AMD RX 9070 Review ft. Sapphire

1. Introduction2. Meet the Sapphire RX 9070 Pulse3. Testing Methodology4. Alan Wake II5. Black Myth: Wukong6. Cyberpunk 20777. Final Fantasy XVI8. Forza Horizon 59. Ghost of Tsushima10. Horizon Forbidden West11. The Last of Us Part 112. A Plague Tale: Requiem13. Senua's Saga: Hellblade 214. Starfield15. Total War: Warhammer III16. Performance Summary (12-Game Average)17. Cost Per Frame Analysis18. Ray Tracing: Alan Wake II19. Ray Tracing: Black Myth: Wukong20. Ray Tracing: Cyberpunk 207721. Ray Tracing: F1 2422. Ray Tracing: Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart23. Ray Tracing: Returnal24. Ray Tracing: Shadow of the Tomb Raider25. Ray Tracing: Star Wars Outlaws26. Ray Tracing Performance Summary27. AI & Productivity Benchmarks28. Clock Speed29. GPU Temperatures30. Memory Temperatures31. Acoustics32. Power Draw: 1080p33. Power Draw: 1440p34. Power Draw: 2160p (4K)35. Performance per Watt: 1080p36. Performance per Watt: 1440p37. Performance per Watt: 2160p (4K)38. Total System Power Draw39. Closing Thoughts40. View All Pages

The MSRPs

Using the average frame rate data presented earlier in the review, here we look at the cost per frame using the US MSRP launch prices for each GPU. Please note this only compares rasterised performance and value.

At the time of writing we only have confirmed US pricing – any calculations using GBP will have to wait, unfortunately. Still, the overall trend is clear – comparing MSRPs, the RDNA 4 GPUs are the new market leaders for rasterisation value. At 1440p, for instance, cost per frame is 13% lower than the RTX 5070, and 15% better than the 7900 GRE.

However, the elephant in the room is the RX 9070 actually delivering worse value than its sibling, the RX 9070 XT. AMD has once again priced this card too close to its more expensive counterpart – the RX 9070 really needed to be $100 cheaper, at which point it would 17% cheaper but only 12% slower. Right now it's just 8% cheaper, which is not enough.

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