The RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT were recently confirmed by AMD in a pre-briefing shared by the company for CES 2025. However, they only revealed the names of the cards without sharing details about their specs or performance. As a result, we’ve had to rely on leaks to get an idea of what these cards can do. Fortunately, a new leak has surfaced, which indicates that the RX 9070 XT is shaping up to be a powerful card.
RX 9070 XT 3DMark tests leaked
The information comes from nApoleon, an admin and reviewer on the Chiphell forum. While the original images shared by nApoleon have since been removed to avoid NDA issues, they revealed key performance details about the RX 9070 XT (courtesy of Wukongmyth on X). The 3DMark tests, specifically Time Spy Extreme and Speed Way, were both conducted at 4K resolution.
In the 3DMark Time Spy Extreme test, the RX 9070 XT scored 14,591 points. This is 1,253 points higher than the RTX 4080 and 497 points higher than the RTX 4080 Super. On the other hand, in the 3DMark Speed Way test, the RX 9070 XT scored 6,345 points, which is 844 points higher than the RTX 4070 Ti. These results place the RX 9070 XT slightly behind AMD’s RX 7900 XTX in Speed Way and a bit further behind in Time Spy Extreme.
Image source: Chiphell
Image source: Chiphell
The leak also included a screenshot showing that the RX 9070 XT has an increased Total Board Power (TBP). Initially believed to be 256W, the card was shown consuming up to 329W in the Furmark stress test. Aside from that, another CPU-Z screenshot revealed some additional specifications of the card:
- Base Clock: 2,520 MHz
- Boost Clock: 3,060 MHz
- Stream Processors: 4,096
- VRAM: 16GB GDDR6
Image source: Chiphell
Image source: Chiphell
nApoleon also shared an important note in his post, advising users not to rush into buying Nvidia’s RTX 50-series cards and suggesting those with cards above the RTX 4060 should consider selling them soon. He later revealed that according to his informant, there are still some problems with the internal drivers, and the performance shown in the benchmarks does not reflect the card’s full potential.
Once AMD resolves these driver issues, the RX 9070 XT’s performance could improve further. We also recently saw Black Ops 6 benchmarks, where the 9070 XT delivered strong performance in 4K.
