AMD refuted 32GB Radeon RX 9070 XT rumours
AMD isn’t making a 32GB Radeon RX 9070 XT – Frank Azor confirms
AMD’s Frank Azor has taken to Twitter/X to confirm that the company’s Radeon RX 9070 XT will not be a 32GB GPU. This refutes recent rumours that AMD was building a 32GB Radeon RX 9070 XT GPU variant.
Honestly, 32GB of VRAM is overkill for a mainstream GPU. That said, having access to a larger pool of VRAM would be incredibly useful for those who plan to use mainstream GPUs to power local AI systems. Recent leaks have confirmed that AMD’s RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT will be 16GB GPUs. Thanks to Frank Azor, we now know that no 32GB versions are planned, at least currently.
Today, Nvidia’s only “consumer-grade” 32GB graphics card is the RTX 5090. This GPU starts at £1939 in the UK, and you’d be lucky to get this GPU for anything close to that price in today’s GPU market. For those who want a GPU with lots of VRAM, a 32GB Radeon GPU would be desirable. Regardless, AMD’s RX 9070 XT is a GPU that’s targeting the mainstream GPU market. As such, it isn’t an RTX 5090 competitor.
No, the 9070 XT card is not coming in 32 GB capacity. https://t.co/SSKCrqSN7S
— Frank Azor (@AzorFrank) February 13, 2025
AMD can make a 32GB RDNA 4-based GPU using the same silicon as its Radeon RX 9070 series GPUs. Nothing is stopping them from doing so. However, such a GPU would likely be released as a Radeon Pro GPU, not a gaming-oriented Radeon RX 9000 series product. After all, 16GB of VRAM is more than enough for today’s gaming workloads.
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