• A purported benchmark has emerged for AMD’s RX 9070 XT
• It means that the incoming RDNA 4 GPU may match the RTX 4080
• That is one other in a line of leaks indicating that that is the case

One other trace has been dropped that AMD’s Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics card goes to be extra highly effective than rumors beforehand indicated, and that it may very well be the equal of the RTX 4080.

Wccftech stories {that a} Gigabyte (Gaming OC) RX 9070 XT was highlighted in a benchmark by a person on the Anandtech boards (Gaav87). This was a FurMark rating of 20,732 factors (345 frames per second) within the OpenGL graphics stress take a look at at 1080p decision.

Now, take that with greater than the same old skepticism reserved for any such purported leaks, but when appropriate, this rating would imply that, as talked about, the 9070 XT may supply a efficiency stage much like the RTX 4080 (really, it’ll edge out the Nvidia GPU a smidge).

Nonetheless, further care is required right here as a result of the benchmark was run on Linux, and people comparisons are drawn with the RTX 4080 on Home windows, in order that’s not an apples-to-apples affair.

That stated, there’s one other current leak of the 9070 XT courtesy of FurMark which confirmed the GPU reaching roughly the identical type of efficiency (equal to the RX 7900 XTX, very a lot within the RTX 4080 ballpark, in different phrases). In that case, the graphics card wasn’t named, however it was straightforward sufficient to piece collectively the clues of what GPU it was.

On high of this, one other piece of spillage – this time purportedly direct from AMD – additionally means that the 9070 XT goes to pitch in at round this similar stage, permitting it to be aggressive in opposition to the RTX 5070 Ti, in concept.

This recent leak brings with it some further information, too, pertaining to thermals, with the 9070 XT seemingly coping very effectively contemplating that FurMark is a stress take a look at, that means it challenges the GPU with a really demanding workload that pushes the chip arduous.

The 9070 XT apparently accommodates its warmth ranges to 55 levels Celsius throughout this robust exercise, which is commendably cool.

Evaluation: Trying sturdy, albeit with hints of ‘hopium’ on the pricing entrance

The upshot is that the RX 9070 XT is wanting very promising right here, each by way of uncooked efficiency and its means to remain cool below strain. It’s value noting that the Gaming OC graphics card featured on this newest leak is a mid-tier mannequin from Gigabyte, so this isn’t its finest cooling resolution in motion (although it’s not an entry-level one both, that’s WindForce).

These are thrilling revelations, albeit coming with caveats, and the truth that FurMark is unquestionably not 3DMark (and furthermore, artificial benchmarks solely go to this point in estimating the efficiency of a GPU). Nonetheless, it’s a extra telling metric than Geekbench graphics exams, and talking of these, it handily dispels notions just lately offered through Geekbench that RDNA 4 gained’t be all that a lot to shout about, body rate-wise.

Lastly, it is value taking into consideration that final month, a rumor was aired by YouTuber Moore’s Legislation is Useless that in improvement, AMD was focusing on the RX 9070 XT to be only a contact sooner than Nvidia’s RTX 4080 Founders Version – which is the assertion we see in all these leaks.

It feels to me that there’s greater than a grain of reality right here, with all these rumors aligning, however as ever, let’s not get carried away with hypothesis, even when it does all appear to be lining up in a fairly compelling method.

Apart from, as I hold banging on about, regardless of the efficiency stage of the 9070 fashions, AMD’s pricing of those new GPUs can be important – and we’ll see the complete image tomorrow, with pricing going to be revealed at AMD’s press occasion for RDNA 4.

I can’t wait, and stay hopeful that Group Pink will do the correct factor, and never simply ship a minor value minimize relative to Nvidia’s pricing and general worth proposition, however a significant blow (an uppercut, so to talk, from the desktop GPU underdog).

Nonetheless, I’ve received to acknowledge that there are rumors rising that are suggesting that AMD may push MSRPs disappointingly in the direction of making earnings somewhat than taking up Nvidia on the mid-range. Hopefully, these are flawed, and sure, there’s quite a lot of hoping occurring, I absolutely admit.

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