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


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Challenger 16GB and the AMD Radeon RX 9070, 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 9070 is based on AMD Radeon RX 9070, which has 3584 shaders and 56 execution units.
ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Challenger 16GB GPU AMD Radeon RX 9070
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Based on AMD Radeon RX 9070
Navi 48 XTX GPU Chip Navi 48 XT
RDNA 4 Architecture RDNA 4
64 Streaming Multiprocessors 56
4096 Shader 3584
128 Render Output Units 128
256 Texture Units 224
64 Raytracing Cores 56

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 9070 can access 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 645 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 645 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 9070 is 1.330 GHz.

1.660 GHz Base Clock 1.330 GHz
2.970 GHz Boost Clock 2.520 GHz
2.40 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.07 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 9070 has a TDP of 220 W (Reference) and is supplied with the required energy via 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

304 W (Reference) TDP 220 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
92 °C Tjunction max 85 °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 9070 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 9070 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 3x DP v2.1a
-- 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 9070 is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED LED Non 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 9070 is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

290 mm Length --
123 mm Height --
56 mm Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
1038 g Weight --
PCIe 5 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 5 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 9070 was introduced in Q2/2025 at a price of 549 $ (Reference).

RX9070XT CL 16G Part-no --
Q2/2025 Release date Q2/2025
599 $ Launch Price 549 $ (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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