XFX Radeon RX 9070 Swift 16GB GDDR6 Black
Equipped with the RDNA 4 architecture and a 2700MHz boost clock, this card delivers strong 4K gaming performance with 16GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus. The triple-fan XFX Swift cooler maintains a 2-slot profile, making it a practical fit for compact builds without sacrificing thermal headroom. It is best for gamers targeting high-refresh 1440p or 4K experiences who want robust ray tracing capabilities without stepping up to a flagship-tier price.
GPU Radeon RX 9070
VRAM 16GB GDDR6
Boost Clock 2700 MHz
TDP 245 W
Memory Bus 256 bit
Ray Tracing Yes
Class consumer
68 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong ai (82nd percentile) 82nd
- Strong compute (81st percentile) 81st
- Strong rt (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong vram (76th percentile) 76th
Cons
- Below average affordability (0th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | Radeon RX 9070 |
| Brand | AMD |
| Architecture | RDNA 4 |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 4 |
Memory
| VRAM | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 256 |
| Bandwidth | 644.6 |
Compute
| Stream Processors | 3584 |
| Tensor Cores | 112 |
| RT Cores | 56 |
| Base Clock | 1440 |
| Boost Clock | 2700 |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 72.25 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 36.13 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 25398 |
| GPU Compute | 14794 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 245 |
| Recommended PSU | 800 |
| Power Connectors | 1 x 16-pin Power Connector |
| Cooler | Triple Fan |
| Fans | 3 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI-E 5.0 |
| DisplayPort | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 |
Physical
| Length | 325 |
| Slot Width | 2 |
| Form Factor | Full Height |
Features
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| Upscaling | AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate |
vs Competition
| Spec | XFX Radeon RX 9070 Swift | ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING | Gigabyte AERO GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Radeon RX 9070 | GeForce RTX 5090 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Vram | 16GB GDDR6 | 32GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 2700 | 2407 | 2730 | 2482 | 2730 | 2680 |
| Tdp W | 245 | 575 | 360 | 300 | 360 | 339 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 256 | 512 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 384 |
| Ray Tracing | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | Efficiency | Connectivity | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XFX Radeon RX 9070 Swift | 81.8 | 78.8 | 75.7 | 68.7 | 80.7 | 53.1 | 72.4 | 66.5 | 66.9 | 0 |
| ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING Compare | 96.9 | 90.3 | 97.6 | 98.7 | 97.6 | 96.2 | 72.4 | 24.4 | 99.3 | 3.5 |
| Gigabyte AERO GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD Compare | 85.4 | 95.2 | 88.8 | 94.3 | 93.3 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 57.9 | 94.1 | 13.9 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare | 79.4 | 92.3 | 85.8 | 88.9 | 88.1 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 73 | 94.1 | 21.2 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 85.4 | 97.6 | 88.8 | 94.3 | 93.3 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 57.9 | 94.1 | 19.2 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.9 | 96.2 | 91.7 | 83.9 | 95.5 | 84 | 91.5 | 52.8 | 98.8 | 17.6 |
Usage Scores
- Overall67.7
- AI/LLM62.3
- Budget48.4
- Gaming 4k68.8
- Ray Tracing70.2
- Workstation64.9
- Gaming 1080p68.4
- Gaming 1440p68.4
- Content Creation65.1
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