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Radeon RX 9070 vs Radeon RX 9070 XT — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Radeon RX 9070 XT is ahead of the Radeon RX 9070 on all 8 shared benchmarks on file, by 4% to 43%, including 23% in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (14,367 vs 11,702). On qwen3.6:27b, both reach about 46.1 tokens/s (per Lemmy.World; per Lemmy.World (LocalLLaMA community thread)).

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 9070 and the Radeon RX 9070 XT. Both released in 2025. MSRP range: $549 · $599. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecRadeon RX 9070Radeon RX 9070 XT
vram gb 1616
vram type GDDR6GDDR6
tdp w 220304
cuda cores 3584—
rt cores 56—
process nm 4—

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from LANOC, Notebookcheck, StorageReview, Guru3D, TechPowerUp, Overclocking.com, UL Benchmarks, 3DMark and PassMark; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkRadeon RX 9070Radeon RX 9070 XT
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: LANOC, Notebookcheck		 46,934 points67,167 pts
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better)
Source: LANOC		 —33,887 pts
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: StorageReview, LANOC		 15,760 points18,240 points
3DMark Port Royal (RX 9070 XT reference) (higher is better)
Source: Guru3D		 14,723 points—
3DMark Solar Bay (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 106,882 points—
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: StorageReview, LANOC, Notebookcheck		 5,826 points6,267 pts
3DMark Speed Way (RX 9070 XT reference) (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp		 6,345 points—
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: StorageReview, LANOC, Overclocking.com, UL Benchmarks, Notebookcheck		 6,150 points7,025 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: LANOC, 3DMark		 24,306 points29,716 pts
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: LANOC, 3DMark		 11,702 points14,367 pts
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (RX 9070 XT reference) (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp		 14,591 points—
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 1,266 pts1,318 pts

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

Radeon RX 9070

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Radeon RX 9070 XT

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 9070 or the Radeon RX 9070 XT?

The Radeon RX 9070 XT is ahead of the Radeon RX 9070 on all 8 shared benchmarks on file, by 4% to 43%, including 23% in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (14,367 vs 11,702).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen3.6:27b, both reach about 46.1 tokens/s (per Lemmy.World; per Lemmy.World (LocalLLaMA community thread)).

What did the Radeon RX 9070 and the Radeon RX 9070 XT cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 9070 launched at a $549 MSRP and the Radeon RX 9070 XT at $599. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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