Radeon RX 9070: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Radeon RX 9070 provides good gaming and benchmark performance at 58.55% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 5090 D.
Summary
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 | 33 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 65.50 | |
| Power efficiency | 21.22 | of 100.00 (Radeon 890M) |
| Architecture | RDNA 4.0 (2025) | |
| GPU code name | Navi 48 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 6 March 2025 (recently) | |
| 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 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090 D) |
| 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 104.8 (GeForce RTX 5090 D) |
| 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 170 (GeForce RTX 5090 D) |
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) |
| 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.
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.
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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.
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Atomic Heart | 190−200 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 300−350 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 150−160 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Atomic Heart | 190−200 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 170−180 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 300−350 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 150−160 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 170−180 | |
| Fortnite | 300−350 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 240−250 | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 180−190 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180 | |
| Valorant | 350−400 |
Full HD
High Preset
| Atomic Heart | 190−200 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 170−180 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 300−350 | |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 270−280 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 150−160 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 170−180 | |
| Fortnite | 300−350 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 240−250 | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 180−190 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 160−170 | |
| Metro Exodus | 160−170 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 260−270 | |
| Valorant | 350−400 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 170−180 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 150−160 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 170−180 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 240−250 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 260−270 | |
| Valorant | 350−400 |
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 300−350 |
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 190−200 | |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 450−500 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 130−140 | |
| Metro Exodus | 100−110 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180 | |
| Valorant | 400−450 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 150−160 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 90−95 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 150−160 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 210−220 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 140−150 |
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 150−160 |
4K
High Preset
| Atomic Heart | 55−60 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 85−90 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 150−160 | |
| Metro Exodus | 65−70 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 120−130 | |
| Valorant | 300−350 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 110−120 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 85−90 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 40−45 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 100−105 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 160−170 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 95−100 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 75−80 |
NVIDIA equivalent
According to our data, the closest NVIDIA alternative to Radeon RX 9070 is GeForce RTX 5070, which is faster by 1% and higher by 1 position in our ranking.
Here are some closest NVIDIA rivals to Radeon RX 9070:
Similar GPUs
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Recommended processors
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