With CES just around the corner, an event in which most of the manufacturers of components and PC peripherals will present their proposals for 2025, the number of rumors related to the specifications and performance of the products that will be presented are increasing, where both amd as NVIDIA They will present their new graphics cards.
As we informed you yesterday, the next generation of AMD graphics will not be the RX 8xxx as initially expected, going directly to the series RX9000. The first model of this new generation of AMD graphics cards will be the RX 9070 XTa graph based on RDNA 4 architecture. What at first could mean a significant change in performance compared to the current generation, it is confirmed that this is not the case and that the company does not plan to continue launching high-end models on the market to compete face to face with NVIDIA.
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Performance
As expected, before the presentation of the RX 9070 3D Mark Time Spy where we can see how the current generation available on the market offers better performance than this new model despite having RDNA 4 architecture.
The information about the performance of the RX 9070 This represents 2% more than the RX 7900 GRE.
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However, it is a 17% slower that the most powerful graphics card that AMD currently offers on the market, the RX 7900 XTa substantial difference in performance that confirms the current future of the company’s graphics segment. If we compare the result of this model with the NVIDIA models, we see how the RX 9070 XT offers similar performance to the RTX 4070 Tiwith very similar performance figures, surpassing the RTX 4070 SUPER and staying more than two points away from the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER.
We cannot fail to mention that this is a reference test that does not have to reflect reality in performance in video gamesso, until the first units arrive on the market and tests are carried out with games, it is impossible to know if this new model with RDNA 4 architecture represents an improvement or if it is more of the same that the RX 7900 GRE already offers, with which it shares very similar performance.
Leaked 9070xt 3dmark timespy score compared (thanks to all_the_wats)
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Based on the performance results offered by 3D Mark Time Spy, we can safely confirm that AMD is focusing on the mid-range GPU aiming to provide a balance between performance and affordability, at least for this new generation. That does not mean that the company has completely abandoned this segment, but rather that it is taking a temporary respite.
Price and availability
With the RX 7900 GRE discontinued, the RX 9070 XT should be able to meet the needs of users looking for a mid-range graphics card at an affordable price. Much of its success or failure in the market will depend on its launch price compared to the current and future generation of both AMD and NVIDIA.
We see a clear example of this in the new Intel graphics Available on the market for a few days now, it is selling like hotcakes, never better said, as it has a price that does not exceed 300 euros and offers superior performance to the RTX 4060.