Sunday, January 12th 2025
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Tested in Cyberpunk 2077 and Black Myth: Wukong
The recently unveiled AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT has been the epicenter of a plethora of leaks in the past few weeks. We now have not only a rough idea of what kind of synthetic performance the highest-end RDNA 4 GPU is about to bring to the table, but also how much the card is expected to cost. Now, yet another leak seemingly sheds light on perhaps the most crucial aspect of any gaming GPU - it's in the name, gaming.
Hilariously enough, this leak, once again, has been sourced from a now-nerfed forum post on Chiphell. This time around, site admin nApoleon was able to run a few games on the brand-new RDNA 4 card, including Black Myth: Wukong and Cyberpunk 2077. The results have been added as screenshots below, but here is a summary - the RX 9070 XT performs decently well, trading blows with the RTX 4070 Ti Super. In NVIDIA's favorite Cyberpunk 2077 at 4K with ray tracing, the RX 9070 XT managed 26 FPS, neck and neck with the RTX 4070 Ti, whereas the RTX 4080 Super was well ahead with 32 FPS.
In 1080p, the RX 9070 XT managed 85 FPS, whereas the RTX 4070 Ti edged past with 2 more frames. The RTX 4080 Super, unsurprisingly, was well ahead once again with 101 FPS. The RX 9070 XT appears far from promising in rasterization performance, as revealed by Black Myth: Wukong. At 4K, the RX 9070 XT managed around 30 FPS, defeating the 4070 Ti Super which managed 28. And at 1080p, the RX 9070 XT raked in 97 FPS, coming shockingly close to the 4080 Super, which managed 99 FPS. The RTX 4070 Ti Super was left behind, managing 87 FPS 'only'.
Of course, it now all boils down to how competitive Blackwell is priced, and what kind of performance it brings to the table. DLSS 4, along with all the multi-frame generation AI chicanery appears to be all set to shake up the way we measure performance, making things even more complicated. Either way, for those who cannot care less about ray tracing, the RDNA 4 GPU sure does look pretty enticing, if the leaked benchmarks and pricing information is taken to be true.
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GameGPU, VideoCardz
Hilariously enough, this leak, once again, has been sourced from a now-nerfed forum post on Chiphell. This time around, site admin nApoleon was able to run a few games on the brand-new RDNA 4 card, including Black Myth: Wukong and Cyberpunk 2077. The results have been added as screenshots below, but here is a summary - the RX 9070 XT performs decently well, trading blows with the RTX 4070 Ti Super. In NVIDIA's favorite Cyberpunk 2077 at 4K with ray tracing, the RX 9070 XT managed 26 FPS, neck and neck with the RTX 4070 Ti, whereas the RTX 4080 Super was well ahead with 32 FPS.
Of course, it now all boils down to how competitive Blackwell is priced, and what kind of performance it brings to the table. DLSS 4, along with all the multi-frame generation AI chicanery appears to be all set to shake up the way we measure performance, making things even more complicated. Either way, for those who cannot care less about ray tracing, the RDNA 4 GPU sure does look pretty enticing, if the leaked benchmarks and pricing information is taken to be true.
62 Comments on AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Tested in Cyberpunk 2077 and Black Myth: Wukong
1- Doesnt have DLSS.
2- Power consumption sucks.
3- The classic "AMD drivers sucks".
Pick your poison.
Goodbye progress in the graphics department !
But... Oh no, they don't appear when the actual NPC is off screen! ...But... it does run locked 144 FPS at all maxed settings... and the 7900XT was barely using 150W doing so lol. The gap is just so immense, its insane. And the visual change? Literally interchangeable.
the only matter is perf/price.
5700 @ 550 USD.
5700ti @ 800 USD.
9070XT will be <= 550 USD, so worst case at 5700 price (and might be up to 100 USD cheaper). That's what it is pitted against, not against the much more expensive 5070ti.
9070 will be even cheaper, fighting against 5060ti price probably.
Now, what about the performance? We have only some leaks for 9070xt, and nothing at all for 5070 AFAIK, so lets wait.
I guess 9070xt will be in between 5070 and 5070ti in term of perf.
Sooner or later AMD will reach 5% market share, and then 0.5%, and then they will stop releasing new GPUs that no one buys.
I just don’t know how much more.
Their GPU gaming division floats on consoles. Not us.
An i5-12400F + 32 GB DDR4-3200 CL16 + 4070 Super / RX 7900 GRE + 1 TB NVMe build will cost you about as much. No need to be a rocket scientist to tell which one plays games better.