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 2x 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 type | HBM3e | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 288 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 8192 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2525 MHz | 2518 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 10.3 TB/s | 644.6 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 Connectors | No outputs | 1x 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.
| DirectX | N/A | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | N/A | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | N/A | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| DLSS | + | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 288 GB | 16 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 1000 Watt | 220 Watt |
Instinct MI325X has a 1700% higher maximum VRAM amount.
RX 9070, on the other hand, has 354.5% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Instinct MI325X and Radeon RX 9070. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon Instinct MI325X is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 9070 is a desktop one.
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