Radeon RX 9070 XT vs Radeon RX 7900 XT
Compare the Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 7900 XT on real gaming benchmarks, full specifications, live retailer prices and performance-per-dollar, then jump straight to the cheapest in-stock version of either card.
The short answer
The Radeon RX 9070 XT is the better buy here: it's both faster at 1440p and gives more performance per dollar.
- Radeon RX 9070 XT is about 8% faster at 1440p (gaming index 69 vs 64).
- Radeon RX 9070 XT is the cheaper card right now, by roughly 8%.
- Radeon RX 9070 XT delivers about 16% more frames per dollar at 1440p.
- Radeon RX 7900 XT carries more VRAM (20GB vs 16GB), an edge at 4K and in memory-heavy games.
Gaming performance
Gaming score: geometric mean of in-game FPS, normalized so the RTX 5090 = 100. Switch resolution with the toggle above.
Radeon RX 9070 XT is about 8% faster at 1440p.
Performance per dollar
1440p gaming score for every $100 of the card’s current cheapest price. Higher is better value.
8.7
per $100 spent
Better value
7.5
per $100 spent
Specs head-to-head
Productivity & compute
Where to buy
Radeon RX 9070 XTfrom $790.00
- $790.00
- ASUS PRIME RX 9070 XT OC$829.00OC3010 MHz · 312 mm
- PowerColor Hellhound RX 9070 XT$869.99OC3010 MHz · 327 mm
- $879.99
- $899.99
- $899.99
- $899.99
- $919.99
- ASRock RX 9070 XT Taichi OC$929.99OC3100 MHz · 330 mm
- GIGABYTE RX 9070 XT GAMING OC$929.99OC3060 MHz · 288 mm
- $939.99
- Sapphire NITRO+ RX 9070 XT$949.99OC3060 MHz · 331 mm
- $959.99
- XFX Mercury RX 9070 XT OC White Gaming Edition$979.99OC3100 MHz · 360 mm
- Yeston RX 9070 XT Sakura Atlantis OC$999.00OC3060 MHz · 330 mm
- GIGABYTE RX 9070 XT GAMING OC ICE$1,049.99OC3060 MHz · 288 mm
- $1,069.99
- PowerColor Red Devil Special White RX 9070 XT$1,129.00OC3060 MHz · 340 mm
- Sapphire PURE RX 9070 XT$1,148.79OC3010 MHz · 320 mm
- GIGABYTE AORUS RX 9070 XT ELITE$1,292.99OC3100 MHz · 339 mm
- PowerColor Red Devil RX 9070 XT Limited Edition$1,695.00OC3060 MHz · 340 mm
Radeon RX 7900 XTfrom $849.99
- ASRock RX 7900 XT$849.99276 mm
- $1,139.99
| Version | Boost Clock | Length | Color | From | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASRock RX 7900 XT | — | 276 mm | — | $849.99 | | |
| Sapphire PULSE RX 7900 XT | — | 313 mm | — | $1,139.99 | |
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