ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 OC Edition 16GB
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ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend 16GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 OC Edition 16GB is based on the AMD Radeon RX 9070 (RDNA 4) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 645 GB/s.

The ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend 16GB is based on the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (RDNA 4) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 645 GB/s.

GPU

The ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 OC Edition 16GB has the Navi 48 XT graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 4 architecture.

The ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend 16GB is based on the graphics chip Navi 48 XTX, which comes from the RDNA 4 architecture.
ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 OC Edition 16GB GPU ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend 16GB
AMD Radeon RX 9070 Based on AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Navi 48 XT GPU Chip Navi 48 XTX
RDNA 4 Architecture RDNA 4
56 Streaming Multiprocessors 64
3584 Shader 4096
128 Render Output Units 128
224 Texture Units 256
56 Raytracing Cores 64

Memory

The graphics memory of the ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 OC Edition 16GB clocks at 2.518 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 20.1 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend 16GB is 20.1 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.518 GHz.

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 clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.330 GHz Base Clock 1.660 GHz
2.610 GHz Boost Clock 2.970 GHz
2.14 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 2.40 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 OC Edition 16GB is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 220 W (Reference).

The ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend 16GB has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 304 W (Reference).

220 W (Reference) TDP 304 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
85 °C Tjunction max 92 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 OC Edition 16GB is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend 16GB has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 92 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 OC Edition 16GB.

The ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend 16GB supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

With the ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 OC Edition 16GB it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend 16GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

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

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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 ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 OC Edition 16GB is connected to the system via PCIe 5 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend 16GB needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 5 x 16 Lanes interface.

312 mm Length 298 mm
130 mm Height 131 mm
50 mm Width 58 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1155 g
PCIe 5 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 5 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 OC Edition 16GB has been manufactured with a structure width of 4 nanometers since Q2/2025.

The ASRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend 16GB came on the market in Q2/2025 and will have a structure width of 4 nanometers manufactured.

PRIME-RX9070-O16G Part-no RX9070XT SL 16G
Q2/2025 Release date Q2/2025
549 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $ (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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