RX 9070 XT leaked specs point to 4,096 shaders and 16GB VRAM — 3.1 GHz boost clocks and PCIe 5.0 support
Reportedly hits 200+ FPS in Monster Hunter Wilds with frame generation.

We finally have more details on AMD's soon-to-launch flagship RX 9070 XT, with a new leak alleging 4096 Stream Processors and 16GB of GDDR6 memory via HKEPC at X. The tipster's shared GPU-Z screenshot corroborates previous rumors. Moreover, the leak includes a real-world benchmark of the RX 9070 XT; however, frame generation leaves little room for comparison. Thus, it's best to approach this leak skeptically, as such images can be easily manipulated.
AMD briefly went over RDNA 4 last month in Las Vegas, sharing not much beyond a handful of press slides. Nonetheless, we grabbed a few snippets of Navi 48, the GPU that powers AMD's Radeon RX 9070 family. Eyeballing the die size gave us a figure of roughly 390mm2, slightly larger than GB203 on the RTX 5080. Later on, AMD confirmed that you should expect retail RDNA 4 availability by early March, with rumors of a dedicated launch event later this month.
The screenshot depicts a C0 revision of the Navi 48 GPU, likely the RX 9070 XT, featuring 4,096 SPs (Streaming Processors), which equates to 64 Compute Units. Interestingly, GPU-Z mentions that the card is PCIe 5.0 compatible, similar to Nvidia's RTX 50-series (Blackwell) GPUs, though AMD hasn't officially confirmed this.
The Radeon RX 9070 XT's 256-bit memory interface supports eight VRAM modules, enabling 644 GB/s of bandwidth, equivalent to 20 Gbps GDDR6 ICs, which is no better than the last generation. The GPU in question, probably a custom model, is rated at boost clocks of 3.1 GHz, which should offer decent performance gains versus RDNA 3.
Likewise, the supposed RX 9070 XT hits 211.71 FPS in Monster Hunter Wilds at 1080p with frame generation at unspecified settings. Given all these variables, it's hard to draw an exact apples-to-apples comparison, so it's best to take these benchmarks at face value.
If you're interested in performance metrics, a previous leak suggests the RX 9070 XT rivals the RTX 4080 Super in raw rasterization. With the RTX 5070 allegedly postponed to early March, pricing will be crucial in determining if RDNA 4 captures AMD's projected market share. Hopefully, these GPUs will not suffer from the shortages that continue to plague high-end Blackwell.
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hotaru251 Likewise, the supposed RX 9070 XT hits 211.71 FPS in Monster Hunter Wilds at 1080p with frame generation at unspecified settings.
would of rather known non FG x_x
either way if they can put the price right they could steal the low/mid range market as 16GB should be as low vram as anyone buys in 2025 & only way you get that in team green is $750 4070 ti or higher. -
ingtar33
agreed. no one wants the Frame Gen numbers. frame gen looks like junk in most titles on all hardware.hotaru251 said:would of rather known non FG x_x
either way if they can put the price right they could steal the low/mid range market as 16GB should be as low vram as anyone buys in 2025 & only way you get that in team green is $750 4070 ti or higher.
if this card matches the 4080 super in raster that means its roughly equal to the 7900xtx? that seems... unlikely. -
RxBrad I currently have a 3070. Every card I've ever bought has been a "skip one gen, pay the same amount, get double the performance"Reply
In 2025, that would be $500 4080 Super performance. Do that, and AMD gets my money.
If AMD just does "Nvidia minus $50" yet again, I wait to see what's on the table next gen. -
oofdragon 9070 XT rumours started with something between 7900gre and 7900xt, now we r having up to 7900xtx raster performance with even better ray tracing. AMD is committed to make this work this time pushing the limits of the hardware used. Now they just need to get the price right .. at $500 for the XT it would be an absolute winner and both versions would sell like hot cakes, I think though the recent rumours of it costing $600 are the way it's going to go, not bad either since the non XT version will still be priced $500 with 16GB and performing like a 4070 TiReply -
Giroro RTX 4070 Ti costs $750, so there's a decent chance AMD charges $700 for what they call a 9700XT, and $500 for what they call a 9700.Reply
Nvidia fixes the perf/$ for and AMD always just follows whatever Nvidi says, usually with a minor discount to try and apologize for their massively reduced feature set (most of that difference is useless gimmicks, but still). Probably not nearly enough discount since AMD has been often selling for under MSRP, and Nvidia cards usually sell with offensively absurd hikes over their already-ridiculous MSRP.
Whatever happens, I doubt AMD will try to rock the boat. Their GPU team seems terrified of trying to gain market share, or to compete in general. -
DavidLejdar
Then again, the market did change a bit. In the past, it was often a hardware catch-up to newer games having more LOD etc. - and when one went up a price tier of GPUs, more LOD etc. But now, at 1080p the new GPUs don't make as much a difference for causal gaming. Like, whether 100 FPS with prev-gen GPU, or 200 FPS with a new GPU, not that an overall impact.Giroro said:...
Whatever happens, I doubt AMD will try to rock the boat. Their GPU team seems terrified of trying to gain market share, or to compete in general.
Then there is also need for investment for each model series, to be developed and produced. And when there is perhaps less demand for top GPUs, due to not everyone caring about 4K performance, there may just be no money there in that segment, in particular when the top spenders all go with 5090/5080.
Anyhow, for me it looks so far like it might be AMD for GPU again. Gonna see how it compares to a 5070, but 5080 is for me out of the question, price-wise, even if that happens to now be the GPU to have at least, for 4K fast-paced gaming. -
ManDaddio So the bandwidth is just a little bit above a 7800 XT. That's not exactly a great leap. I understand the other specs can increase performance.Reply -
ManDaddio
You're waiting for times that will never return. Just upgrade and don't worry about the money. 4070 TI/5070 would be a big leap from your 3070.RxBrad said:I currently have a 3070. Every card I've ever bought has been a "skip one gen, pay the same amount, get double the performance"
In 2025, that would be $500 4080 Super performance. Do that, and AMD gets my money.
If AMD just does "Nvidia minus $50" yet again, I wait to see what's on the table next gen. -
ManDaddio The only way I would entertain the idea considering buying Radeon over Nvidia is if all the features are closely compared to each other and the Radeon GPU is at least $100 cheaper than the competition. I think that AMD has to go at least $200 cheaper.Reply
If Nvidia is selling their GPU for $700 then Radeon has to be $500. That will guarantee them a big leap in market share. -
thestryker So if these numbers are accurate that puts it at a little less than 7% more cores, 17% more boost clock and 2.5% more memory bandwidth than a 7800 XT. Unless AMD has done something rather impressive with core design that means performance in the realm of a 4070 Ti. If that's the case then it really can't be more than $500 (should probably be more like $450) if they're looking for market.Reply
Personally speaking I'm waiting for double the performance at no more than what I spent. The performance has appeared, but the pricing is still far away. I'm still hoping that people just won't buy things that are poor value below the 5090. Perhaps stock sitting on shelves would shift pricing structures.