AMD has officially unveiled its latest graphics cards, the Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT, set to launch on March 6, 2025. Priced at $549 and $599 respectively, these GPUs aim to deliver high-performance 4K gaming at more accessible price points, positioning themselves as strong competitors against NVIDIA's RTX 50-series.
Key Specifications
Both the RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT are built on AMD's RDNA 4 architecture and feature 16 GB of GDDR6 memory with a 256-bit memory interface, providing a bandwidth of 640 GB/s. They also include 64 MB of 3rd generation Infinity Cache and support PCIe 5.0 x16 interface standards.
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Radeon RX 9070 XT: Equipped with 64 compute units, 4096 stream processors, and 64 ray accelerators, the RX 9070 XT operates at a game clock of 2400 MHz and can boost up to 2970 MHz, delivering 48.7 TFLOPS of single-precision compute performance.
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Radeon RX 9070: This model features 56 compute units and 3584 stream processors, with a game clock of 2070 MHz and a boost clock of 2520 MHz.
Performance Enhancements
AMD claims that the RX 9070 XT offers a 51% performance increase over the previous generation RX 6900 XT at 4K settings. Both cards come with enhanced ray tracing capabilities and AI upscaling through FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 (FSR 4), AMD's first machine-learning upscaling solution leveraging the second-generation AI accelerator cores in the RDNA 4 architecture.
Availability
AMD has emphasized its commitment to ensuring broad availability and competitive pricing at launch, aiming to provide gamers with a compelling alternative to NVIDIA's offerings. Additionally, AMD has hinted at the upcoming RX 9060 series GPUs, expected to release in the second quarter of 2025.
With the release of the Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT, AMD continues to strengthen its position in the GPU market, offering high-performance options for gamers seeking top-tier graphics experiences.
