AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

AMD Radeon RX 9070 $549
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT $199
3584 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
2520MHz
1024 Shaders
4GB GDDR6
2815MHz
Peak AI Performance
1.16 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
11.53 TFLOPS
FP16
FP32
36.13 TFLOPS
FP32
5.77 TFLOPS
FP16
72.25 TFLOPS
FP16
11.53 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.5-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
220W
TDP
107W
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 53,340
17%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 40,335
20%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal 90
15%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
RDNA 4
Architecture
RDNA 2
Family
Radeon RX 9000
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Codename
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Navi 48
Variant
Navi 48 XL
Codename
Beige Goby
Navi 24
Variant
Navi 24 XT
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/6/2025
Release Date
1/19/2022
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
N4P
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Fabrication Node
N6
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Die Size
357 mm²
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Die Size
107 mm²
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Transistor Count
53.9 Billion
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Transistor Count
5.4 Billion
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Transistor Density
151.19M/mm²
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Transistor Density
50.47M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
3584 Shaders
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Shading Units
1024 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
448 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
Render Output Units
128 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Tensor Cores
112 T-Cores
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-
Ray-Tracing Cores
56 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
16 RT-Cores
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Compute Units
56 CUs
Compute Units
16 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
1 GPC
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2210MHz Base
2520MHz
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2610MHz Base
2815MHz
Peak AI Performance
1.16 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
11.53 TFLOPS
FP16
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FP8
144.51 TFLOPS
144.51 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
289.01 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
144.51 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
289.01 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP16
72.25 TFLOPS
72.25 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
144.51 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
72.25 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
144.51 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
11.53 TFLOPS
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-
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-
FP32
36.13 TFLOPS
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FP32
5.77 TFLOPS
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FP64
1.13 TFLOPS
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FP64
360 GFLOPS
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BF16
72.25 TFLOPS
72.25 TFLOPS Tensor
144.51 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
578.03 TOPS Tensor
1.16 POPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
-
289.01 TOPS Tensor
578.03 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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-
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INT32
18.06 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
322.56 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
90.08 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
1128.96 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
180.16 GTexel/s
L0
64KB/WGP
L0
32KB/WGP
L1
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256KB/Array
L1
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128KB/Array
L2
6MB Shared
L2
1MB Shared
L3
64MB Shared
2.25TB/s
L3
16MB Shared
0.42TB/s
16GB
GDDR6
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4GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Clock
2438MHz
Transfer Rate
19.5GT/s
Bandwidth
624GB/s
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
144GB/s
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TDP
220W
TDP
107W
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Temp
110°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 2.1
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1x HDMI 2.1
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1x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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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
2
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
VCN 4.0
No Encoders
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Codec
-
-
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Model
VCN 4.0
Model
VCN 3.0
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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-
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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-
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.2
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.2
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.8
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GFX
12
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Shader Model
6.6
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GFX
10.3
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3x Fans
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
2.5
PCIe Version
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
4
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)
Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
190 mm (7.48 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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