Leaked AMD RX 9070 XT benchmarks see it match Nvidia's RTX 4070 in synthetic tests
Up to 28% faster than the RX 7800 XT, but falls short of the RX 7900 XTX by some margin.

Geekbench leaks has offered us a glimpse of what to expect from AMD's upcoming RX 9070 series GPUs (via Benchleaks at X). These test scores were probably inadvertently made public by an unsuspecting reviewer. In any case, while we don't want to jump to conclusions, and neither should you, the numbers are disappointing considering everything we've heard thus far. The flagship RX 9070 XT barely matches Nvidia's RTX 4070 Super. However, we cannot confirm the authenticity of these tests. Also, given the architectural revamps with RDNA 4, synthetic tests are not guaranteed to reflect how these GPUs will hold up in real-world performance.
Two separate test benches were used for the RX 9070 XT and its non-XT counterpart. The former is equipped with AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D on the Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Hero motherboard. The latter sticks with the standard Ryzen 7 9700X coupled with the MSI B650 Gaming Plus Wi-Fi motherboard. The setups are pretty different, so it's obvious the tests weren't conducted by a single person.
Geekbench was also generous enough to unofficially confirm previously rumored specifications. From the listings, the RX 9070 XT and 9070 non-XT share a similar 16GB VRAM configuration. The only difference is in the core counts; the 9070 XT has 64 CUs (Compute Units) while the 9070 offers 56 CUs. For the sake of comparison, we've aggregated publicly available data across the Vulkan and OpenCL APIs at Geekbench.
Jumping into the benchmarks, the RX 9070 XT scored 177,395 and 179,178 points in Vulkan and OpenCL, dropping to 158,520 and 140,842 points for the 9070 respectively. The RX 9070 XT, per this test, is 22% slower than Nvidia's RTX 5070 Ti and that's quite telling. Jumping over to Ada, the RTX 4070 Super is a more suitable match. As expected, the 9070 XT isn't quite able to topple the RDNA 3 flagship but manages a somewhat decent 28% uplift against its predecessor, the RX 7800 XT.
GPU | Vulkan | OpenCL | vs 9070 XT in Vulkan | vs 9070 XT in OpenCL |
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RX 9070 XT (Leaked) | 177395 | 179178 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
RX 9070 (Leaked) | 158520 | 140842 | 89.36% | 78.60% |
RX 7900 XTX | 235279 | 212081 | 132.63% | 118.36% |
RX 7900 XT | 206494 | 186399 | 116.40% | 104.03% |
RX 7800 XT | 155488 | 139983 | 87.65% | 78.13% |
RTX 5070 Ti | 228576 | 229140 | 128.85% | 127.88% |
RTX 4070 Super | 178982 | 192378 | 100.89% | 107.37% |
We can compare synthetics all day long, but at the end of the day, proper real-world tests are what truly matter. Back in January, a tipster alleged raster performance in the ballpark of an RTX 4080 Super, so it's possible that RDNA 4 doesn't perform as well in theoretical tests, but that's just a guess. If the RTX 5070 is around 15% faster than the RTX 4070; typical for Blackwell GPUs, that'd land it in RTX 4070 Super territory. This doesn't leave much wiggle room for AMD, but we'll get a clearer picture after its presentation on February 28.
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Hassam Nasir is a die-hard hardware enthusiast with years of experience as a tech editor and writer, focusing on detailed CPU comparisons and general hardware news. When he’s not working, you’ll find him bending tubes for his ever-evolving custom water-loop gaming rig or benchmarking the latest CPUs and GPUs just for fun.
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Gururu I had hoped it would be equivalent to the 5070 ti for less money. Hopefully its not to be an upgrade over the 7800xt for the same price tag.Reply -
3ogdy I hope it's an upgrade over their previous generation that features pricing by live people and not brain dead ones who hate the average person buying their product (see nVidia with their RTX4000 gen). We'll see how nVidia does by verifying every customer buying through their website. Let's hope they find solutions.Reply
If AMD can sell high-end hardware (not necessarily compared to nVidia) for $500 and doesn't burn my computer, wallet, or house down, then it's a win-win. -
Pierce2623
I’d be perfectly happy with 30% faster than a 7800xt for the same price. The 7800xt already beats a 4070 in raster.Gururu said:I had hoped it would be equivalent to the 5070 ti for less money. Hopefully its not to be an upgrade over the 7800xt for the same price tag. -
jkhoward DOA, dead before arrival if true, I stand by my $500 or less comment. Otherwise, it won’t move enough units for AMD to gain any meaningful market share.Reply -
ohio_buckeye If the performance is really to that low of a level, then they need to come in at $600 or less imo to gain market share. At least if they've fixed the ray tracing performance and are getting fsr 4 to be more equivalent to dlss 4 then that is a decent step forward. But they need to make it appealing to folks in the mainstream sitting on older lower to mid range cards. I say 600 because my local Microcenter showed a 4070 super open box card in stock for $643 if I recall. But realistically they need to be able to undercut the 5070 non ti card then, whatever that number looks like, because a lot of folks probably want a step up from the 60 series cards but don't want to pay a grand for a card.Reply -
palladin9479 As long as it can hit around the same as the 4070 or 5070 for less then it will be good. All nVidia cards are going for way above MSRP, to the point that MSRP is just pure fantasy. As long as AMD can price themselves under nVidia and have them actually available, then it will be a success.Reply
I just bought a 7900 XTX for $850 because of the complete unavailability of the 5080 at anything resembling reasonable prices. With the 5070 TI experiencing the same issues, I can see people buying the 9070 XT for around $700 to $750 and the 9070 for around $500 to $600. -
why_wolf Honestly unless AMD starts a price war and sells these cards for at least $100 below their Nvidia counterpart it won't matter what the specs are.Reply -
Jabberwocky79 Welp, there's that. Honestly I don't know what a "synthetic benchmark" is, but I expected the 90 series to at least be on par with a 5070, seeing as how AMD went out of their way to redo their naming structure to compare with Nvidia.Reply
I saw there is one model of 7900XTX at Newegg for less than $1K... Kinda wondering if I should go for it at this point. My budget is $1k - $1.5k, and I blew it when I didn't jump on a 4080 Super when prices were still realistic. -
Neilbob People acting as if the 5070 is going to be drastically faster than the 4070...Reply
Anyway, there are no bad products (theoretically at least), only bad prices. But seeing as how this industry operates lately I'd expect the latter.
At least 'tariffs' are likely to be a convenient scapegoat I suppose. -
Jabberwocky79
Re: No bad products - while I agree in theory, it seems with every passing day Nvidia is putting that to the test.Neilbob said:People acting as if the 5070 is going to be drastically faster than the 4070...
Anyway, there are no bad products (theoretically at least), only bad prices.