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AMDRX 9000RDNA 4

AMD Radeon RX 9070

The efficiency pick of the RDNA 4 range. It gives up some performance to the XT but drops 84 W of board power, and it keeps the full 16 GB memory pool, which is its main advantage over the similarly priced RTX 5070.

Performance index, 1440p
55
Upper mid-range
VRAM
16 GB
GDDR6
Board power
220 W
650 W PSU recommended
Current price
$814
Idealo.es (ASUS RX 9070, 37 converging offers), September 6, 2026
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Where to buy

$814+48.3% vs MSRP

MSRP $549 USD

Good price

Idealo.es (ASUS RX 9070, 37 converging offers) · ES · new · price checked (40 days ago)

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Should you buy it?

The RX 9070 in one screen

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.

Should you buy it?

Recommended

At $814 it is below the $1,409 its performance would justify, and it is among the stronger performers per dollar in the database.

Best for

4K gaming at 60+ FPS

Why

  • Estimated performance index of 49 at 4K, where 100 is the fastest card CompareYourGPU tracks.
  • 16 GB of memory is comfortable for 4K, so texture settings stay out of the conversation.
  • 6.0 index points per $100 at 4K, among the strongest value here, based on its verified current price.
  • 220 W board power makes it one of the more efficient cards for the frame rate it delivers.
  • Supports FSR 3.1 Frame Generation and AMD Fluid Motion Frames 2 (driver-level).
  • At 4K the RX 9070 is 11.4% faster than the RTX 5070 while costing $172 less, which gives it the better performance per dollar of the two. Based on current prices.

Derived from this card's specifications, CompareYourGPU's estimated performance indices and its verified current price.

Watch out for

Noticeably slower than the XT for a small price difference

Consider instead
  • RX 9070 XT if ray tracing is your priority. Its ray tracing index is 53 against 45, at $988.

Estimated

RX 9070 gaming performance

How the card is expected to hold up at each resolution, and how it sits against the cards closest to it.

1080p

63

- Upper mid-range

150-215 FPS

Estimated, typical modern AAA game at High settings, no upscaling.

165+ FPS class

16 GB gives real headroom at 1080p, including with ray tracing and high-resolution texture packs.

1440p

55

- Upper mid-range

100-145 FPS

Estimated, typical modern AAA game at High settings, no upscaling.

120+ FPS class

16 GB gives real headroom at 1440p, including with ray tracing and high-resolution texture packs.

4K

49

- Upper mid-range

50-70 FPS

Estimated, typical modern AAA game at High settings, no upscaling.

60+ FPS class

16 GB gives real headroom at 4K, including with ray tracing and high-resolution texture packs.

CompareYourGPU estimate

Performance indices are aggregated from public review coverage, not measured by CompareYourGPU. Frame-rate ranges are modelled from those indices. How this is calculated.

How the RX 9070 compares at 1440p against the cards closest to it.

CompareYourGPU estimate. 100 = the fastest card tracked.

Ray tracing performance at 1440p, RX 9070 against the same peer group.

CompareYourGPU estimate. Ray-traced performance does not track rasterisation performance, which is why it is charted separately.

Measured

Gaming benchmarks

Frame-rate figures transcribed from named third-party measurements, grouped so that two different test methodologies are never mixed in one table.

Third-party suite rating

Measured

ComputerBase Grafikkarten-Rangliste 2026

21 games · updated
ComputerBase measured performance rating for the RX 9070
TestAverage FPSShare of fastest card tested
Rasteriser, 1080pNot tested—
Rasteriser, 1440p78.755.3%
Rasteriser, 4K47.447.9%
Ray tracing, 1440p72.659.3%

How this was measured, and what it is not

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

RX 9070 specifications

Published by the manufacturer. Terms with a dotted underline can be expanded for a plain-English explanation.

Graphics processor

Architecture
RDNA 4
GPU die
Navi 48
3,584
56
56
112
Data unavailable
2,520 MHz
Game clock
2,070 MHz

Memory

16 GB
GDDR6
256-bit
640 GB/s
Memory speed
20 Gbps

Power and cooling

220 W
650 W
Power connectors
2x 8-pin

Physical

Length
Data unavailable
Height from bracket
Data unavailable
Data unavailableNo AMD reference board. Dimensions depend on the partner design.

Display outputs

Outputs
3x DisplayPort 2.1a, 1x HDMI 2.1b
Display support
DisplayPort 2.1a with UHBR13.5 and HDMI 2.1b; exact port layout varies by board partner

Release and availability

Launch date
March 6, 2025
Generation
RX 9000
$549
Availability
In production

Technologies and features

What this card supports, and what each feature actually does for you.

Supported. This card uses 3rd-generation ray accelerators.

