 Model of the AMD Radeon RX 9000 series | |
| Manufactured by | TSMC |
|---|---|
| Designed by | AMD |
| Architecture | RDNA 4 |
| Fabrication process | TSMC N4C [1] |
| History | |
| Predecessor | Radeon RX 7000 series |
The Radeon RX 9000 series is a series of consumer graphics processing units developed by AMD, based on the RDNA 4 architecture. The series is targeting the mainstream segment and is the successor to the Radeon RX 7000 series.
AMD's Q3 2024 earnings call in October 2024 confirmed that RDNA 4 would be releasing in early 2025 with CEO Lisa Su saying that the architecture "delivers significantly higher ray tracing performance and adds new AI capabilities". [2] [3]
In December 2024, an AMD advertising campaign tie-in with Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 on Reddit showed a Ryzen 9 processor and what appeared to be the Radeon RX 9070 XT reference design. [4]
The Radeon RX 9000 series and RDNA 4 architecture were officially previewed on January 6, 2025 during AMD's CES keynote in Las Vegas. [5] AMD were light on concrete details surrounding the RDNA 4 architecture or the Radeon RX 9000 series during their CES keynote. [6] The Radeon RX 9000 series targets midrange performance and value rather than competing with Nvidia at the high-end like the Radeon RX 7000 series did. [7] This is a similar approach taken by the RX 5000 series in 2019. On January 8, 2025, reports surfaced that U.S. retailer B&H would begin pre-orders for the Radeon RX 9000 series on January 23. [8] [9]
The Radeon RX 9070 series was revealed on February 28, 2025 in an AMD live stream event. [10]
The RDNA 4 architecture used by the Radeon RX 9000 series is, according to AMD, focused on improved ray tracing performance and expanded AI acceleration capabilities with an "optimized" Compute Unit design. [11]
FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 (FSR 4) is AMD's first machine-learning upscaling solution that is able to leverage the second-generation AI accelerator cores in the RDNA 4 architecture. [12] AMD stated that due to requiring hardware acceleration, FSR 4 was limited to the Radeon RX 9000 series. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be the first title to integrate FSR 4 upscaling support. [12]
| Radeon RX | 9070 [13] | 9070 XT [14] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | 6 Mar 2025 | ||
| Launch MSRP (USD) | 549 | 599 | |
| GPU die | Navi 48 XL | ||
| Transistors (billion) | 53.9 | ||
| Die size | 356.5 mm2 | ||
| Core | Stream processors | 3584 | 4096 |
| Texture mapping units | 224 | 256 | |
| Render output units | 128 | ||
| Ray accelerators | 56 | 64 | |
| AI accelerators | 112 | 128 | |
| Game frequency (GHz) Boost frequency (GHz) | 2.07 2.52 | 2.40 2.97 | |
| Compute units | 56 | 64 | |
| Cache | L0 | 32 KB per CU | |
| L1 | 128 KB per Array | ||
| L2 | 8 MB | ||
| L3 | 64 MB | ||
| Memory | Type | GDDR6 | |
| Size | 16 GB | ||
| Clock (Gb/s) | 20 | ||
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 640 | ||
| Bus width | 256-bit | ||
| Fillrate | Pixel (Gpx/s) [a] | 322.6 | 380.2 |
| Texture (Gtex/s) [b] | 564.5 | 760.3 | |
| Processing power | FP16 (TFLOPS) | 72.3 | 97.3 |
| FP32 (TFLOPS) | 36.1 | 48.7 | |
| AI INT8 (TOPS) [c] | 289 | 389 | |
| AI INT4 (TOPS) [d] | 578 | 778 | |
| Interface | Host | PCIe 5.0 | |
| Power | 2x 8-pin | ||
| Displays | 1x HDMI 2.1b 3x DisplayPort 2.1a | ||
| TDP | 220 W | 304 W | |