Adobe After Effects is one of the central tools in post-production when it comes to digital visual effects, motion graphics, compositing and animation. The software is strongly layer-based and thus offers a very flexible way of working, ranging from simple titles to animations and complex effect chains. Thanks to deep integration into the Creative Cloud, After Effects works seamlessly with Photoshop, Illustrator and Premiere Pro. Of particular interest is the ability to create automated or procedural animations via expressions and scripting, which brings enormous efficiency gains in practice. In film and TV production, After Effects has long since become the standard tool for graphic designers and VFX artists.
With the PugetBench for After Effects, Puget Systems has created a benchmarking tool that reflects the actual work with After Effects in a practical way. Instead of relying on purely synthetic scenes, the benchmark includes typical workloads that professionals perform on a daily basis. These include rendering multi-layer compositions, playing and previewing large projects, applying GPU-accelerated effects, handling high-resolution material and memory load, and caching for real-time playback.
The benchmark is divided into several sub-areas. These include pure render and export tests, which combine CPU and GPU load, as well as preview and interactivity tests, which rely heavily on GPU performance and memory connection. Complex effects such as blur, color correction or 3D camera movements are also part of the course, so that different hardware components are visibly pushed to their limits. At the end, PugetBench summarizes the results in an overall score that can be directly compared with other systems. This allows users and IT professionals to quickly identify which configurations are best suited to their After Effects workflows. Especially in environments where render times, caching and real-time playback determine productivity, PugetBench offers clear practical value.
Overall Score
The overall result shows a clearly differentiated picture. The Radeon AI R9700 achieves a solid result of 8227 points, but is clearly behind the leading NVIDIA and Intel models. The RX 9070XT is positioned just below it with 8048 points, which reflects the close architectural relationship. Both cards show that After Effects only makes limited use of GPU acceleration and that many work processes are still heavily CPU-heavy. The Radeon Pro W7800 follows closely behind the R9700 with 8126 points and underlines once again that professional drivers hardly bring any real advantages in this program. Overall, the gaps within the AMD family remain small, while NVIDIA and Intel clearly perform better in this particular benchmark.
3D Score
The 3D part of the workload shows the biggest differences between the architectures. NVIDIA clearly dominates this area, while AMD finishes in the lower midfield. The Radeon AI R9700 achieves 24.7 points, the RX 9070XT 25.6 points and the Radeon Pro W7800 25.9 points. The difference between the AMD cards is minimal and hardly significant in practice. The values show that After Effects only makes limited efficient use of the RDNA architecture for 3D tasks, which is not atypical as the software’s 3D module was historically optimized for CUDA. Such differences are particularly visible in very complex scenes, but are of little relevance for typical motion graphics workflows.
2D Score
The Radeon AI R9700 can call on its strongest performance in the 2D-heavy sub-tests and achieves the top position with 165 points. This is one of the rare areas in which the larger memory bandwidth of the R9700 has a measurable impact. The RX 9070XT follows with 154 points, while the Radeon Pro W7800 is in between with 158 points. The values make it clear that AMD’s architecture is particularly well suited to classic 2D compositing tasks, which increasingly rely on GPU compute operations. However, NVIDIA remains almost on a par with the RTX 4000 Ada, which underlines the good efficiency of the Ada generation in 2D workloads as well.
Tracking score
The tracking module of After Effects is traditionally very CPU-dominated, which is clearly reflected in the results. With 137 points, the Radeon AI R9700 is just ahead of the RX 9070XT with 133 points and the Radeon Pro W7800 with 131 points. These values differ only slightly, which confirms the minor importance of the GPU in tracking tasks. Motion analysis, pattern recognition and mask tracking are processes that are mainly performed by the CPU, which is why the graphics card only plays a supporting role here.
Interim conclusion
The Radeon AI R9700 delivers a stable and overall balanced performance in After Effects. It works particularly efficiently in 2D workflows and is at the top of the AMD cards. However, the advantage over the RX 9070XT is small and is limited to specific areas where memory bandwidth and GPU compute play a role. The Radeon Pro W7800 achieves a comparable level without its professional drivers offering any significant advantages. Compared to the competition, AMD clearly lags behind NVIDIA in 3D operations, while Intel is also surprisingly strong in some areas. For typical After Effects users who mainly perform compositing, motion graphics and layer-based workflows, the R9700 offers a reliable solution, but without any significant advantages over the RX 9070XT.
- 1 - Introduction and technical data
- 2 - Test system and equipment
- 3 - Autodesk AutoCAD
- 4 - Autodesk Inventor Pro
- 5 - PTC Creo
- 6 - Dassault Systèmes Solidworks
- 7 - Autodesk Maya
- 8 - SPECviewperf 15 (2025)
- 9 - Adobe Photoshop 26.10
- 10 - Adobe After Effects 2025
- 11 - Adobe Premiere Pro 25.41
- 12 - KI Benchmarks (AI Vision, Image, Text)
- 13 - Rendering
- 14 - Temperatures, clock rate, fans, noise and power draw
- 15 - Summary and conclusion
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