Radeon RX 9000 series
| Manufactured by | TSMC |
|---|---|
| Designed by | AMD |
| Architecture | RDNA 4 |
| Fabrication process | TSMC N4C[1] |
| History | |
| Predecessor | Radeon RX 7000 series |
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The Radeon RX 9000 series is an announced 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.
Background
[edit]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]
Features
[edit]RDNA 4 architecture
[edit]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]
FSR 4
[edit]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]
Products
[edit]Desktop
[edit]| 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) | 36.13 | 48.66 |
| FP32 (TFLOPS) | 18.06 | 24.33 | |
| FP64 (GFLOPS) | 564.5 | 760.3 | |
| AI INT8 (TOPS)[c] | 289 | 389 | |
| Interface | Host | PCIe 5.0 | |
| Power | 2x 8-pin | ||
| Displays | 1x HDMI 2.1b 3x DisplayPort 2.1a | ||
| TDP | 220 W | 304 W | |
- ^ Pixel fillrate is calculated as the number of render output units (ROPs) multiplied by the base (or boost) core clock speed.
- ^ Texture fillrate is calculated as the number of texture mapping units (TMUs) multiplied by the base (or boost) core clock speed.
- ^ Officially declared performance is 2x due to sparsity.
See also
[edit]- Radeon RX 5000 series – first implementation of RDNA architecture
- Radeon RX 6000 series
- Radeon RX 7000 series – AMD's predecessor to Radeon RX 9000 series (RDNA 3 based)
- RDNA (microarchitecture)
- RDNA 4 – microarchitecture used by the RX 9000 series
- List of AMD graphics processing units
- GeForce 50 series – competing Nvidia GPU generation released in a similar time-frame
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-radeon-rx-9070-series-technical-deep-dive/
- ^ Hollister, Sean (October 30, 2024). "AMD confirms its next-gen RDNA 4 GPUs will launch in early 2025". The Verge. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ Hachman, Mark (October 29, 2024). "'This is the strongest PC portfolio we've had': AMD schedules next-gen GPUs for early 2025". PCWorld. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ Klotz, Aaron (December 23, 2024). "Radeon RX 9070 XT reference design purportedly revealed — RDNA 4 GPU emerges with black and a triple fan cooler design". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ Chacos, Brad (January 6, 2025). "AMD's Radeon RX 9070 and RDNA 4 embrace the AI revolution". PCWorld. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ Edser, Andy (January 6, 2025). "AMD just gave us our first look at the Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 RDNA 4 GPUs and I am officially whelmed". PC Gamer. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ Thomas, Jacqueline (January 6, 2025). "With the Radeon RX 9070 XT, AMD Is Aiming for the Mid-Range". IGN. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ Nasir, Hassam (January 8, 2025). "Radeon RX 9070 GPU preorders are seemingly scheduled for January 23 — Asus RTX 9070 and RX 9070 XT show up at US retailer, but pricing remains unknown". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
- ^ Mujtaba, Hassan (January 8, 2025). "AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT & RX 9070 "RDNA 4" GPU Pre-Orders Expected To Start On 23rd January". Wccftech. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
- ^ "AMD to unveil Radeon RX 9070 series on February 28". VideoCardz.com. Retrieved February 27, 2025.
- ^ Warren, Tom (January 6, 2025). "AMD announces next-gen Radeon RX 9070-series GPUs with AI-powered FSR 4 upscaling". The Verge. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ a b "AMD announces FSR4, available "only on Radeon RX 9070 series"". VideoCardz. January 6, 2025. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ "AMD Radeon RX 9070 Specs". TechPowerUp. February 28, 2025. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
- ^ "AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Specs". TechPowerUp. February 28, 2025. Retrieved February 28, 2025.