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Complete Specifications of AMD Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT Leaked

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VideoCardz obtained AMD Radeon RX 9070 series specifications, which appear to be the official final configurations of the upcoming RDNA 4 GPUs. As we previously expected, the lineup consists of two models based on the Navi 48 GPU, which integrates 53.9 billion transistors on a 357 mm² die using a 4 nm (N5) process from TSMC. Both the RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 utilize identical memory configurations: 16 GB of GDDR6 memory running at 20 Gbps across a 256-bit bus, delivering 640 GB/s bandwidth. Each card implements 64 MB of 3rd Generation Infinity Cache and supports PCIe 5.0 x16 interface standards. The RX 9070 XT features 64 RDNA 4 Compute Units, equating to 4096 Stream Processors, 64 Ray Accelerators, and 128 AI Accelerators. It operates at a 2400 MHz game clock and 2970 MHz boost clock, providing 48.7 TFLOPS of single-precision FP32 compute performance.

Power requirements include a 304 W TBP and a recommended 750 W power supply. The standard RX 9070 reduces specifications to 56 Compute Units (3584 Stream Processors), 56 Ray Accelerators, and 112 AI Accelerators. Clock speeds decrease to 2070 MHz game clock and 2540 MHz boost clock, with correspondingly lower power requirements of 220 W TBP and a recommended 650 W power supply. Since both SKUs use the same Navi 48 die, the separation between them is likely better binning for the XT version, and lower bins end up for the non-XT version. Both models support HDMI 2.1b and DisplayPort 2.1a UHBR13.5 outputs. AMD has confirmed the cards will launch exclusively through board partners with no reference designs planned and that the official unveiling will be in March. Earlier rumors have suggested a $699 price tag for the Radeon RX 9070 XT SKU, putting its expected price/performance near NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5070 Ti. AMD notes that 85% of gamers buy cards below $700, which the RDNA 4 series will focus on.



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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand they screwed up. Missed another oppertunity

DoA.

You have fun now, ya hear? The AIB's will scalp these to $1000 too.
 

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Really curious if AMD has managed to fix their high power consumption while idling and playing back media.

they fixed it a long time ago. lol
 
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Assuming base 9070 XT runs within 2/3% margin of 7900 XTX, MSRP for 9070 XT base model (no OC) should be $649 max. This would put OC models around $700, which is 50 dollars less than the fake $750 RTX 5070ti. It would imho drive quite a substantial demand and push Radeon GPUs market share upward. AMD discrete GPUs have around 10% market share right now and if they don't deliver aggressive prices they'll be looking at single digit percenatges real soon.
 
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Really curious if AMD has managed to fix their high power consumption while idling and playing back media.
My 7900XT can idle at 7-19W.
Video takes a bit more, 40 odd
 
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Assuming base 9070 XT runs within 2/3% margin of 7900 XTX, MSRP for 9070 XT base model (no OC) should be $649 max. This would put OC models around $700, which is 50 dollars less than the fake $750 RTX 5070ti. It would imho drive quite a substantial demand and push Radeon GPUs market share upward. AMD discrete GPUs have around 10% market share right now and if they don't deliver aggressive prices they'll be looking at single digit percenatges real soon.
If the horizon being painted is real and not an illusion, RDNA4 will sell well and elevate AMD's market share to healthier levels. Reviewers will no longer be able to point to shortcomings in ray tracing or upscaling as major deficiencies, pushing consumers toward slower products, such as the 4070 versus the 7800XT, or the 4060 Ti versus the 7700XT.

Furthermore, the architectures now appear much more comparable in terms of performance per area, efficiency, and other factors. AMD just needs to secure good supply to be successful at this point.
 
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I think we're about "leaked out" of all the stupid fucking leaks. TPU, heed my words. just STFU and post reviews as soon as you can.
 
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If the horizon being painted is real and not an illusion, RDNA4 will sell well and elevate AMD's market share to healthier levels. Reviewers will no longer be able to point to shortcomings in ray tracing or upscaling as major deficiencies, pushing consumers toward slower products, such as the 4070 versus the 7800XT, or the 4060 Ti versus the 7700XT.

Furthermore, the architectures now appear much more comparable in terms of performance per area, efficiency, and other factors. AMD just needs to secure good supply to be successful at this point.
AMD has given us no reason to believe that they have magically brought huge arch improvements this time around, compared to their previous designs.

128 ai accelerators. Why?
BeCaUsE aI iS tHe FuTuRe
they fixed it a long time ago. lol
Correction, they fixed it afer a long time. Like they do every generation.

rDNA4 will likely have horrid idle power use numbers for months after launch, just like rDNA3 and rDNA2 did.
 
