Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs Radeon RX 9070 XT

Compare the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and Radeon RX 9070 XT on real gaming benchmarks and full specifications. The Radeon RX 7900 XTX is out of stock at the retailers we track right now, so this comparison covers performance and specs, with current pricing for the Radeon RX 9070 XT.

Radeon RX 7900 XTX
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Radeon RX 9070 XT
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The short answer

The Radeon RX 7900 XTX is the faster card at 1440p.

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX is about 4% faster at 1440p (gaming index 72 vs 69).
  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX carries more VRAM (24GB vs 16GB), an edge at 4K and in memory-heavy games.
  • Radeon RX 9070 XT draws less power (304W vs 355W), so it runs cooler and asks less of your PSU.

Gaming performance

Gaming score: geometric mean of in-game FPS, normalized so the RTX 5090 = 100. Switch resolution with the toggle above.

1440p gaming
Radeon RX 7900 XTX72
Radeon RX 9070 XT69

Radeon RX 7900 XTX is about 4% faster at 1440p.

Performance per dollar

This needs a current price for both cards. The Radeon RX 7900 XTX is out of stock at the retailers we track right now, so it cannot be calculated for this matchup. The gaming and specs comparisons above still apply.

Specs head-to-head

Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Radeon RX 9070 XT
Price (from)
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$829.99
1440p gaming index
72
69
VRAM
24GB GDDR6
16GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
960 GB/s
640 GB/s
Boost clock
2500 MHz
2970 MHz
Shader cores
6,144
4,096
Ray tracing cores
96
64
Tensor / AI cores
192
128
TDP
355W
304W
Recommended PSU
800W
750W
Upscaling
FSR 4.1 (ML upscaling), FSR 3 Frame Generation
FSR 4.1 (ML upscaling), FSR 3 Frame Generation
Architecture
RDNA 3 Navi 31
RDNA 4 Navi 48
Process node
TSMC N5/N6
TSMC N4P
MSRP
$999.00
$600.00

Productivity & compute

Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Radeon RX 9070 XT
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics (points)
66,743
62,189
3DMark Steel Nomad (points)
6,862
7,238
Geekbench 7 OpenCL (points)
209,223
173,157
PassMark G3D (G3D Mark)
31,438
26,923
Render-Blender (samples/min)
4,055
3,357

Where to buy

Radeon RX 9070 XTfrom $829.99
From$829.99
21 versions in stock
Radeon RX 7900 XTXno stock

No in-stock versions right now. See the Radeon RX 7900 XTX

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