AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 9070 and AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 9070

AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 9070

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 2245 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 220 Watt vs 260 Watt
Around 12% higher memory clock speed: 2518 MHz, 20.1 Gbps effective vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1276 vs 1162
Around 31% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 6290 vs 4814

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 Mar 2025 vs 27 Jul 2023
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz vs 2245 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	220 Watt vs 260 Watt
Memory clock speed	2518 MHz, 20.1 Gbps effective vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1276 vs 1162
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6290 vs 4814

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1330 MHz
Around 27% higher texture fill rate: 718.4 GTexel/s vs 564.5 GTexel/s
Around 43% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 3584
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 27005 vs 24879
Around 21% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 167089 vs 138234

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1330 MHz
Texture fill rate	718.4 GTexel/s vs 564.5 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5120 vs 3584
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	27005 vs 24879
Geekbench - OpenCL	167089 vs 138234

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 9070
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1276

1162

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

24879

27005

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

138234

167089

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

6290

4814

Name	AMD Radeon RX 9070	AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
PassMark - G2D Mark	1276	1162
PassMark - G3D Mark	24879	27005
Geekbench - OpenCL	138234	167089
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6290	4814

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 9070	AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 4.0	RDNA 3.0
Code name	Navi 48	Navi 31
Launch date	6 Mar 2025	27 Jul 2023
Place in performance rating	31	33
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz	2245 MHz
Compute units	56	80
Core clock speed	1330 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	5 nm
Pipelines	3584	5120
Pixel fill rate	322.6 GPixel/s	431.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	564.5 GTexel/s	718.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	220 Watt	260 Watt
Transistor count	53900 million	57700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1a	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 5.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
Height		51 mm, 2 inches
Length		276 mm, 10.9 inches
Width		110 mm, 4.3 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.2	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.8	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	644.6 GB/s	576.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2518 MHz, 20.1 Gbps effective	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6