AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs AMD Radeon VII
            AMD Radeon RX 9070
            
                $549
            
        
    
            AMD Radeon VII
            
                $699
            
        
    | 3584 Shaders 16GB GDDR6 2520MHz | 3840 Shaders 16GB HBM2 1800MHz | 
| Peak AI Performance 1.16 POPS INT4 Tensor Sparse | Peak AI Performance 27.65 TFLOPS FP16 | 
| FP32 36.13 TFLOPS | FP32 13.82 TFLOPS | 
| FP16 72.25 TFLOPS | FP16 27.65 TFLOPS | 
| Form Factor PCIe Card 2.5-Slots | Form Factor PCIe Card 2.0-Slots | 
| TDP 220W | TDP 300W | 
| Power Connectors - 2x 8-Pin - - | Power Connectors - 2x 8-Pin - - | 
| GB6 OpenCL N/A 0% | |
| GB6 Metal N/A 0% | 
                                            
                                                GB6 Metal 74,340
                                            
                                             30% | 
| GB6 Vulkan N/A 0% | 
| GB5 OpenCL N/A 0% | GB5 OpenCL N/A 0% | 
| 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 N/A 0% | 
| OCT 2020.1 N/A 0% | OCT 2020.1 N/A 0% | 
| OCT Metal N/A 0% | OCT Metal N/A 0% | 
| Peak AI
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                                            1.16 POPS
                                         
                                            INT4 Tensor Sparse
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                                            27.65 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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                                            27.65 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
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                                            36.13 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
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                                            13.82 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
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                                            1.13 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
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                                            3.46 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
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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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                                            INT32
                                         
                                            18.06 TOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
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| Pixel
                                            Fillrate 
                                            322.56 GPixel/s
                                         | Pixel
                                            Fillrate 
                                            115.2 GPixel/s
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| Texture
                                            Fillrate 
                                            564.48 GTexel/s
                                         | Texture
                                            Fillrate 
                                            432 GTexel/s
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| ManufacturerAMD | ManufacturerAMD | 
| Chip DesignerAMD | Chip DesignerAMD | 
| ArchitectureRDNA 4 | ArchitectureGCN 5 | 
| FamilyRadeon RX 9000 | FamilyRadeon RX Vega | 
| Codename - Navi 48 Variant Navi 48 XL | Codename Moonshot Vega 20 Variant Vega 20 XT | 
| Market Segment Desktop | Market Segment Desktop | 
| Release Date 1/6/2025 | Release Date 2/7/2019 | 
| Foundry TSMC - | Foundry TSMC - | 
| Fabrication Node N4P - | Fabrication Node N7 - | 
| Die Size 357 mm² - | Die Size 331 mm² - | 
| Transistor Count 53.9 Billion - | Transistor Count 13.2 Billion - | 
| Transistor Density 151.19M/mm² - | Transistor Density 39.97M/mm² - | 
| Form PCIe Card | Form PCIe Card | 
| Shading Units 3584 Shaders - | Shading Units 3840 Shaders - | 
| Texture Mapping Units 224 TMUs | Texture Mapping Units 240 TMUs | 
| Render Output Units 128 ROPs | Render Output Units 64 ROPs | 
| Tensor Cores 112 T-Cores | - - | 
| Ray-Tracing Cores 56 RT-Cores | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| Compute Units 56 CUs | Compute Units 60 CUs | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - 2210MHz Base 2520MHz | - - 1400MHz Base 1800MHz | 
| L0 64KB/WGP | - - | 
| L1 - - - 256KB/Array | L1 - - 16KB/CU - | 
| L2 8MB Shared | L2 4MB Shared | 
| L3 64MB Shared 2.25TB/s | - - - | 
| 16GB GDDR6 - | 16GB HBM2 - | 
| Bus Width 256Bit | Bus Width 4096Bit | 
| Clock 2500MHz Transfer Rate 20GT/s Bandwidth 640GB/s | Clock 1000MHz Transfer Rate 2GT/s Bandwidth 1024GB/s | 
| - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - | 
| TDP 220W | TDP 300W | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 60Hz | 
| Variable Refresh Rate - FreeSync - | Variable Refresh Rate - FreeSync - | 
| Display Stream Compression (DSC) Supported | Display Stream Compression (DSC) Not Supported | 
| Multi Monitor Support 3 | Multi Monitor Support 3 | 
| Content Protection HDCP 2.3 | Content Protection HDCP 2.2 | 
| Model VCN 4.0 | Model VCE 4.1 | 
| Codec - - - - - - VP9 - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - AV1 - - | Codec - - - - - - - - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - - - - | 
| Model VCN 4.0 | Model UVD 7.2 | 
| 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 - - - 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 1.3 | 
| Shader Model 6.8 - - GFX 12 - - - - | Shader Model 6.7 - - GFX 9 - - - - | 
| - - - 3x Fans | - - - 3x Fans | 
| Power Connectors - - - 2x 8-Pin - - - | Power Connectors - - - 2x 8-Pin - - - | 
| Slots Required 2.5 PCIe Version 5.0 PCIe Lanes 16 | Slots Required 2.0 PCIe Version 3.0 PCIe Lanes 16 | 
| Multi GPU Support Supported Type CrossFire XDMA | Multi GPU Support Supported Type CrossFire XDMA | 
| Height 111 mm (4.37 in) Width 267 mm (10.51 in) Depth 50 mm (1.97 in) | Height 125 mm (4.92 in) Width 280 mm (11.02 in) Depth 40 mm (1.57 in) | 
 
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
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