Starting with the RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT versions, AMD has introduced the Radeon RX 9000 Series. The GPUs are said to serve the gamers’ niche and are said to deliver impressive performance at a handsome rate. The RX 9070 is offered at $550, while the RX 9070 XT is priced at $600. The two are made available starting March 6 through partner brands units ASRock, ASUS and Gigabyte.
Both graphics cards feature 16GB of GDDR6 VRAM. The RX 9070 includes 56 compute units and a 2.52GHz clock speed. The RX 9070 XT increases these numbers to 64 compute units and a 2.97GHz clock speed. These GPUs use PCIe 5.0 and support DisplayPort 2.1a and HDMI 2.1b. The RX 9070 consumes 220 watts, while the RX 9070 XT requires 304 watts.
AMD built the RX 9000 Series on a new RDNA 4 architecture. This makes the GPU more efficient, increases clock speeds and improves memory allocation. The new architecture also doubles the performance of ray tracing and boosts the speed of AI processing. Those upgrades, in turn, enable FSR 4 upscaling that improves the graphics quality in games that support it.
AMD places the RX 9070 XT against the RTX 5070 Ti from NVIDIA. The new GPU delivers similar performance yet costs $150 less. The RX 9070 is also 21% faster at 4k when compared to the previous RX 7900 GRE. The RX 9070 XT also realizes a 42% improvement over its predecessor, making gaming at high resolutions easier.
AMD has moved on to consumer gaming, integrating AI technology into the RX 9000 Series but staying true to its promise of competitive pricing and performance. These GPUs deliver premium ray tracing and upscaling solely for PC gamers. Partner brands have started sending out the RX 9000 Series to retailers ahead of the launch to satiate demand.