Radeon RX 6900 XT VS Radeon RX 9070 XT
We are comparing the Radeon RX 6900 XT ( AMD ) head-to-head with the Radeon RX 9070 XT ( AMD ) . You’ll get the key pros and cons of each graphics card, in-depth specs, and gaming benchmarks.
Note: This comparison of Radeon RX 6900 XT vs. Radeon RX 9070 XT is based on Comparigon's analysis and is for informational purposes only.
Last Updated: August 22, 2026
Overall Comparison
KEY DIFFERENCES OF Radeon RX 6900 XT AND Radeon RX 9070 XT
Here’s how Radeon RX 6900 XT and Radeon RX 9070 XT stack up against each other in their most impactful areas. Use these bullets to see at a glance which graphics card excels where.
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 6900 XT
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1.3× higher Ray Tracing Cores (80 vs 64)
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1.3× higher Compute Units (80 vs 64)
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1.3× higher Shading Units (5120 vs 4096)
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 9070 XT
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27% higher 4K Ultra FPS (89 vs 70)
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25% higher 1440p Ultra FPS (151 vs 121)
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23% higher 1080p Ultra FPS (193 vs 157)
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32% higher Boost Clock (2970 MHz vs 2250 MHz)
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43% higher 3DMark Time Spy score (29803 vs 20801)
SPECIFICATION TABLE COMPARISON OF Radeon RX 6900 XT AND Radeon RX 9070 XT
Below is the detailed specification table comparing Radeon RX 6900 XT and Radeon RX 9070 XT.
Note: Highlighted specs mean that GPU wins that spec row.
If neither side is highlighted, it is a tie or there is not enough data for both specs.
| Specification | Radeon RX 6900 XT | Radeon RX 9070 XT |
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General Info
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| GPU Name: | Radeon RX 6900 XT | Radeon RX 9070 XT |
| GPU Type: | Discrete | Discrete |
| Codename: | Navi 21 | — |
| Vendor: | AMD | AMD |
| Foundry: | TSMC | TSMC |
| Architecture: | RDNA 2.0 | RDNA 4.0 |
| Generation: | Navi II (RX 6000) | Navi IV (RX 9000) |
| Release Date: | October 28, 2020 | March 6, 2025 |
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Board Design
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| Bus Interface: | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| PCIe Version: | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| PCIe Lanes: | x16 | x16 |
| Process Size: | 7 nm | 4 nm |
| Transistors: | 26.8 billion | 53.9 billion |
| Density: | 51.5 MTr/mm² | 151.19 MTr/mm² |
| Die Size: | 520 mm² | 356.5 |
| Board Length: | 267 mm | — |
| Board Width: | 50 mm | — |
| Board Height: | 120 mm | — |
| Total Graphics Power (TGP): | 300 W | 304 W |
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Graphics Processor
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| Compute Units: | 80 | 64 |
| Shading Units: | 5120 | 4096 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs): | 320 | 256 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs): | 128 | 128 |
| Tensor Cores: | — | 128 |
| Ray Tracing Cores: | 80 | 64 |
| Base Clock: | 1825 MHz | 1660 |
| Boost Clock: | 2250 MHz | 2970 |
| L1 Cache: | 128 KB per Array | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache: | 4 MB | 4MB shared |
| L3 Cache: | 128 MB | — |
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Raw Performance
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| Pixel Fill Rate: | 288.0 GPixel/s | 380.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate: | 720.0 GTexel/s | 760.3 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance: | 23.04 TFLOPs | 48.66 TFLOPs |
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Memory
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| Memory Type: | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size: | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Bus Width: | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock: | 2000 MHz | 2518 |
| Effective Memory Speed: | 16000 Mbps | 20100 |
| Bandwidth: | 512 GB/s | 640 |
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APIs
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| DirectX: | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan: | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL: | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL: | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| CUDA: | No | No |
| Ray Tracing: | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS: | No | No |
| DisplayPort: | 1.4a | 2.1a |
| HDMI: | 2.1 | — |
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Gaming FPS
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| 1080p Ultra (FPS): | 157 | 193 |
| 1440p Ultra (FPS): | 121 | 151 |
| 4K Ultra (FPS): | 70 | 89 |
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Benchmarks
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3D Mark
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| Steel Nomad Lite | 20167 | 26116 |
| Time Spy | 20801 | 29803 |
| Solar Bay | 86944 | 120093 |
| Port Royal | 10535 | 18556 |
| Fire Strike | 57325 | 66408 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 39331 | 54361 |
| Night Raid | 159495 | 196877 |
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GeekBench 6 OpenCL
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| Compute Score | 124121 | 182816 |
| Background Blur | 231.6 | 427.4 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 152.5 | 251 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 4.26 | 6.77 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.75 | 9.42 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 5.87 | 9.35 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.12 | 1.42 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 618.7 | 651.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 17973.9 | 23630 FPS |
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Passmark Graphics
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| G3D Mark | 26692 | 26866 |
| G2D Mark | 1061 | 1320 |
| DirectX 11 | 279 | 294 |
| DirectX 12 | 112 | 77 |
| GPU Compute | 14404 | 15958 Ops/s |
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GFXBench 5
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| Aztec Ruins High (4K) | 305.20 | 313.30 |
| Aztec Ruins Normal | 1394.40 | 1794.90 |
| Car Chase | 1317.50 | 1498.00 |
| Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) | 1205.30 | 1199.30 |
| T-Rex | 4360.00 | 5080.10 |
| Tessellation | 3954.80 | 6928.50 |
| ALU 2 | 6645.00 | 9196.70 |
| Driver Overhead 2 | 325.20 | 339.10 |
| API | OpenGL | OpenGL |
| OS | Windows | Windows |
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Blender (Rendering)
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| Blender Score | 2473 | 3116 |
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GeekBench 6 ML
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| Single Precision | 33651 | 39190 |
| Half Precision | 36994 | 55727 |
| Quantized | 24546 | 33599 |
| Image Classification | 13868 | 18001 |
| Image Segmentation | 17467 | 25174 |
| Image Super Resolution | 32396 | 45714 |
| Face Detection | 47808 | 74776 |
| Pose Estimation | 178873 | 196137 |
| Text Classification | 4358 | 5163 |
| Machine Translation | 7910 | 8677 |
| Object Detection | 15394 | 19602 |
| Depth Estimation | 57351 | 74879 |
| Style Transfer | 372610 | 411302 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
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FurMark
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| 1080p Vulkan | 16109 | 19161 |
| 1440p Vulkan | 11808 | 14200 |
| 2160p Vulkan | 6467 | 7713 |
| 1080p OpenGL | 17611 | 20135 |
| 1440p OpenGL | 12404 | 14412 |
| 2160p OpenGL | 6467 | 7754 |
Tip: ▲ indicates a higher-is-better spec advantage, while ▼ indicates a lower-is-better advantage.
PERFORMANCE CHART COMPARISON OF Radeon RX 6900 XT AND Radeon RX 9070 XT
The charts below visualize how Radeon RX 6900 XT and Radeon RX 9070 XT stack up in key performance metrics.
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Release Timeline of Radeon RX 6900 XT and Radeon RX 9070 XT
Radeon RX 6900 XT was released 4 years, 4 months, 6 days earlier than Radeon RX 9070 XT.
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Domain Score Summary
Note: Scores (0 to 100) are generated by Comparigon’s scoring algorithm and are intended as a high-level guide. They may not map 1-to-1 with the individual spec-by-spec comparisons shown in the table.
Our Verdict
In conclusion, the Radeon RX 9070 XT dominates overall compared to the Radeon RX 6900 XT. It comes out ahead across every comparable key area.
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