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AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs AMD Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7900 GRE: Comparison

AMD Radeon RX 9070 and AMD Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7900 GRE separate most on tdp: AMD Radeon RX 9070 at 220 W, AMD Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7900 GRE at 260 W, 18% in favour of AMD Radeon RX 9070. They match on 6 other specifications, including gpu brand, vram and tier. In Blender Cycles (GPU) the AMD Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7900 GRE scores 2,898 against 2,840 for the AMD Radeon RX 9070, a lead of 2%.

Specs

Specification
AMD Radeon RX 9070 (AMD/RDNA 4/Upper Mid-Range/16GB GDDR6/220W TDP/Ray Tracing/$549 MSRP)
AMD Radeon RX 9070
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7900 GRE
AMD Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7900 GRE
GPU BrandAMDAMD
SeriesRDNA 4Radeon RX 7000
Board PartnerReference/Founders EditionSapphire
VRAM16 GB16 GB
TierUpper Mid-RangeUpper Mid-Range
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6
Ray Tracing Supporttruetrue
TDP220 W260 W-18%
ArchitectureRDNA 4RDNA 3 (Navi 31)
MSRP549549

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=90-2%
AMD Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7900 GRE2,898n=44Best

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 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7900 GRE

7.5 / 10 Expert Rating

A solid upper mid-range pick if its price and 16GB VRAM allocation match your target resolution.

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