The announcement of the Radeon RX 9070 series video cards is expected on the last day of this winter – February 28, however, the editors of the VideoCardz resource managed to obtain slides from AMD's official presentation in advance, which indicate the performance assessment of future models on graphics processors with the RDNA 4 architecture. So, the most impatient can already find out how exactly the developers will position the expected graphics adapters.
Even the new Radeon RX 9070 graphics card labeling system probably says a lot, so it would be most interesting to see a comparison with the new GeForce RTX 5070 Ti. However, this will be a job for independent observers, while in its official presentation AMD decided to limit itself to comparing the capabilities of the new graphics cards with those of the rather specific Radeon RX 7900 GRE (Golden Rabbit Edition). Recall that this model was initially presented on the Chinese market at a price of $649, and in early 2024 received general availability and a lower recommended price ($549).
According to internal testing in over 30 games, the upcoming Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB will be on average 42% faster than the Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16 GB in 4K mode. As for the younger Radeon RT 9070 16 GB model, this version will also outperform the Radeon RX 7900 GRE, but by ~21%. When using 1440p mode with maximum quality settings, the difference in performance will be slightly lower - 38% and 20%, respectively.
Of course, the advantage of models on RDNA 4 will depend on specific projects. VideoCards provides some results from the presentation. Let's pay attention to the fact that when using ray tracing technology, the new models are significantly ahead of the Radeon RX 7900 GRE.
The average advantage of ~40% over the "golden rabbit" suggests that the performance of the Radeon RX 9070 XT in modes with classic rasterization may be close to those of the current AMD flagship - Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB. While ray tracing may become a strong point of the new products on RDNA 4. On February 28, we will receive more details during the official presentation. For now, let's recall the specifications of the Radeon RX 9070 video cards, hoping that after the start of sales on March 6, all rasterization units (ROPs) will remain in place. And there are different cases.
