GPU AMD RDNA 4.0
Radeon RX 9070

Radeon RX 9070

Navi 48 Released: March 6, 2025
Memory
16
GB GDDR6
Boost Clock
2520
MHz
TGP
220
W

Technical Highlights

Architecture : RDNA 4.0
Generation : Navi IV (RX 9000)
Shading Units : 3584
RT Cores : 56

About this GPU Card

Radeon RX 9070 is a discrete graphics card from AMD released on March 6, 2025 based on the RDNA 4.0 architecture with 16 GB GDDR6 memory. It runs at 1330 base clock, reaches up to 2520 boost clock, and has a 220 W power rating. It supports DirectX 12, Vulkan 1.3, and OpenGL 4.6.

Last updated: March 28, 2026

Overall Score Of Radeon RX 9070

This summarizes how Radeon RX 9070 scores across key areas like gaming, rendering, AI, and Energy Efficiency.

83
Overall
Gaming Performance
72
AI & Machine Learning
78
Hardware Architecture
85
Workstation
66
Energy Efficiency
100

General Info of Radeon RX 9070

Vendor

AMD

Release Date

March 6, 2025

Foundry

TSMC

Architecture

RDNA 4.0

Process Size

Top tier

4 nm

100% of the current best Process Size score

Transistors

53.9 billion

Launch Price

549 USD

Graphics Processor of Radeon RX 9070

Base Clock

1330 MHz

50% of the current best Base Clock score

Boost Clock

Excellent

2520 MHz

81% of the current best Boost Clock score

Shading Units

3584

16% of the current best Shading Units score

Compute Units

56

33% of the current best Compute Units score

Ray Tracing Cores (RTCs)

56

33% of the current best Ray Tracing Cores (RTCs) score

Tensor Cores

112

16% of the current best Tensor Cores score

Textured Mapping Units (TMUs)

224

33% of the current best Textured Mapping Units (TMUs) score

Render Output Units (ROPs)

Good

128

50% of the current best Render Output Units (ROPs) score

Die Size

356.5 mm²

Density

151.19 MTr/mm²

L1 Cache

128 KB per cluster

50% of the current best L1 Cache score

L2 Cache

8 MB

8% of the current best L2 Cache score

L3 Cache

64 MB

50% of the current best L3 Cache score

Raw Performance of Radeon RX 9070

Pixel Fill Rate

Good

322.6 GPixel/s

67% of the current best Pixel Fill Rate score

Texture Fill Rate

564.5 GTexel/s

34% of the current best Texture Fill Rate score

FP32 Performance

36.13 TFLOPs

34% of the current best FP32 Performance score

Memory of Radeon RX 9070

Memory Size

Top tier

16 GB

50% of the current best Memory Size score

Memory Type

Good

GDDR6

70% of the current best Memory Type score

Bus Width

256-bit

Memory Clock

Top tier

2518 MHz

96% of the current best Memory Clock score

Effective Speed

Good

20100 Mbps

67% of the current best Effective Speed score

Bandwidth

640 GB/s

36% of the current best Bandwidth score

Board Design of Radeon RX 9070

Bus Interface

Top tier

PCIe 5.0 x16

100% of the current best Bus Interface score

PCIe Version

Top tier

5.0

100% of the current best PCIe Version score

PCIe Lanes

x16

TGP

220 W

APIs of Radeon RX 9070

DirectX

Good

12

70% of the current best DirectX score

OpenGL

Top tier

4.6

100% of the current best OpenGL score

OpenCL

Excellent

2.2

80% of the current best OpenCL score

Vulkan

Top tier

1.3

91% of the current best Vulkan score

HDMI

Top tier

2.1b

100% of the current best HDMI score

DisplayPort

Top tier

2.1a

100% of the current best DisplayPort score

CUDA

No

Ray Tracing

Yes

DLSS

No

Benchmarks of Radeon RX 9070

3D Mark

A standardized suite that approximates real-world gaming workloads to compare graphics performance.

Steel Nomad Lite:
22669
43% of max score
Time Spy:
26923 (10th)
57% of max score
Solar Bay:
105195
45% of max score
Port Royal:
16114
42% of max score
Fire Strike:
60172
69% of max score
Good
Wild Life Extreme:
48175
44% of max score
Night Raid:
176602
85% of max score
Excellent

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU compute benchmark focused on workloads like image processing and parallel compute tasks.

Compute Score:
149949 (24th)
36% of max score
Background Blur:
377.5 img/sec
88% of max score
Excellent
Face Detection:
221.3 img/sec
74% of max score
Good
Horizon Detection:
6.4 Gpixels/sec
29% of max score
Edge Detection:
8.99 Gpixels/sec
27% of max score
Gaussian Blur:
8.52 Gpixels/sec
25% of max score
Feature Matching:
1.36 Gpixels/sec
54% of max score
Stereo Matching:
606 Gpixels/sec
21% of max score
Particle Physics:
8521.2 FPS
14% of max score

Passmark Graphics

A multi-test benchmark that evaluates raster, memory bandwidth, and compute performance.

G3D Mark Score:
25420 (22nd)
65% of max score
Good
G2D Mark Score:
1272
90% of max score
Top tier
DirectX 12:
74
42% of max score
GPU Compute:
14801 Ops/s
56% of max score

GFXBench 5

Graphics benchmark using modern GPU APIs and game-like scenes across multiple workloads.

Aztec Ruins High (4K):
274.70 FPS
23% of max score
Aztec Ruins Normal:
1412.60 FPS
72% of max score
Good
Car Chase:
1332.40 FPS
77% of max score
Excellent
Manhattan 3.1 (1440p):
1061.20 FPS
26% of max score
T-Rex:
4127.00 FPS
62% of max score
Good

Blender

Rendering performance benchmark using Blender Cycles throughput as a practical content-creation metric.

Render Score:
18% of max score

GeekBench 6 ML

AI benchmark measuring common ML workloads like classification, detection, and super resolution.

ML Single Precision:
37056 (7th)
69% of max score
Good
ML Half Precision:
54866
68% of max score
Good
ML Quantized:
29946
77% of max score
Excellent
Image Classification:
15375
81% of max score
Excellent
Object Detection:
15393
55% of max score
Image Segmentation:
37834
69% of max score
Good
Face Detection:
67858
59% of max score
Image Super Resolution:
43910
80% of max score
Excellent
Style Transfer:
365633
53% of max score
Text Classification:
4469
85% of max score
Excellent
Machine Translation:
8499
98% of max score
Top tier
Depth Estimation:
66890
78% of max score
Excellent
Pose Estimation:
172939
50% of max score

FurMark

Stress test designed to push sustained load for thermal stability and cooling behavior.

1080p Vulkan:
17149
50% of max score
1440p Vulkan:
12146
47% of max score
2160p Vulkan:
5814
40% of max score
1080p OpenGL:
17615
60% of max score
Good
1440p OpenGL:
11876
51% of max score
2160p OpenGL:
5810
38% of max score

Performance Charts Of Radeon RX 9070

These charts give a quick view of FPS scaling across resolutions and how this GPU compares against market top benchmark values.

Gaming FPS Analysis

Ultra settings performance of Radeon RX 9070
1080p Ultra
1440p Ultra
4K Ultra

Performance Benchmarks

Grey is the market top value. Colored bar is Radeon RX 9070.
Market Top
Radeon RX 9070

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Frequently Asked Questions about Radeon RX 9070

The Radeon RX 9070 was officially released in March 6, 2025. It was launched as a graphics solution by AMD.

The Radeon RX 9070 scores 26,923 on 3DMark Time Spy, indicating its solid capabilities in modern gaming scenarios. This benchmark is the industry standard for measuring DirectX 12 gaming performance.

The Radeon RX 9070 is equipped with 16 GB of VRAM, which is exceptional for 4K gaming, high-end content creation, and heavy AI workloads.

The Radeon RX 9070 has a Total Graphics Power (TGP) of 220 W. This value dictates your power supply (PSU) requirements, so ensure your system can handle this draw effectively.

The Radeon RX 9070 operates at a base clock speed of 1330 MHz. This is the minimum clock frequency the graphics card runs at under standard workloads before boosting.

The Radeon RX 9070 features a boost clock speed of 2520 MHz. This clock speed represents the maximum frequency the graphics card can dynamically reach during intense gaming or rendering workloads.

The Radeon RX 9070 is built on the RDNA 4.0 architecture. This foundational design determines the GPU's power efficiency and support for modern features like hardware Ray Tracing and AI upscaling (DLSS/FSR).

With a performance score of 83%, the Radeon RX 9070 is ranked as a high-performance graphics card in our extensive GPU database.

The Radeon RX 9070 uses the PCIe 5.0 x16 interface, ensuring high-speed data transfer and minimal bottlenecking between the graphics card and the motherboard.

The Radeon RX 9070 features 3,584 shading units (cores), which are directly responsible for rendering complex visual effects and lighting in modern games.

The Radeon RX 9070 contains approximately 53.9 billion transistors, packed into its silicon to deliver massive parallel processing capabilities.

The Radeon RX 9070 is manufactured on a 4 nm node. A smaller process node generally translates to better energy efficiency and improved thermal management.