AMD RX 9070 XT allegedly tested in Black Myth Wukong and Cyberpunk 2077 — RDNA 4 flagship purportedly lands 4% faster than the RTX 4070 Ti Super per limited testing

AMD RDNA 4 at CES 2025
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It's time for more RDNA 4 leaks, and it seems that AMD's upcoming flagship Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics card has allegedly undergone some testing with impressive performance numbers. As shared by HXL, a Chiphell thread (now removed) detailed performance metrics of AMD's RX 9070 XT 16GB against the RTX 4080 Super and RTX 4070 Ti Super. Word of caution: we strongly advise you take this leak with a grain of salt. Even if these numbers prove accurate, the drivers are likely to improve so it's best not to draw any conclusions yet.

So while AMD didn't fully showcase RDNA 4 during its keynote at CES, the firm has promised more details later this quarter. We managed to get a sneak peek of Navi 48; the chip that's powering the RX 9070 series, measuring roughly 390mm2 roughly equal to AD103. As it stands, two GPUs have been announced: the RX 9070 XT and the RX 9070. Note that AMD's updated naming scheme positions these GPUs as a competitor to the RTX 5070 series; the same RTX 5070 that Nvidia claims can quote unquote "match the RTX 4090" in performance.

Let's get to the juicy details. While you can find more information about the leaked data in the thread at X, we've compiled all the numbers in a table for clearer comparisons. The leaker purportedly tested AMD's RX 9070 XT and Nvidia's RTX 4080 Super and RTX 4070 Ti Super in Black Myth Wukong and Cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p, 1440p, and 2160p resolutions. Notably, Cyberpunk appears to have used ray-tracing which explains why the RX 9070 XT lags behind in this game.

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Game / GPU performanceRTX 4070 Ti Super FPSRTX 4080 Super FPSRX 9070 XT (Rumored FPS)% vs RTX 4080 Super (add salt)% vs RTX 4070 Ti Super (add salt)
Black Myth Wukong (1080p)87999797.98%111.49%
Black Myth Wukong (2K)67777394.81%108.96%
Black Myth Wukong (4K)28333090.91%107.14%
Cyberpunk 2077 (1080p)871018584.16%97.70%
Cyberpunk 2077 (2K)53655280.00%98.11%
Cyberpunk 2077 (4K)26322681.25%100.00%

Across both games and all resolutions, the RX 9070 XT is 4% faster than the RTX 4070 Ti and 12% slower than the RTX 4080 Super. Excluding the Cyberpunk 2077 performance stats tips the balance in favor of the RX 9070 XT; now 9.2% ahead of the 4070 Ti Super and just 5.5% short of the RTX 4080 Super, per this leak.

Since the RX 9070 XT is targeted as a competitor to the RTX 5070, it is reasonable to expect AMD to price it in the same ballpark of $500-$600. With improved drivers, the RX 9070 XT may catch up to the RTX 4080 Super in non-ray-traced titles; as shown by a previous leak. Still, this is all speculation and we should refrain from jumping to any conclusion until AMD provides more official details, or we are allowed to review its RDNA 4 graphics cards.

Hassam Nasir
Contributing Writer

Hassam Nasir is a die-hard hardware enthusiast with years of experience as a tech editor and writer, focusing on detailed CPU comparisons and general hardware news. When he’s not working, you’ll find him bending tubes for his ever-evolving custom water-loop gaming rig or benchmarking the latest CPUs and GPUs just for fun.

  • -Fran-
    Well, give how RDNA3 is not a bad architecture, it's all a matter of price.

    Outside* of the stupidity Jensen said on stage, the 5070 is going to be an ok card at ~$580, but we all really know it'll shoot up for the first weeks, or even months, to over $650 I'm sure.

    AMD just needs to read the room. In the interviews, at least Mr Azor seems to be aware this is not going to be a tech challenge, but a pricing one. Or I hope they do.

    All in all I don't see RDNA4 being a bad product, but it'll definitely live or die on day1 reviews based on their pricing.

    Let's see how AMD fumbles the ball this time around :D

    Regards.
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  • logainofhades
    AMD does have a habit of fumbling on launch price. Hopefully they will finally get it right this time.
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  • oofdragon
    Im.calling it $500 price launch with 7900GRE/XT perf, even $480 to really make it to the headlines, the best next gen GPU for sure
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  • acadia11
    wouldn’t the relevant comparison be the upcoming 5070?
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  • spongiemaster
    oofdragon said:
    Im.calling it $500 price launch with 7900GRE/XT perf, even $480 to really make it to the headlines, the best next gen GPU for sure
    AMD doesn't know what the price is going to be yet. They're waiting on Nvidia reviews for the 5080 so they can better estimate the performance of the 5070/70Ti which they already know the price of. AMD doesn't care about market share, so don't expect a price that indicates they do.
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  • ottonis
    "the same RTX 5070 that Nvidia claims can quote unquote "match the RTX 4090" in performance."

    As outlined by several analysts /tech channels, this is most likely a hugely misleading statement, as the 5070 may only reach same fps as the 4090 with massive help from AI/DLSS4 when compared to the 4090 without those features being activated. So, pure raseterization performance of the 5070 is nowhere near a 4090.
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  • papaspud
    Leaks for the 5080 prices= $1300 and up. I wonder how long, if ever, we need to wait until you see some cards at MSRP. I think that # is now just something they throw out and see if it sticks.
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  • spongiemaster
    ottonis said:
    As outlined by several analysts /tech channels, this is most likely a hugely misleading statement, as the 5070 may only reach same fps as the 4090 with massive help from AI/DLSS4 when compared to the 4090 without those features being activated. So, pure raseterization performance of the 5070 is nowhere near a 4090.
    You can waste your time reading about what "analysts" think, or you can just watch the keynote speech Jensen gave where he said AI was what makes it possible for the 5070 to perform like a 4090. If it needs AI, then it is clearly using some version of DLSS and isn't purely raster performance. There is no need to speculate on what is going on here, Jensen told us.
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  • hotaru251
    -Fran- said:
    All in all I don't see RDNA4 being a bad product, but it'll definitely live or die on day1 reviews based on their pricing.
    theres rarely ever "bad product" just bad price.

    papaspud said:
    I wonder how long, if ever, we need to wait until you see some cards at MSRP. I think that # is now just something they throw out and see if it sticks.
    FE generally msrp. AIB HAVE to be higher as they sink more $ into than nvidia does.
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  • -Fran-
    hotaru251 said:
    theres rarely ever "bad product" just bad price.
    Without getting into that "holy war", I'll just say for this price range, I would expect most tech to just be bad pricing and not an actual bad product, yes.

    RDNA4 would have to have an irredimable bug or something for it to not be worth buying at any price point. Samefor Blackwell, mind you, but chances of that happening for both is rather low.

    This being said... Alchemist and Battlemage exist...

    Regards.
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