AMD officially announced the US$599 Radeon RX 9070 XT and US$549 RX 9070 with RDNA 4 architecture
The RX 9070 XT, in particular, looks like it will provide some excellent value for money in 4K gaming.
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The Radeons are here to give NVIDIA some bad news. Image: AMD
AMD has officially unveiled its upcoming – and highly anticipated – Radeon RX 9070 series GPUs. It basically confirms specifications, performance claims, and pricing ahead of their launch on 6 March 2025. The class-leading Radeon RX 9070 XT will retail for US$599, while the standard RX 9070 is set at US$549. It’s interesting to point out that both cards only have a mere $50 difference but AMD’s pricing strategy has usually stacked the pricing of its top and second cards closely together.
Model | Compute Units | Memory | GPU base / boost clocks | Memory Interface | Infinity Cache | TDP | Price |
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | 64 | 16GB GDDR6 | 2.4GHz / 3.0GHz | 256-bit | 64MB | 304W | US$599 |
AMD Radeon RX 9070 | 56 | 16GB GDDR6 | 2.1GHz / 2.5GHz | 256-bit | 64MB | 220W | US$549 |
Of course, the golden question is whether the RX 9070 XT will be available at that price beyond the initial batch, or like the NVIDIA RTX 50 Series, where early demand pushed its retail pricing well beyond the suggested figure. Historically, the more affordable card in a given AMD lineup ends up being the one that’s actually obtainable, while the higher-tier model becomes a rare sight outside of marked-up listings.
The RX 9070 XT looks like it will provide some excellent value for money in 4K gaming. Image: AMD
During a media presentation (you can also watch it on YouTube now), AMD placed heavy emphasis on 4K gaming, doubling down on its efforts to remain competitive in the high-resolution performance race. But the real standout improvement this time around appears to be ray tracing – a feature that has traditionally been an Achilles’ heel for Radeon GPUs. AMD’s latest claims suggest that its newest RDNA 4 architecture has made significant strides in ray-traced performance, though real-world benchmarks will ultimately determine how well Team Red has caught up to NVIDIA’s long-standing advantage in this space.
Availability remains another lingering question, especially considering recent supply constraints that have made graphics cards from both NVIDIA and AMD notoriously difficult to purchase at launch prices. But we’ll know very soon enough.
The Radeon 9000 Series will be available from partners including Acer, ASrock, ASUS, Gigabyte, PowerColor, Sapphire and XFX. Unlike past Radeon launches, AMD will not be launching their own reference cards.
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