Rumored RDNA 4 pre-order date is January 23, with GPUs likely to go on sale maybe a week later – when the RTX 5080 arrives

Hot new GPUs are making CES 2025 a particularly noteworthy event. Nvidia announced its RTX 50 series Blackwell GPUs, and AMD unleashed its Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT. The timing sets up another exciting showdown between the graphics giants and introduces a new twist: Intel has made another attempt to enter the game (at least in the midrange market),

16 GB of VRAM will put the 9070/9070 XT in line with the Radeon RX 7800 XT, which makes sense given the 9070, if it weren't for AMD's naming scheme change-up, would be an RX 7800 XT. It also puts it in line with the newly announced RTX 5070 Ti and 5080, which will both have 16 GB of (GDDR7) VRAM.

IGN sneakily put the RX 9070 graphics card through its paces in the built-in benchmark for Black Ops 6, and it appears to equal NVIDIA's RTX 4080 Super.

AMD gave a brief preview of its next-gen Radeon RX 9070 and RDNA 4 architecture at CES 2025. One thing is clear: AI is a focus.

Using new AMD RDNA 4 architecture, the 9070 XT and 9070 will compete with Nvidia's mid-range graphics cards, with RX 9060 to follow soon.

AMD's upcoming RX 9070 was benchmarked during CES 2025, and although it's not much, it's promising.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox