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AMD Radeon RX 9070

AMD Radeon RX 9070

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 9070

748%
748%

AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

15%
15%
AMD Radeon RX 9070 is approximately 733% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationAMD Radeon RX 9070AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
Navi 48
Tahiti
CoresDifferent
3584
2048
TMUsDifferent
224
128
ROPsDifferent
128
32
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
256 bit
384 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9070AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
GPU NameDifferent
Navi 48
Tahiti
GPU VariantDifferent
Navi 48 XT(215-176600331)
Tahiti XT2(215-0821065)
ArchitectureDifferent
RDNA 4.0
GCN 1.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process TypeDifferent
N4P FinFET
N/A
Process SizeDifferent
4 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
53,900 million
4,313 million
DensityDifferent
151.0M / mm²
12.3M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
357 mm²
352 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
Monolithic
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9070AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Release DateDifferent
Mar 6th, 2025
Jun 22nd, 2012
AnnouncedDifferent
Jan 6th, 2025
N/A
GenerationDifferent
Navi IV(RX 9000)
Southern Islands(HD 7900)
PredecessorDifferent
Navi III
Northern Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
549 USD
499 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 5.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
21 in our database
191 in our database
SuccessorDifferent
N/A
Sea Islands

Clock Speeds

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9070AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Base ClockDifferent
1330 MHz
1000 MHz
Game ClockDifferent
2070 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
2520 MHz
1050 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
2518 MHz20.1 Gbps effective
1500 MHz6 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9070AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Memory SizeDifferent
16 GB
3 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
256 bit
384 bit
BandwidthDifferent
644.6 GB/s
288.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9070AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Shading UnitsDifferent
3584
2048
TMUsDifferent
224
128
ROPsDifferent
128
32
Compute UnitsDifferent
56
32
Matrix CoresDifferent
112
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
56
N/A
L0 CacheDifferent
32 KB per WGP
N/A
L2 CacheDifferent
8 MB
768 KB
L3 CacheDifferent
64 MB
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
N/A
16 KB (per CU)

Theoretical Performance

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9070AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Pixel RateDifferent
322.6 GPixel/s
33.60 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
564.5 GTexel/s
134.4 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
72.25 TFLOPS (2:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
36.13 TFLOPS
4.301 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
1,129.0 GFLOPS (1:32)
1,075.2 GFLOPS (1:4)

Board Design

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9070AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
TDPDifferent
220 W
300 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
550 W
700 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.1b3x DisplayPort 2.1a
1x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
2x 8-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
LengthDifferent
N/A
275 mm10.8 inches
HeightDifferent
N/A
111 mm4.4 inches
WidthDifferent
N/A
38 mm1.5 inches
Board NumberDifferent
N/A
109-C38637-00

Graphics Features

FeatureAMD Radeon RX 9070AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (11_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
2.2
2.1 (1.2)
VulkanDifferent
1.3
1.2.170
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
6.5 (5.1)

Comparison Summary

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