Advanced Micro Devices (AMD, Financials) introduced its Radeon RX 9000 Series graphics cards, incorporating its new RDNA 4 architecture.
Designed for high-performance gaming, the release comprises the Radeon RX 9070 XT and models.
Improved AI and raytracing accelerators together with 16GB of GDDR6 RAM define the graphics cards. While the RX 9070 XT gives a 40% performance gain, AMD says the RX 9070 delivers a 20% performance jump over the previous RX 7900 GRE at 1440p resolution. According to AMD, the revised raytracing accelerators quadruple throughput per computing unit compared to RDNA 3 and AI accelerators provide up to eight times INT8 throughput for machine learning jobs.
With 75 more anticipated later in 2025 and over 30 games at launch supported, the business also unveiled FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 (FSR 4), a machine learning-based upscaling engine. The HYPR-RX Suite combines Boost, Anti-Lag, Fluid Motion Frames 2.1, and Rendering Super Resolution.
With 8K resolution at 144Hz refresh rates, 12-bit HDR, and complete REC2020 Color Space, AMD said its Radiance Display Engine supports DisplayPort 2.1a and HDMI 2.1b. Additionally supporting AMD FreeSync technology, which runs with more than 4,000 monitors for better gaming performance, are the new GPUs.
Radeon RX 9070 XT contains 64 processing units, 2.4 GHz game clock, and boost frequency of 3.0 GHz. The RX 9070 has 56 compute units, 2.1 GHz game clock, and 2.5 GHz boost clock. Both cards include 256-bit 64MB Infinity Cache memory interfaces.
While the RX 9070 has a TBP of 220 watts and will sell for $549, AMD said the RX 9070 has a total board power of 304 watts and would be marketed at $599. Manufacturers including Acer, ASRock, ASUS, Gigabytes, PowerColor, Sapphire, Vastarmor, XFX, and Yeston will have the cards available beginning March 6, 2025.
Emphasizing the price-to-performance ratio and integration of AI and raytracing capabilities, the firm said it seeks to position the RX 9000 series competitively against Nvidia and Intel.
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