Monday, February 24th 2025
AMD Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT Official Performance Metrics Leaked, +42% 4K Performance Over Radeon RX 7900 GRE
AMD's internal benchmarks of its upcoming RDNA 4-based RX 9070 series graphics cards have been leaked, thanks to VideoCardz. The flagship RX 9070 XT delivers up to 42% better performance than the Radeon RX 7900 GRE at 4K resolution across a test suite of over 30 games, with the standard RX 9070 showing a 21% improvement in the same scenario. The performance data, encompassing raster and ray-traced titles at ultra settings, positions the RX 9070 series as a direct competitor to NVIDIA's RTX 4080 and RTX 5070 Ti. Notably, AMD's testing methodology focused on native rendering and ray tracing capabilities rather than upscaling technologies like FSR. The RX 9070 XT demonstrated large gains at 4K resolution, achieving a 51% performance uplift compared to the two-generations older RX 6900 XT. Meanwhile, the base RX 9070 model showed a 38% improvement over the RX 6800 XT at 4K with maximum settings enabled.
While AMD confirms its new cards are designed to compete with NVIDIA's RTX 50 series, specific comparative benchmarks against the RTX 5070 Ti were absent from the presentation. AMD acknowledges it has yet to acquire the competitor's hardware for testing. The company is expected to provide a comprehensive performance overview, potentially including additional GPU comparisons, during its official announcement on February 28. Both RX 9070 series cards will feature 16 GB of VRAM, matching the memory configuration of the RX 7900 GRE used as a primary comparison point. By the official launch date, AMD will have time to push final driver tweaks for optimal performance. Nonetheless, more information will surface as we near the official release date.
Source:
VideoCardz
While AMD confirms its new cards are designed to compete with NVIDIA's RTX 50 series, specific comparative benchmarks against the RTX 5070 Ti were absent from the presentation. AMD acknowledges it has yet to acquire the competitor's hardware for testing. The company is expected to provide a comprehensive performance overview, potentially including additional GPU comparisons, during its official announcement on February 28. Both RX 9070 series cards will feature 16 GB of VRAM, matching the memory configuration of the RX 7900 GRE used as a primary comparison point. By the official launch date, AMD will have time to push final driver tweaks for optimal performance. Nonetheless, more information will surface as we near the official release date.
139 Comments on AMD Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT Official Performance Metrics Leaked, +42% 4K Performance Over Radeon RX 7900 GRE
I'm just saying that AMD's stated goal was to gain back marketshare in the mainstream, so they should do that. I don't think $649 is that and my read is that the market won't see that as very compelling either once Nvidia stock actually shows up and the ROPs issue is fixed.It's probably not tested against the 5070 Ti because they don't have one. When they announced RDNA2, they had the 6900 XT right up there with the RTX 3090 on their comparison slides and I believe the 6800 XT with the RTX 3080. I think Blackwell supply is so bad not even AMD snagged one to test with.
A $549 MSRP for the XT and $449 for the 9070 non-XT would be better I agree, but if the 5070 isn't going to sell at MSRP, AMD would want to increase the price if they can. And I think if someone is set on buying from Nvidia, not even $549 for a 9070XT with more VRAM would wow them enough to consider anything from AMD, no different than the 7900XT vs 4070Ti 12GB even when the 7900XT prices dropped.
I think a mid range card should be 4k capable, however Nvidia has complete control over the 4k market, anyone interested in 4k are the people spending $2000+ on a 5080.
On the other hand, generational differences are getting smaller and smaller, so it's not like we have to spend this money on every new card anyway. Personally, I'm planning on getting a 9070 XT (if the promises are true), and I'll call it quits on upgrading for the next 2-3 gens if not longer.
If they can build a card that will play everything you throw at it and sell it for $500 or less, that's market share right there. If, like @AusWolf says the midrange moves and stays in the $500-700 range, PC gaming dies. Everything is getting increasingly pricier, jobs are going to China... there's no sense in paying the price of game console for a midrange card. I've looked it up before, less than half the countries in this world pay more than $500/mo on average. What kind of addressable market is that?
Amd just told the numbers.
+ 37% over 7900GRE = slower than 4080 in 4K
U can hype what u want but numbers are numbers..+37% over 7900GRE
= Slower than 4080, so its also slower than 5070Ti42% is whit RT added in calculation.
its 37% whitout RT
And slower than 4080 :)"PC gaming dies" ppls are yelling this like +20y now :D
The 4080 is "only" 34% faster than 7900GRE @4k (and not that much faster at 1440p). A card that matches the 4080 is a pretty powerful card.
Change the paradigm, change the perception of AMD as a second rate brand just slotting in right behind Nvidia. Absolutely embarrass Nvidia for getting as big and as greedy as they got. This is the chance for AMD to say look you all bought Nvidia to the point they have a near monopoly on the market and look at how they are treating you now for it. We're going to change that.
That's how you claw back market share.