Radeon RX 9070 series at one year
AMD’s Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 launched on March 6, 2025, which makes today their first anniversary. On paper, the pair looked like a solid RDNA 4 start. The RX 9070 XT shipped with 64 Compute Units, up to 2970 MHz boost clock, 16GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus, and 304W TBP. The RX 9070 used 56 Compute Units, up to 2520 MHz boost clock, the same 16GB and 256-bit memory setup, and a lower 220W TBP. AMD set the price at $599 for the XT and $549 for the non-XT.
MSRP ‘encouragement’ struggles
The problem is that the launch was not smooth from the start. AMD and its executives said MSRP pricing would continue to be ‘encouraged’, but that message did not translate into stable retail pricing. Street prices moved up almost immediately, and months later the cards were still difficult to find at AMD’s advertised levels. In the US, the RX 9070 XT only reached its official $599 MSRP around early November, about eight months after launch.
Radeon RX 9070 Series, Source: AMD
Just so it happens that in November, memory pricing started to slowly kick off. The series was available at MSRP but only for a few weeks, depending on where the card was sold. However, based on reports we receive from our readers, some had trouble finding a good deal on RDNA4 cards.
Radeon RX 9070 Series, Source: AMD
FSR4/Redstone exclusive to RDNA4
AMD’s own Adrenalin 25.3.1 release notes said FSR 4 support was exclusive to Radeon RX 9070 series cards at launch. AMD’s supported-games page for FSR “Redstone” now lists those features for Radeon RX 9000 series cards, but that still leaves older Radeon generations outside the new path. For a company that often talks about open technologies, that decision became one of the more common complaints around the RX 9000 series.
The long awaited update called Redstone, did not change anything in regard to AI-based upscaling support. That’s despite AMD leaking RDNA3-compatible libraries for FSR4 months prior.
FSR Redstone is RDNA4 exclusive, Source: AMD
AMD’s public Radeon activity has been mostly limited to driver notes, FSR updates, software blogs, and game bundles rather than new gaming GPU launches. The last cards to launch were RX 9060 and 9070 GRE models around May last year. Does this mean AMD is done with RDNA4 updates? Hopefully that’s not the case.
| Radeon RX 9000 Series Specifications | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VideoCardz.com | AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | AMD Radeon RX 9070 | AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE | AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT |
| Picture |  |  | |  |
| GPU | Navi 48 XTX | Navi 48 XT | Navi 48 XL | Navi 44 XT |
| Cores | 4096 | 3584 | 3072 | 2048 |
| Boost Clock | ~2.97 GHz | ~2.52 GHz | ~2.79 GHz | ~3.13 GHz |
| Memory | 16 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6 | 12 GB GDDR6 | 8/16 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit | 192-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Speed | 20 Gbps | 20 Gbps | 18 Gbps | 20 Gbps |
| Memory Bandwidth | 640 GB/s | 640 GB/s | 432 GB/s | 320 GB/s |
| Max Board Power | 304W | 220W | 220W | 150W/182W |
| PCIe Interface | PCIe 5.0×16 | PCIe 5.0×16 | PCIe 5.0×16 | PCIe 5.0×16 |
| MSRP | $599 | $549 | 4199 RMB (China) | $349 (16GB), $299 (8GB) |
| Release Date | March 2025 | March 2025 | May 2025 | June 2025 |
