- AMD is said to launch RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 next-generation GPUs
- It was previously rumored that these would be the RX 8000 series
- Performance is rumored to be slower than previous rumors
Rumors from all over AMDOver the weekend, the next generation of GPUs went into overdrive, and here’s what we learned RDNA 4 graphics card It might not be the RX 8000 series as previously thought – and we’ve also made further speculations on price and performance.
So the theory now is that AMD will launch the RX 9070 XT, as an editor at Chiphell first pointed out, HXL on X. Presumably this will be the top-tier RDNA 4 GPU, which was previously rumored to be the RX 8800 XT.
It will join the regular RX 9070 as a lower tier if the X comes up again – All wattagesa name we’re unfamiliar with in the rumor scene — is correct. They believe the RX 9070 XT will be slightly slower than the current 7900 XT, and that the performance of the regular RX 9070 will be roughly equivalent to 7800XT.
All The Watts also revealed some alleged price ranges, with AMD seemingly looking at a Navi 48 graphics card priced around $449 to $649 (in the US), which would put the RX 9070 XT in the $650 range, while A regular RX 9070 will likely cost $550 to $600. It all feels very nebulous, though—we’re also told that without the die, the Navi 44 GPU will cost anywhere from $179 to $349 (presumably for RX 9060 models and below).
Hoang Anh Phu, another frequent rumor maker on X, also shared that the RX 9070 XT will be unveiled at CES 2025, with AMD is rumored to release RDNA 4 ——And that one FSR 4 will appear together with it (and a bunch of other stufftheoretically).
Finally, Hoang Anh Phu also claim The GPU rendering seen in AMD’s official advertisement is said to be a reference design for one of AMD’s new generation graphics cards. Of course, spice it up as you like, and all that chit-chat.
It’s worth noting that All The Watts is also expected to have a mobile 9070 variant, which isn’t surprising, but we might also get some new GPUs for the current RDNA 3 series, namely the RX 7750 and 7650. Could be an interesting addition to an affordable GPU (hopefully).
(By the way, VideoCardz spotted all these different posts, so here are four important tips – 1, 2, 3, 4).
Analysis: Adjust to 9070?
There have been a lot of leaks of AMD’s next-generation GPUs in a very short period of time, and the RX 9070 XT and 9070 seem like they might actually happen. The story is that this is a late shift from AMD in terms of next-gen naming, as until recently, Team Red would still be using the RX 8000, as rumors claimed.
Why change the name? Well, in some ways, the changes to the RX 9070 show some tricks to making it look “better” NVIDIAxx70 class graphics card, this time it will be RTX 5070 (and 5070 Ti, obviously). Well, your midrange choice early next year will probably be the RTX 5070 (Ti) or RX 9070 (XT), so the higher the number, the better, right?
That’s it spinal tap (Turn it up to 11) Let’s assume (if that happens) that marketing thinking – interestingly enough, it’s not the 9700 XT, it’s the 9070 XT. (While to be fair, this would help avoid confusion with AMD’s Ryzen CPU name and the Ryzen 9700X, it also seems very much leaning towards “beating” Nvidia).
Another reason could be that – again based on rumors – AMD is looking to ditch the RDNA brand altogether after its next generation of graphics cards. In other words, we won’t have RDNA 5, but UDNA, the “U” meaning unified, as the architecture is said to integrate CDNA (data center) and RDNA (games) under one umbrella.
If that happens, then AMD may stop the RX x000 named path entirely, which would make more sense than using RX 10000 – which of course won’t work after RX 9000. In other words, the move to UDNA effectively frees up the RX 9000 name for this generation – so why not use it now? Note that we’re just making pure speculation here, but this makes us think that next on AMD’s GPU roadmap may be UDNA, rather than RDNA 5.
As for the performance levels of the RX 9070 XT and 9070 mentioned above, they can be a bit disappointing. Previous hopes were that the RDNA 4 top-tier GPU could be slightly faster than the 7900 XT, but according to All The Watts it appears to be slightly slower – but be extra skeptical about that.
Furthermore, we assume this is talking about rasterization (non-ray tracing performance), for ray traced graphics AMD allegedly has an even bigger leap ahead for us in terms of frame rates, or other rumors suggest.