AMD Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT benchmark data leaks
Benchmark data for AMD’s RX 9070-series GPUs leaks
Through Moore’s Law is Dead, benchmark results for AMD’s upcoming RX 9070-series GPUs have leaked onto the web. If accurate, these results showcase the power of AMD’s new RDNA 4 graphics architecture.
These leaked benchmarks showcase the performance of AMD’s new GPU in both rasterised (non-RT) and ray-traced (RT) games. Furthermore, it compares these GPUs to AMD’s last-generation RDNA 3 GPUs and Nvidia’s RTX 40 series GPUs.
At CES, AMD’s Frank Azor stated that earlier RDNA 4 GPU performance leaks “are not accurate.” Currently, it is unknown if these newly leaked RDNA 4 benchmarks use AMD’s latest RDNA 4 drivers. If not, these results may not be representative of RDNA 4’s true performance.
(Radeon RX 9070/9070 XT compared to Radeon RX 7090 XTX, RX 7090 XT, and RX 7080 XT in non-RT Games)
Great Rastersied Performance – Huge RT Performance Boost
In the benchmark results above and below, AMD’s RX 9070 (Navi 48 56 CU) and 9070 XT (Navi 48 64 CU) GPUs are compared to AMD’s RX 7900 XTX, RX 7900 XT, and RX 7800 XT GPUs. Recently leaked RX 9070-series specifications suggest that AMD’s RX 9070 XT is similar to AMD’s RX 7800 XT in terms of CU count. This makes the GPU an RX 7080 XT replacement. As such, these results showcase the performance benefits of AMD’s RDNA 4 graphics architecture.
In rasterised (non-RT) games, AMD’s RX 9070 XT appears to deliver neat RX 7900 XTX levels of GPU performance in most instances. However, there are a few games with performance closer to AMD’s RX 7900 XT. The RX 9070 is close to AMD’s RX 7900 XT in most cases but falls behind it in some titles.
For heavily ray-traced games, AMD’s new RDNA 4 GPUs shoot past AMD’s older RDNA 3-based GPUs. Note that in games with less ray tracing, AMD’s RDNA 4 GPUs do not have the same performance lead. This suggests that RDNA 4’s performance benefits are larger in games that make heavier use of ray tracing.
Overall, AMD’s RX 9070-series GPUs smash AMD’s RX 7800 XT in all tests. Clearly, AMD had made a lot of good changes with their RDNA 4 graphics architecture.
(Radeon RX 9070/9070 XT compared to Radeon RX 7090 XTX, RX 7090 XT, and RX 7080 XT in RT Games)
RX 9070 series benchmark performance VS Nvidia’s RTX 40 series
When compared to Nvidia’s RTX 4080, AMD’s RX 9070 XT delivers similar performance in games that lack ray tracing. This is good news for AMD, especially if they price their RX 9070 series aggressively.
In his video, Moore’s Law is Dead reported that AMD’s RX 9070 XT delivered ray tracing performance that sits between Nvidia’s RTX 4070 Super and RTX 4070 Ti. It is also claimed that AMD’s RX 9070 delivers similar RT performance to an RTX 4070.
(Radeon RX 9070/9070 XT compared to Nvidia RTX 4080 and RTX 4070 Ti SUPER)
If these leaks are legitimate, AMD has clearly made a tonne of improvements to their RDNA graphics architecture. RDNA 4 gives AMD a lot more performance per Radeon compute unit. One has to wonder how fast an RDNA 4-based RX 7900 XTX would be and how it would compare with high-end RTX 50 series GPUs.
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