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AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs AMD PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 9070: Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 9070 and AMD PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 9070 differ on board partner: AMD Radeon RX 9070 at Reference/Founders Edition, AMD PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 9070 at PowerColor. They match on 6 other specifications, including gpu brand, vram and tier.

Specs

Specification
AMD Radeon RX 9070 (AMD/RDNA 4/Upper Mid-Range/16GB GDDR6/220W TDP/Ray Tracing/$549 MSRP)
AMD Radeon RX 9070
PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 9070
AMD PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 9070
GPU BrandAMDAMD
SeriesRDNA 4Radeon RX 9000
Board PartnerReference/Founders EditionPowerColor
VRAM16 GB16 GB
TierUpper Mid-RangeUpper Mid-Range
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6
Ray Tracing Supporttruetrue
TDP220 W220 W
ArchitectureRDNA 4RDNA 4 (Navi 48)
MSRP549579

Benchmarks

Measured results, not specifications. Percentages are the gap to the leading product in each test.

Blender Cycles (GPU)

Blender 4.5, Blender Open Data (CC0). Median of monster + junkshop + classroom, combined samples/min.

Blender renders 3D scenes by tracing light through them, which loads every shader unit on the card at once. The score measures sustained render throughput, so it tells you what a card does in Cycles and similar renderers rather than what it does in a game. Figures come from Blender's Open Data project, which places no restriction on reuse, and we publish the median of every submission for that card on the same Blender version.

AMD Radeon RX 90702,840n=90Best
AMD PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 90702,840n=90Best

Verdict

AMD Radeon RX 9070

8 / 10 Expert Rating

The overlooked sibling — the XT's 16GB of VRAM at 220W and $549, a real efficiency and price win if you don't need every last XT frame.

AMD PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 9070

7.5 / 10 Expert Rating

A reference-spec RX 9070 with a useful dual BIOS switch, priced right at the card's MSRP.

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