AMD · RX 9000
CompareYourGPU estimate, 100 = fastest card tracked
- VRAM
- 16 GB
- Power
- 160 W
- Price
- $646
Identical to the 16 GB card apart from memory capacity, which is exactly the problem: 8 GB is already a constraint in recent releases at 1440p and in ray-traced titles. The $50 step up to 16 GB is one of the easiest upgrade decisions on this page.
MSRP $379 USD
Expensive
Amazon.es · ES · new · price checked (40 days ago)
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Should you buy it?
Generated from this card's own specifications and its standing against every other card CompareYourGPU tracks. Every line below is backed by a figure on this page.
Good, but overpriced
At $634 it sits above the $524 its performance would justify on the current price-to-performance line, and RX 9070 covers similar ground for less. It becomes a sensible buy below $482.
1080p gaming at 100+ FPS
Derived from this card's specifications, CompareYourGPU's estimated performance indices and its verified current price.
8 GB is enough at 1080p today but short of the 12 GB that removes texture settings from the conversation, which is the specification most likely to date this card.
Estimated
How the card is expected to hold up at each resolution, and how it sits against the cards closest to it.
- Mid-range
95-140 FPS
Estimated, typical modern AAA game at High settings, no upscaling.
100+ FPS class8 GB is enough for 1080p today, but it is below the 12 GB that removes texture settings from the conversation entirely.
- Mid-range
60-90 FPS
Estimated, typical modern AAA game at High settings, no upscaling.
60+ FPS class8 GB is below the 10 GB CompareYourGPU considers the practical floor for 1440p. Expect to lower texture settings in recent releases.
- Entry-level
25-35 FPS
Estimated, typical modern AAA game at High settings, no upscaling.
Below 60 FPS natively8 GB is below the 12 GB CompareYourGPU considers the practical floor for 4K. Expect to lower texture settings in recent releases.
Performance indices are aggregated from public review coverage, not measured by CompareYourGPU. Frame-rate ranges are modelled from those indices. How this is calculated.
CompareYourGPU estimate. 100 = the fastest card tracked.
CompareYourGPU estimate. Ray-traced performance does not track rasterisation performance, which is why it is charted separately.
Measured
Frame-rate figures transcribed from named third-party measurements, grouped so that two different test methodologies are never mixed in one table.
| Test | Average FPS | Share of fastest card tested |
|---|---|---|
| Rasteriser, 1080p | 77.9 | 91% |
| Rasteriser, 1440p | 50.5 | 35.5% |
| Rasteriser, 4K | Not tested | — |
| Ray tracing, 1440p | 35.8 | 29.2% |
Geometric mean of average FPS. Vendor upscaling at Quality (DLSS on GeForce, FSR on Radeon, XeSS on Arc), with native TAA in a minority of titles. Not native resolution, and not a like-for-like image-quality comparison across vendors.
The ray tracing rating covers a smaller 7-game suite than the 21-game rasteriser rating, so the two are not directly comparable with each other either. ComputerBase does not test every card at every resolution; a card missing from a table has no figure here rather than an inferred one.
Because of that, these figures are not directly comparable with the estimated index above, which describes native resolution with no upscaling. Read each on its own terms rather than against the other.
Test system: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Transcribed by CompareYourGPU on from ComputerBase.
No per-game frame-rate runs are recorded for this card yet, so the suite rating above is the only measured figure shown. How benchmark data is handled.
In the meantime, the game pages set out what makes each title demanding and which resolutions this class of card suits. Heavy titles worth checking: Cyberpunk 2077, Red Dead Redemption 2, Hogwarts Legacy.
Manufacturer figures
Published by the manufacturer. Terms with a dotted underline can be expanded for a plain-English explanation.
What this card supports, and what each feature actually does for you.
Supported. This card uses 4th-generation RT cores.
DLSS 4 Super Resolution, DLSS Ray Reconstruction, FSR 3.1, XeSS. Availability in any individual game depends on the developer implementing it.
DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation. Frame generation raises the displayed frame rate without improving responsiveness, so it works best on top of an already playable frame rate.
Hardware AV1 encode is supported. 9th-generation NVENC with AV1 and HEVC encode. 6th-generation NVDEC with AV1, HEVC and H.264 decode.
CompareYourGPU's assessment, grounded in the specifications above rather than in marketing material.
What the card costs, what that price should be for the performance, and what it returns per dollar and per watt.
MSRP $379 USD
Amazon.es · ES · new · price checked (40 days ago)
This price is getting old. It was last checked 5 weeks ago, and graphics card prices move week to week.
Good buy below $482 · expensive above $587
The fair price is where this card’s performance index falls on the price-to-performance line fitted across every card CompareYourGPU tracks. It describes the current market, it is not a recommendation, and it moves when prices do.
5.4
Performance index points per $100 at 1440p, calculated from the verified current price.
That places it in the upper half of the database on value.
18.9
Performance index points per 100 W of board power at 1440p.
That places it in the upper half of the database on efficiency.
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