Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 GPUs launching Q1 2025, RDNA 4 officially announced

AMD announced its next-generation RDNA 4 graphics architecture at CES 2025. The first two desktop GPUs to utilize the new tech are the Radeon RX 9070 XT and the Radeon RX 9070.

3

AMD confirms that RDNA 4 features optimized compute units (CUs) compared to previous generations like RDNA 3, "supercharged" AI, improved raytracing performance per CU, and better media encoding quality for creators. In addition, RDNA 4 will see the debut of AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 4, which is embracing AI for high-quality 4K upscaling and Frame Generation.

The FSR 4 teaser includes an image of Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, so we can expect this to be one of the first titles to include FSR 4. Unfortunately, during the CES 2025 pre-briefing, AMD did not provide performance benchmarks, release dates, or in-depth details for the new RDNA 4 GPUs. More information is coming later this quarter.

AMD has confirmed the following specs for RDNA 4.

• 4nm Process
• 2nd Gen AI Accelerators
• 3rd Gen Raytracing Accelerators
• 2nd Gen AMD Radiance Display Engine

Without gaming benchmarks to see where performance sits, RDNA 4 will not launch in January 2025, as the rumors have suggested. This leaves NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 Series launch alone for the month.

3

For the moment, we can go on our pre-announcement rumors that the Radeon RX 9070 XT will be based on the Navi 48 GPU, with a boost clock speed close to 3 GHz, 16GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit memory bus, and a power rating of around 260W. The non-Xt variant is expected to ship with a lower-specced Navi 48 GPU and 12GB of VRAM.

However, AMD did provide a quick look at some of the actual Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9070 GPUs, confirming that models from all of its AIB (add-in board) partners, including Acer, ASRock, ASUS, GIGABYTE, PowerColor, XFX, Yeston, and more, are on the way.