ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Challenger 16GB
vs
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Challenger 16GB and the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Challenger 16GB is based on the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and has 4096 texture shaders and 64 execution units.

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT is based on AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT, which has 3840 shaders and 60 execution units.
ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Challenger 16GB GPU AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
Navi 48 XTX GPU Chip Navi 32 XT
RDNA 4 Architecture RDNA 3
64 Streaming Multiprocessors 60
4096 Shader 3840
128 Render Output Units 96
256 Texture Units 240
64 Raytracing Cores 60

Memory

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

The AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 624 GB/s.

16 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.518 GHz Memory Clock 2.438 GHz
20.1 Gbps Memory Speed 19.5 Gbps
645 GB/s Memory bandwidth 624 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Challenger 16GB clocks in the base with up to 1.660 GHz. The base frequency of the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT is 1.800 GHz.

1.660 GHz Base Clock 1.800 GHz
2.970 GHz Boost Clock 2.430 GHz
2.40 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.12 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Challenger 16GB is 304 W (Reference). The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT has a TDP of 263 W and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

304 W (Reference) TDP 263 W
-- TDP (up) --
92 °C Tjunction max 96 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Challenger 16GB has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 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 ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Challenger 16GB.

The AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Challenger 16GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED LED Addressable LED

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 ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Challenger 16GB is 290 mm long, 123 mm high and 56 mm wide.

The AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT is 267 mm long, 135 mm high and 50 mm wide.

290 mm Length 267 mm
123 mm Height 135 mm
56 mm Width 50 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
1038 g Weight --
PCIe 5 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Challenger 16GB was released in Q2/2025 at a price of 599 $.

The AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT was introduced in Q3/2023 at a price of 499 $.

RX9070XT CL 16G Part-no --
Q2/2025 Release date Q3/2023
599 $ Launch Price 499 $
4 nm Structure size 5 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
9438

Port Royal (Raytracing)

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
10409

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
3748

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
82 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
126 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
41 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
84 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
132 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
132588

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
16 GB GDDR6
146797

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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