In this video, we take an in-depth look at AMD’s brand-new Sapphire Pulse RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT, comparing them to the XFX Radeon RX 7900 GRE and the EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra.
We test performance across synthetic benchmarks and real-world gaming scenarios to determine whether these new GPUs are worth upgrading to.
We test
3DMark Port Royale (Ray Tracing Performance)
Steel Nomad Benchmark
Cyberpunk 2077 (1080p, 2K and 4K Ultra)
Ray Tracing Performance in Cyberpunk 2077
Black Myth: Wukong (1080p, 2K and 4K Ultra)
Ray Tracing Performance in Black Myth Wukong
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered
Pricing & Value:
RX 9070 XT MSRP: $599
RX 9070 MSRP: $549
RTX 3090 launched at $1,500+, making the new AMD cards a strong value proposition.
Final Thoughts: The RX 9070 XT leads in rasterization and is competitive in ray tracing, closing the gap with NVIDIA. The RX 9070 is a solid choice for $50 less, still outperforming the RTX 3090 in many tests. The RTX 3090 FTW3 excels in ray tracing, but its age shows in traditional gaming performance. The RX 7900 GRE lags behind but remains a playable option.
