Previous rumours have suggested that AMD's new top-end RDNA 4 GPU will deliver RTX 4080-like raster performance. However, according to an official slide detailing the branding scheme for the new cards, it looks like the RTX 4070 Ti is the 40-series card it's aiming to match.
The RX 9070 XT has been expected to be a mid-range card compared to next-generation offerings from Nvidia, as AMD's Jack Huynh previously said that the company has focused on the mid-range sector over the high-end for RDNA 4.
AMD has since explained that it's changing its GPU model numbers over to the 9000-series, to match its 9000-series CPU offerings, and using «the tenths digit to signify its position in the market so it's clear to end users how our products match up against the competition.» So, rather than the RX 8800 XT branding that's been rumoured for some time, we have the RX 9070 XT instead.
With me so far? However, AMD shows the RX 9070 series in line with the RTX 4070 Ti in its branding chart, and if that's an indication of where AMD sees it sitting in the market (and therefore, equivalent performance) that'd mean it'd be significantly slower than the rumoured RTX 4080-like performance it was said to possess late last year.
So, big deal. Rumours are wrong all the time. And, it must be said that the RTX 4070 Ti is still a very fast card, so a new AMD model delivering similar performance would absolutely be worth looking at.