AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
            AMD Radeon RX 9070
            
                $549
            
        
    
            AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
            
                $169
            
        
    | 3584 Shaders 16GB GDDR6 2520MHz | 1408 Shaders 4GB GDDR6 1845MHz | 
| Peak AI Performance 1.16 POPS INT4 Tensor Sparse | Peak AI Performance 10.39 TFLOPS FP16 | 
| FP32 36.13 TFLOPS | FP32 5.2 TFLOPS | 
| FP16 72.25 TFLOPS | FP16 10.39 TFLOPS | 
| Form Factor PCIe Card 2.5-Slots | Form Factor PCIe Card 2.0-Slots | 
| TDP 220W | TDP 130W | 
| Power Connectors - 2x 8-Pin - - | Power Connectors - 1x 8-Pin - - | 
| GB6 OpenCL N/A 0% | |
| GB6 Metal N/A 0% | 
                                            
                                                GB6 Metal 54,795
                                            
                                             22% | 
| GB6 Vulkan N/A 0% | 
| GB5 OpenCL N/A 0% | GB5 OpenCL 41,240 14% | 
| GB5 CUDA N/A 0% | GB5 CUDA N/A 0% | 
| GB5 Metal N/A 0% | GB5 Metal 36,210 20% | 
| GB5 Vulkan N/A 0% | GB5 Vulkan 32,355 16% | 
| OCT 2020.1 N/A 0% | OCT 2020.1 N/A 0% | 
| OCT Metal N/A 0% | OCT Metal 95 16% | 
| Peak AI
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                                            1.16 POPS
                                         
                                            INT4 Tensor Sparse
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                                            10.39 TFLOPS
                                         
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                                            FP8
                                         
                                            144.51 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                            144.51 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
                                            
                                         
                                            289.01 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                            144.51 TFLOPS
                                            
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                                            289.01 TFLOPS
                                            
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                                            FP16
                                         
                                            72.25 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                            72.25 TFLOPS
                                            
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                                            144.51 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                            72.25 TFLOPS
                                            
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                                            144.51 TFLOPS
                                            
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                                            10.39 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
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                                            36.13 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
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                                            5.2 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
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                                            FP64
                                         
                                            1.13 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
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                                            330 GFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
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                                            BF16
                                         
                                            72.25 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                            72.25 TFLOPS
                                            
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                                            144.51 TFLOPS
                                            
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                                            INT4
                                         
                                            578.03 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                            1.16 POPS
                                            
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                                            289.01 TOPS
                                            
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                                            578.03 TOPS
                                            
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                                            18.06 TOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
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| Pixel
                                            Fillrate 
                                            322.56 GPixel/s
                                         | Pixel
                                            Fillrate 
                                            59.04 GPixel/s
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| Texture
                                            Fillrate 
                                            564.48 GTexel/s
                                         | Texture
                                            Fillrate 
                                            162.36 GTexel/s
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| ManufacturerAMD | ManufacturerAMD | 
| Chip DesignerAMD | Chip DesignerAMD | 
| ArchitectureRDNA 4 | ArchitectureRDNA 1 | 
| FamilyRadeon RX 9000 | FamilyRadeon RX 5000 | 
| Codename - Navi 48 Variant Navi 48 XL | Codename Fighter Navi 14 Variant Navi 14 XTX | 
| Market Segment Desktop | Market Segment Desktop | 
| Release Date 1/6/2025 | Release Date 12/12/2019 | 
| Foundry TSMC - | Foundry TSMC - | 
| Fabrication Node N4P - | Fabrication Node N7 - | 
| Die Size 357 mm² - | Die Size 158 mm² - | 
| Transistor Count 53.9 Billion - | Transistor Count 6.4 Billion - | 
| Transistor Density 151.19M/mm² - | Transistor Density 40.51M/mm² - | 
| Form PCIe Card | Form PCIe Card | 
| Shading Units 3584 Shaders - | Shading Units 1408 Shaders - | 
| Texture Mapping Units 224 TMUs | Texture Mapping Units 88 TMUs | 
| Render Output Units 128 ROPs | Render Output Units 32 ROPs | 
| Tensor Cores 112 T-Cores | - - | 
| Ray-Tracing Cores 56 RT-Cores | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| Compute Units 56 CUs | Compute Units 22 CUs | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | Graphics Processing Clusters 2 GPCs | 
| - - 2210MHz Base 2520MHz | - - 1717MHz Base 1845MHz | 
| L0 64KB/WGP | L0 32KB/WGP | 
| L1 - - - 256KB/Array | L1 - - - 128KB/Array | 
| L2 8MB Shared | L2 2MB Shared | 
| L3 64MB Shared 2.25TB/s | - - - | 
| 16GB GDDR6 - | 4GB GDDR6 - | 
| Bus Width 256Bit | Bus Width 128Bit | 
| Clock 2500MHz Transfer Rate 20GT/s Bandwidth 640GB/s | Clock 1750MHz Transfer Rate 14GT/s Bandwidth 224GB/s | 
| - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - | 
| TDP 220W | TDP 130W | 
| - - | Temp 110°C Max | 
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3x DisplayPort 2.1 - - - - - - - - - 1x HDMI 2.1 - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3x DisplayPort 1.4 - - - - - - - - - - 1x HDMI 2.0 - - - | 
| Max Resolution 15360x8640 | Max Resolution 7680x4320 | 
| Max Resolution Refresh Rate 165Hz | Max Resolution Refresh Rate 120Hz | 
| Variable Refresh Rate - FreeSync - | Variable Refresh Rate - FreeSync - | 
| Display Stream Compression (DSC) Supported | Display Stream Compression (DSC) Supported | 
| Multi Monitor Support 3 | Multi Monitor Support 4 | 
| Content Protection HDCP 2.3 | Content Protection HDCP 2.3 | 
| Model VCN 4.0 | Model VCN 2.0 | 
| Codec - - - - - - VP9 - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - AV1 - - | Codec - - - - - - - - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - - - - | 
| Model VCN 4.0 | Model VCN 2.0 | 
| Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 JPEG VC-1 - VP9 - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - AV1 - - | Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 JPEG VC-1 - VP9 - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - - - - | 
| Direct X 12 Direct 3D 12_2 | Direct X 12 Direct 3D 12_1 | 
| OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 2.2 Vulkan 1.3 | OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 2.1 Vulkan 1.2 | 
| Shader Model 6.8 - - GFX 12 - - - - | Shader Model 6.5 - - GFX 10.1 - - - - | 
| - - - 3x Fans | - - - 1x Fan | 
| Power Connectors - - - 2x 8-Pin - - - | Power Connectors - - - 1x 8-Pin - - - | 
| Slots Required 2.5 PCIe Version 5.0 PCIe Lanes 16 | Slots Required 2.0 PCIe Version 4.0 PCIe Lanes 8 | 
| Multi GPU Support Supported Type CrossFire XDMA | Multi GPU Support Supported Type Bridgeless | 
| Height 111 mm (4.37 in) Width 267 mm (10.51 in) Depth 50 mm (1.97 in) | - - - - - - | 
 
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
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