If AMD isn't spilling the beans on the RX 9070 and 9070 XT at least online retailers are, but a release isn't imminent
After a bit of an awkward silence moment during CES 2025 when AMD refused to divvy over RX 9070 / 9070 XT deetz, things might now finally be hotting up on the RDNA 4 front, as we're seeing plenty of stirrings regarding the upcoming GPUs. None of these stirrings are official, mind, but when there are enough leaks and rumours in the same vicinity, I tend to pay attention.
So, buckle up for a round-up of rumours, folks. Here we go: The RX 9070 has seemingly been shipped out and pictured by a Reddit user (via Wccftech) and the RX 9070 XT was apparently listed at a Danish retailer site (spotted by hardware leaker momomo_us) and at UK retailer site Overclockers (as spotted by Reddit user EmeraldPerson). These retailer listings have since been taken down.
You can also see some specs listed on Geizhals (via VideoCardz), a German tech comparison website.
Product no: GV-R9070XTGAMING OC-16GDEAN: 4719331355524https://t.co/7qZHBB1QrH pic.twitter.com/lLKb364MtiJanuary 15, 2025
What's particularly interesting about these sightings is that some of the listed specs match each other and also match those of another recent leak by momomo. In other words, there's enough corroboration across various leaks and retailer listings to take at least some of these specs seriously.
The ones that seem to have multiple sources of corroboration are the 9070 XT's CU count and and the GPU clock speeds. For the RX 9070 XT, it looks like we could be seeing a GPU with 64 CUs (Compute Units). For reference, the Radeon RX 7800 XT has 60 CUs and the RX 7900 XT has 84 CUs, so if these leaks are correct then the 9070 XT should sit somewhere between the two just in terms of the number of shader cores.
Where it might shoot ahead of both, though, is in the clock speed department. On this front, while they disagree over the RX 9070's boost clock, the Overclockers listing and momomo's familiarly unlabelled specification leak both point towards a similarly high RX 9070 XT boost clock of 2,970 MHz. That's a few
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