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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

16 GB • RDNA 4 • 2970 MHz • 304 W

16 GBMemory
RDNA 4Architecture
2970 MHzBoost
304 WPower
KACBU

Should I buy it?

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
CONSIDER
  • Current model — 19 months on the market
Great choice if these matter:
  • Gaming
  • Value for Money
Watch out for:
  • No reference card at retail; partner pricing regularly drifts above the $599 MSRP.
  • Ray tracing still trails Blackwell at the top of the stack.
19 months on the marketLaunch price $599 (US)
Regret riskLOWlimited data
Main risks
  • No reference card at retail; partner pricing regularly drifts above the $599 MSRP.
  • Ray tracing still trails Blackwell at the top of the stack.
  • GDDR6 bandwidth (640 GB/s) is a step behind the GDDR7 competition.
  • 304W draws more than the RTX 5070 for the performance class.
The risk level is computed from the release date and verified weaknesses. The confidence score appears only once enough owner reports exist.
This box relies only on verified specs, the release date and editorial assessment; owner reports join them as they come in. We do not predict prices.
GPUMemoryPowerLaunchSpecificationsAlternatives
Graphics Processor

What's inside the card's core?

Manufacturer's official processing unit and architecture information.

GRAPHICS PROCESSOR

The actual hardware that determines frame rate.

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RDNA 4 — Architecture

RDNA 4
RDNA 4Architecture
Memory

How much and what speed memory?

Values decisive at high resolutions and high textures.

MEMORY

This determines the limit in 4K and high texture settings.

16 GB Memory

16 GB — GDDR6 · 256 bit — Memory bus · 640 GB/s — Memory bandwidth

16 GB256 bit640 GB/s
16 GBGDDR6
256 bitMemory bus
640 GB/sMemory bandwidth
Power and Cooling

How much power does it draw?

Official values determining power supply and case selection.

POWER AND COOLING

These values determine the power supply budget.

304 W

304 W — Card Power Consumption · 750 W — Recommended Power Supply · 2x 8-pin (varies by partner card) — Power Connector

304 W750 W2x 8-pin (varies by partner card)
304 WCard Power Consumption
750 WRecommended Power Supply
2x 8-pin (varies by partner card)Power Connector
Who Is It For?

Where does it stand out?

A usage guide built from the specs and the editors' tags; not a test result.

Gaming

For gaming; tagged from the display's refresh rate and the chip's class. We have not measured frame rates or heat ourselves.

Good fit
Value for Money

An editor's tag for hardware that is well priced for what it offers. We do not track current prices; check the price before you buy.

Good fit
Editorial Analysis

Strengths and points to consider

The Kacbu editors' assessment of the specifications the maker publishes. We do not test devices ourselves, so nothing here is a measured result. Anything taken from an independent review is shown with its publication and date in the Press section.

Strengths based on the specs
Rasterization sits between the RTX 5070 and 5080 at a price closer to the former.
RDNA 4's ray tracing overhaul roughly doubles the previous generation's RT throughput.
16 GB of memory where the same-price RTX 5070 offers 12 GB.
FSR 4 machine-learning upscaling finally answers DLSS image quality.
Standard 8-pin connectors — no 16-pin adapters or cable anxiety.
Things to consider
No reference card at retail; partner pricing regularly drifts above the $599 MSRP.
Ray tracing still trails Blackwell at the top of the stack.
GDDR6 bandwidth (640 GB/s) is a step behind the GDDR7 competition.
304W draws more than the RTX 5070 for the performance class.
CUDA-dependent creative workflows still favor NVIDIA.
Historical Product Info

Official launch details

Instead of tracking today's retail price, Kacbu keeps the product's official launch information as a reference.

AnnouncedFebruary 28, 2025

The manufacturer's official announcement date.

ReleaseMarch 6, 2025

The start of the initial sales period.

US launch price$599

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT's launch price.

Source: the maker's page

AMD designs its GPUs in the US; the Navi 48 die is fabricated by TSMC in Taiwan. Final assembly of the cards happens at partner manufacturers' facilities.

This is not the current retail price — it shows the product's historical, official launch information.
Specifications

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT specifications

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General

Family
Radeon RX 9000
Release Year
2025
Manufacturer

Graphics Processor

GPU Chip
Navi 48
Manufacturing Process
TSMC N4P
Architecture
Compute Units (CU)
64
AI Accelerators
128
Ray Accelerators
64
Stream Processors
4096

Memory

Memory Bus
Memory Size
Memory Type
Memory Speed
20 Gbps
Infinity Cache
64 MB
Memory Bandwidth
640 GB/s

Frequency

Base Frequency
2400 MHz (game frequency)
Boost Clock

Video Engine

AV1 Decoding
VP9 Decoding
Yes
AV1 Encoding
H.264 Decoding
Yes
HEVC Decoding
Yes
H.264 Encoding
Yes
HEVC Encoding
Decoder Count
2
Encoder Count
Video Decoder
VCN (RDNA 4)
Video Engine

Power

Board Power
Recommended PSU

Display

Maximum Displays
4
Maximum Resolution
7680x4320

Dimensions

Slot Width
2.5-3 Slot (varies by partner card)
Interface
PCIe 5.0 x16
Shared Hardware

Products that share this hardware

This product's standout specs. You can jump to other models that use the same value.

Alternatives

Other models in the same category

Other products in the same category.

Products using this part

6 models with the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

Models built on the same part. The difference is not the part — it is the device around it.

See them all on the GPU Chip page
Local AI

Which models run on this card?

Whether a model runs on your machine is decided first by the graphics card's memory: the model file has to fit in VRAM with room left for the context window and the runtime. The states below are computed from memory alone; software support (CUDA, ROCm, Vulkan) is a separate matter.

VRAM: 16 GB

Largest model that runs comfortably: Qwen3.5 9B

  • Qwen3.5 0.8B1 GB packageComfortable
  • Qwen3.5 2B2.7 GB packageComfortable
  • Qwen3.5 4B3.4 GB packageComfortable
  • Qwen3.5 9B6.6 GB packageComfortable
  • gpt-oss-20b14 GB package · the maker states a 16 GB memory minimumRuns
  • Qwen3.5 27B17 GB packageLimited
  • Qwen3.5 35B24 GB packageLimited
  • gpt-oss-120b65 GB package · the maker states a 80 GB memory minimumNot suitable
  • Qwen3.5 122B81 GB packageNot suitable
  • ComfortableRoom for the model file and a long context
  • RunsFits; the context window may need to stay short
  • LimitedNot enough memory; part of the model spills to system RAM and runs slowly
  • Not suitableNot a GPU-run model on this card

Rule: 1.5× the requirement in memory is Comfortable, 1.15× Runs, 0.6× Limited; the requirement is the default package size, or the maker's stated minimum where there is one (a stated minimum counts as fitting at exactly that figure). Package sizes are the Ollama library's, minimums the maker's own statement; read on 2026-09-11. Sources: ollama.com/library/qwen3.5, ollama.com/library/gpt-oss, openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-oss

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