AMD has announced that the product launch event for the Radeon RX 9070 series will be held at 8:00 AM Eastern Standard Time on February 28, 2025. The event is expected to deliver detailed information about the highly anticipated next-generation RDNA 4 architecture and AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 (FSR 4) technology. Reviews for the new generation of graphics cards will be released starting March 5th, with sales commencing on March 6th. Official presentation slides released by AMD showcase a new reference design. Historically, AMD has made these reference cards available in limited quantities for a certain period, or through select partners.
According to a report by VideoCardz, AMD's new reference design actually includes two versions: a triple-fan and a dual-fan cooler, likely corresponding to the Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 graphics cards respectively. However, AMD has confirmed that the reference cards depicted in the renders will not be available for sale.
Historically, AMD has prioritized the production of reference cards at the launch of most Radeon GPUs. This approach has often led to inventory shortages for partner card manufacturers when new cards become available. This practice has been criticized by graphics card brands in the past. By foregoing reference card production this time, the Radeon RX 9070 series will rely entirely on partner cards.
Both the Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9070 are rumored to be based on the Navi 48 GPU. Speculation suggests the RX 9070 XT will feature 64 Compute Units (CUs), while the RX 9070 will have 56 CUs. This translates to 4096 and 3584 stream processors, respectively. The base clock speeds are rumored to be 2.4 GHz for the RX 9070 XT and 2.07 GHz for the RX 9070, with boost clocks reaching 2.97 GHz and 2.52 GHz. Both cards are expected to be equipped with 16GB of GDDR6 memory, utilizing a 256-bit memory interface and providing a memory bandwidth of 640 GB/s.
Power consumption is rumored to be 304W for the Radeon RX 9070 XT, while the Radeon RX 9070 is expected to be significantly more power-efficient, with a Total Board Power (TBP) of 220W.
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