The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is officially on the way, but the first RDNA 4 graphics card isn’t an RTX 5090 rival

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070, marking the launch of RDNA 4 graphics card. Just like the RX 7900 XTX, the new GPU line-up won’t be taking on Nvidia frontrunners like the RTX 5090 in terms of performance, but it could lure PC players looking for an affordable 4K experience this generation.

Scheduled to land Q1 2025, the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT will enter the best graphics card race with a 4nm RDNA 4 GPU, boasting improved ray tracing core performance and new AI capabilities. The latter goes hand in hand with the red team’s AMD Fidelity FX Super Resolution 4, which may finally bring the AI fight to DLSS using machine learning-powered upscaling.

AMD FSR 4 will seemingly only work with new Radeon 9070-class cards, so that in itself could be a reason to opt for one of the RDNA 4 models over an older RX 7900 card. The component maker seems to be pitching the 9070 XT as on par with the 7900 XT, but says the successor will provide a “significant boost in AI.” Simply put, we’re looking at a more affordable 4K GPU with top-end abilities that can pull more impressive upscaling tricks.

It’s also worth touching on AMD’s new naming conventions since RX 9070 looks more like either a typo or a future Nvidia graphics card than a Radeon GPU tier. The company says the decision will help players better recognise model tiers at a glace. It also helps the company’s card names match up with its Ryzen 9000 series CPUs, unifying both with generational terminology.