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Correction, they fixed it afer a long time. Like they do every generation.

rDNA4 will likely have horrid idle power use numbers for months after launch, just like rDNA3 and rDNA2 did.
The high idle power draw had been around long before RDNA2. Had it on my HD 6850 and my HD 7870. Probably on my 5850 as well but never bothered to check :D
 
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Correction, they fixed it afer a long time. Like they do every generation.

rDNA4 will likely have horrid idle power use numbers for months after launch, just like rDNA3 and rDNA2 did.
The idle power use was fixed over a year ago, as always things get overblown, but high idle power is barely a mention on the RTX 50 series.
And RDNA4 being a monolithic die, power use should be better than RDNA3.
 
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Really curious if AMD has managed to fix their high power consumption while idling and playing back media.
So if I am to understand something, looking at the charts of a 5070ti review.
5070ti idle is 21w, a7900GRE is15w.
On a multi monitor the 5070ti is 23w and the GRE is 31w.
Some how that is considered high power comsumption.

The video playback seems okay at 60w, only because playing a 720p video with my 4090 and it is using between 46 and 60w
 
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$649 doesn't seem like a competitive price for the XT. The card will still sell since it isn't an unreasonable price, but it will sell to people who are already onboard with Radeon and upgrading. $650 isn't to going to move the marketshare needle any, since it's a repeat of repeat of the 7900XT vs 4070TI Super, and that didn't do AMD any favors.

$599 is subjectively in the same boat. I can't imagine there are many people who wouldn't buy the card at $650 but would buy at $600, so it's just leaving money on the table. That $50 isndoesn't seem like it would make a whole lot of difference in moving more product.

$549 is where the tide can shift. At $549, they can market it as 5070TI performance for 5070 price. We know they'll have product on shelves Day 1 whereas their competitor is absent from retail, so that comparision would be front and center and send a message that AMD wants the gamer audience.

$499 would turn the card into a legendary value (and potentially a loss leader). Gamers would love it, but it would signal that the real audience for the card are developers, with AMD throwing the kitchen sink at boosting marketshare trying convince them to be optimizing their games for the Radeon platform.

$449 make no sence for the same reason $599 makes no sence. I can't imagine anyone being on the fence about a $499 purchase but on board with $449. That's cutting too deep into margins for no additional benefit.
 
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Most leaks before a launch eva!?

Can see from other leaks, the top end AIB cards are going to have a boost clock well in to the 3Ghz range, probably up to 3.3Ghz, hitting that or near it even on air cooling and under heavy load at 4k... Even if 2.97 is the official spec... That is an improvement... Doubt they'll be any head room on top of that though. Should perform similar to a 7900xt but with better RT at those frequencies I speculate.

Of course the issue is, that the 7900xt been available for a year in 600~ price range, that most of those will do 2.8Ghz boost and likely beat the 9070xt in that config, for sure in raster, probably not with RT on.

So overall, not going to bring much to the market, just stagnation. Exactly as the 5070Ti is essentially just a 4080/s and also going for the same price, in the real world despite "msrp".
 
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand they screwed up. Missed another oppertunity

DoA.

You have fun now, ya hear? The AIB's will scalp these to $1000 too.
Given the unofficial stock in Germany, you should have at least a human chance to get the MSRP models. Right now it looks like 599 and $699 which sooner or later should become the same in €.
 
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DOA for sure. The -$50 strategy just doesn't work. And it doesn't matter if they made huge improvements in their RT cores, the memory bandwidth will severely handicap it in most games and at 4k compared to the 5070s. The 5070 has more memory bandwidth than these cards.

Most leaks before a launch eva!?
Well, to be fair, they were supposed to be launched a month ago lol.

$549 is where the tide can shift. At $549, they can market it as 5070TI performance for 5070 price. We know they'll have product on shelves Day 1 whereas their competitor is absent from retail, so that comparision would be front and center and send a message that AMD wants the gamer audience.
This doesn't address the core problem with RDNA, though. It doesn't matter if product is on the shelves if nobody wants to buy it.

AMD cards have been priced a "tier" down many times before. The 6700 XT offered "4060-Ti performance for 4060 price" for a long time. 7800 XT had "4070 performance for 4060-Ti (16GB) price."

The fundamental issue is the general public doesn't see AMD cards as simply worse than Nvidia (and thus needing to be discounted), they actually see them as lacking features. It's like if you tried to sell a car without airbags. Even if you sold it at a 50% discount compared to other cars with airbags, your potential market is still tiny. A few people will see it as a "good deal" and buy it, but most people will say "I will never buy a car without airbags, no matter how cheap it is."

AMD is the same way. By being 2-5 years behind Nvidia on every innovation, they've cemented their image as lacking RT and AI, even if they've belatedly added those features.

And remember, most people don't buy discrete GPUs. They buy prebuilts and laptops, which are far more sensitive to marketing and public perception. That's why lots of prebuilts are still sold with i7s and i9s, even though AMD is the clear choice for most tech enthusiasts. The marketing power of "Core i9" is strong.
 
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