3DMark benchmarks:
Our first series of tests will be dedicated to synthetic benchmarks. These are often used for overclocking competitions , but are also very interesting for comparing different GPUs. We’ll be focusing on benchmarks from the 3DMark series. For this new version of our graphics, and for the 3DMark test section, we’ve also isolated the GPU score. You’ll therefore find, when stipulated in the benchmark, both the overall score and the GPU score.
3DMark Fire Strike and Fire Strike Ultra:
Let’s start with 3DMark Fire Strike, one of today’s most widely used benchmarks. It consists of two graphics tests, a CPU test and a fourth test that combines GPU and CPU. Don’t forget to deactivate the demo, which makes no contribution to the final score and prolongs the benchmark ‘s duration (unnecessarily). The version used for these tests is, of course, the latest available.
We start our tests with the two Fire Strike and Fire Strike Ultra benchmarks, and to say the least, they get off to a pretty good start, especially in the Ultra version, where the ASUS TUF Gaming RX 9070 OC is ahead of the RTX 5070 FE and the Gigabyte RX 9070 XT Gaming OC is ahead of the RTX 5070 Ti.
3DMark Time Spy and Time Spy Extreme:
The second test is 3DMark Time Spy. Although this one is performed in 1440p, its main feature is that it uses DirectX 12. It consists of two graphics tests and a CPU test. As with Fire Strike, don’t forget to disable the demo. These first two benchmarks are provided by UL Benchmark.
We continue with Time Spy, where the results are even better! The ASUS TUF Gaming RX 9070 OC does as well as the RX 7900 XT and the Gigabyte RX 9070 XT Gaming OC, as well as the RX 7900 XTX. Competing RTX 5000 cards also lag behind. Time Spy gives an initial idea of in-game performance, so we should have our RX 9070 series in a good position against the competition.
3DMark Speed Way:
Ulbenchmark’s latest benchmark, and it’s nice to be able to say we’re going to benchmark this Speed Way. It uses DirectX 12 and defaults to 1440p. We haven’t modified anything, so we’re using the original benchmark.
In Speed Way, our Gigabyte RX 9070 XT Gaming OC lags behind and the RTX 5070 Ti is far ahead. On the other hand, it performs slightly better than the previous-generation RX 7900 XTX.
3DMark Port Royal:
Here’s a benchmark we left out last year, but which you may have wanted to see again in our tests. It’s still widely used, especially in the overclocking community. So we’ve decided to add it to our tests.
In Port Royal, things are looking up, and our Gigabyte RX 9070 XT Gaming OC does almost as well as the RTX 5070 Ti, leaving the RX 7900 XTX at over 2,400 points.
3DMark Steel Nomad:
The latest benchmark in the 3DMark suite, Steel Nomad will replace Time Spy as the most recent benchmark in the 3DMark suite. The good news, however, is that it will be free for users who already have a key. The program includes a test bench based on Microsoft’s DirectX12API. However, there will be no ray tracing, but the scene will use an “extreme” level of geometry and rasterized light.
Finally, the last benchmark in the 3DMark series, Steel Nomad, which has just arrived, our Gigabyte RX 9070 XT Gaming OC offers excellent performance, with a score of 7211 points, i.e. 11% more performance than the RTX 5070 Ti.
