AMD might need largely ignored its RDNA 4 graphics card launch on the large stage of CES 2025, however leakers aren’t. Contemporary AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT benchmarks and specs have appeared hinting the brand new card actually might be a powerful contender when it launches.
The leaks embody two 3DMark assessments, indications of the cardboard’s whole board energy, and discussions of simply how typically spectacular its efficiency is. The cardboard remains to be set to be a mid-range half within the grand scheme of 2025’s greatest graphics playing cards, with the RTX 5090 sitting properly away from the remaining, however AMD’s newest seems set to deliver Nvidia 4080 Tremendous ranges of efficiency in some conditions, based on these leaks.
The unique supply of those new AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT efficiency leaks, is the Chiphell discussion board, the place admin consumer nApoleon posted screenshots of 3DMark benchmark runs and GPU-Z data, together with a submit that means customers ought to maintain off from speeding to purchase Nvidia’s RTX 5000 sequence. They declare the graphics card “world” has “utterly modified,” primarily based on the outcomes they’ve posted.
Not lengthy after posting, although, the photographs have been eliminated, simply leaving the unique textual content, making it appear relatively cryptic in isolation. As a substitute, different Chiphell discussion board members and leakers elsewhere have achieved their half to finish the image.
Chiphell discussion board member, Zhanghonghao, provides that the brand new card seems to have had a big enhance in its whole board energy (TBP) in comparison with earlier samples of the cardboard. Initially, they are saying, the board was anticipated to hit a modest 265W TBP, however new leaks level to it hitting 330W. That’s nonetheless far beneath the 575W anticipated to be wanted by the RTX 5090, but it surely hints at AMD’s newest actually packing loads of energy, regardless of its hopefully modest worth and mid-range positioning.
In the meantime, X (previously Twitter) customers, @Wukongmyth2460 and @0x22h reposted the unique pictures, permitting us to see the uncooked information that has result in all this hypothesis.
From one in every of these pictures, we will see a 3DMark Time Spy Excessive rating of 14,591 total, posted alongside GPU-Z measurements for GPU clock pace, reminiscence clock pace and extra. Whereas the general rating for such a check run will differ relying on elements such because the CPU getting used, the overwhelming majority of the check is GPU-dependent, giving us what needs to be a fairly consultant view of the efficiency of this chip.
As such, we will see that RX 9070 XT does in reality beat the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Tremendous by a couple of hundred factors in comparison with the 14,451 rating Nvidia’s card achieved in our Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Tremendous overview.
One other picture, although, reveals the extra demanding 3DMark Speedway benchmark, and on this check the AMD card isn’t fairly so spectacular. We don’t use the Speedway check in our benchmarks, however evaluating to different sources which have examined the RTX 4080 Tremendous with this benchmark, we will see that it usually scores round 7,500 factors, which is properly forward of the 6,345 factors that the 9070 XT leak reveals. In truth, this Speedway check reveals that the 9070 XT can’t even topple the Nvidia 4070 Ti Tremendous.
Nevertheless, as one leaker additionally factors out, it’s nonetheless early days, and drivers have but to be absolutely finalized. We’ve already seen a benchmark for Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6 ship 99FPS at 4K, excessive settings on the common RX 9070, so it stands to motive that the XT model ought to add that extra enhance of energy.
As for that GPU-Z information that was proven alongside the benchmarks, it detects an RX 7800 XT, however reveals specs that differ wildly from that card, leaving loads of scope for it to in reality be the brand new unreleased card. If true, this is able to recommend the cardboard can enhance its clock pace to a minimum of 3,060MHz, whereas the bottom clock will sit at 2,520MHz. Finally, as with all the remainder of these leaks, although, none of it’s confirmed by AMD so might be removed from correct.
Whereas AMD’s next-generation flagship card is leaking, CES 2025 continues on with loads of new gear nonetheless to be found. Bulletins resembling Nvidia revealing the RTX 5000 sequence could be grabbing many of the early headlines however examples resembling this wonderful Asus CPU cooler with a wraparound display screen are the gems nonetheless to be unearthed.
