AMD Radeon RX 9070
vs
ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger 16GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the AMD Radeon RX 9070 and the ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger 16GB, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 is based on the AMD Radeon RX 9070 and has 3584 texture shaders and 56 execution units.

ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger 16GB is based on AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB, which has 2048 shaders and 32 execution units.
AMD Radeon RX 9070 GPU ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger 16GB
AMD Radeon RX 9070 Based on AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB
Navi 48 XT GPU Chip Navi 44 XT
RDNA 4 Architecture RDNA 4
56 Streaming Multiprocessors 32
3584 Shader 2048
128 Render Output Units 64
224 Texture Units 128
56 Raytracing Cores 32

Memory

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 645 GB/s.

The ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger 16GB can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 322 GB/s.

16 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.518 GHz Memory Clock 2.518 GHz
20.1 Gbps Memory Speed 20.1 Gbps
645 GB/s Memory bandwidth 322 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 clocks in the base with up to 1.330 GHz. The base frequency of the ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger 16GB is 1.700 GHz.

1.330 GHz Base Clock 1.700 GHz
2.520 GHz Boost Clock 3.230 GHz
2.07 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.62 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the AMD Radeon RX 9070 is 220 W (Reference). The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger 16GB has a TDP of 160 W (Reference) and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

220 W (Reference) TDP 160 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
85 °C Tjunction max Unknown
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger 16GB has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the AMD Radeon RX 9070.

The ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger 16GB supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1b
3x DP v2.1a DP Ports 2x DP v2.1a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger 16GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Non addressable LED LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

The ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger 16GB is 249 mm long, 132 mm high and 41 mm wide.

-- Length 249 mm
-- Height 132 mm
-- Width 41 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 645 g
PCIe 5 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 5 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 was released in Q2/2025 at a price of 549 $ (Reference).

The ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Challenger 16GB was introduced in Q4/2025 at a price of 349 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no RX9060XT CL 16G
Q2/2025 Release date Q4/2025
549 $ (Reference) Launch Price 349 $ (Reference)
4 nm Structure size 4 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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