FSR 4, FSR 3.1, XeSS. Availability in any individual game depends on the developer implementing it.

FSR 3.1 Frame Generation, AMD Fluid Motion Frames 2 (driver-level). 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. AMD Radeon media engine with AV1, HEVC and H.264 encode. AV1, HEVC and H.264 decode.

Strengths, weaknesses and who it suits

CompareYourGPU's assessment, grounded in the specifications above rather than in marketing material.

Strengths

  • 16 GB of VRAM at a mid-range price
  • 220 W is notably efficient for this performance level
  • Same FSR 4 and ray tracing improvements as the XT
  • Runs comfortably on a 650 W supply

Weaknesses

  • Noticeably slower than the XT for a small price difference
  • Ray tracing trails NVIDIA cards at the same price
  • FSR 4 game support is still growing

Best for

  • 1440p gaming at 100-144 FPS
  • Builds where power draw and heat matter
  • Buyers who want VRAM headroom on a mid-range budget

Not ideal for

  • 4K at native resolution
  • Path-traced titles

Price, value and efficiency

What the card costs, what that price should be for the performance, and what it returns per dollar and per watt.

$814+48.3% vs MSRP

MSRP $549 USD

Idealo.es (ASUS RX 9070, 37 converging offers) · 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 priceFair price for this performance: $1,409

Good buy below $1,296 · expensive above $1,578

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.

Performance per dollar

6.8

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.

Performance per watt

25.0

Performance index points per 100 W of board power at 1440p.

That places it in the top quarter of the database on efficiency.

RX 9070 frequently asked questions

Is the RX 9070 good for 1080p gaming?
CompareYourGPU's model estimates roughly 150-215 FPS in a typical modern AAA game at High settings with no upscaling, which is a modelled estimate rather than a measurement. That puts it in the 165+ FPS class at this resolution before upscaling is considered. 16 GB gives real headroom at 1080p, including with ray tracing and high-resolution texture packs.
Is the RX 9070 good for 1440p gaming?
CompareYourGPU's model estimates roughly 100-145 FPS in a typical modern AAA game at High settings with no upscaling, which is a modelled estimate rather than a measurement. That puts it in the 120+ FPS class at this resolution before upscaling is considered. 16 GB gives real headroom at 1440p, including with ray tracing and high-resolution texture packs.
Is the RX 9070 good for 4K gaming?
CompareYourGPU's model estimates roughly 50-70 FPS in a typical modern AAA game at High settings with no upscaling, which is a modelled estimate rather than a measurement. That puts it in the 60+ FPS class at this resolution before upscaling is considered. 16 GB gives real headroom at 4K, including with ray tracing and high-resolution texture packs.
How much VRAM does the RX 9070 have?
The RX 9070 has 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus, giving 640 GB/s of bandwidth. 16 GB gives real headroom at 1440p, including with ray tracing and high-resolution texture packs.
What power supply does the RX 9070 need?
AMD recommends a 650 W power supply for a complete system built around the RX 9070, which draws 220 W of board power. It uses 2x 8-pin.
Which upscaling technologies does the RX 9070 support?
It supports FSR 4, FSR 3.1, XeSS. For frame generation it supports FSR 3.1 Frame Generation and AMD Fluid Motion Frames 2 (driver-level). Support for any individual upscaler also depends on the game implementing it, so availability varies title by title.
Is the RX 9070 good for ray tracing?
Its ray tracing index is 45 at 1440p, against a rasterisation index of 55, so it retains about 82% of its standing once ray tracing is enabled. That is a moderate result: ray tracing costs it somewhat more than average. Both figures are CompareYourGPU estimates, not measurements.
How much does the RX 9070 cost?
CompareYourGPU records a current price of $814 from Idealo.es (ASUS RX 9070, 37 converging offers), last checked on 2026-09-06.
What competes with the RX 9070?
Its closest competitor from another manufacturer is the RTX 3090 Ti at $1,999. On CompareYourGPU's estimated 1440p index the RX 9070 is level with it, before ray tracing, memory capacity and upscaling support are taken into account.

Sources and last updated

Sources

  • AMDRadeon specifications, launch pricing and feature support
  • TechPowerUp GPU DatabaseDie codename, memory bandwidth and reference board dimensions
  • AMDFidelityFX Super Resolution availability and hardware requirements

Record last edited . Specifications have not yet been re-checked against the manufacturer's own page in this pass.

How to read this page

  • Specifications are the manufacturer’s own published figures, cited on the left.
  • Performance indices and frame-rate ranges are CompareYourGPU estimates and are labelled as such wherever they appear.
  • Prices are launch MSRP unless a verified current price is on record. CompareYourGPU publishes no price it has not checked.
  • Strengths, weaknesses and suitability are editorial judgements derived from the specifications above.
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