Radeon RX 9000 series

The Radeon RX 9000 series is a series of consumer graphics processing units developed by AMD, based on the RDNA 4 architecture. The series is targeting the mainstream segment and is the successor to the Radeon RX 7000 series.

AMD Radeon RX 9000 series

Model of the AMD Radeon RX 9000 series
Release date	March 6, 2025
Manufactured by	TSMC
Designed by	AMD
Marketed by	AMD
Architecture	RDNA 4
Transistors	53.9B (Navi 48) 29.7B (Navi 44)
Fabrication process	TSMC N4P
Cards
Entry-level	Radeon RX 9060 Radeon RX 9060 XT (8GB) Radeon RX 9060 XT (16GB)
Mid-range	Radeon RX 9070 Radeon RX 9070 XT
History
Predecessor	Radeon RX 7000 series
Support status
Supported

Background

AMD's Q3 2024 earnings call in October 2024 confirmed that RDNA 4 would be releasing in early 2025 with CEO Lisa Su saying that the architecture "delivers significantly higher ray tracing performance and adds new AI capabilities".^[1][2]

In December 2024, an AMD advertising campaign tie-in with Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 on Reddit showed a Ryzen 9 processor and what appeared to be the Radeon RX 9070 XT reference design.^[3]

The Radeon RX 9000 series and RDNA 4 architecture were officially previewed on January 6, 2025 during AMD's CES keynote in Las Vegas.^[4] AMD were light on concrete details surrounding the RDNA 4 architecture or the Radeon RX 9000 series during their CES keynote.^[5] The Radeon RX 9000 series targets midrange performance and value rather than competing with Nvidia at the high-end like the Radeon RX 7000 series did.^[6] This is a similar approach taken by the RX 5000 series in 2019. On January 8, 2025, reports surfaced that U.S. retailer B&H would begin pre-orders for the Radeon RX 9000 series on January 23.^[7][8]

The Radeon RX 9070 series was revealed on February 28, 2025 in an AMD live stream event.^[9]

Features

RDNA 4 architecture

The RDNA 4 architecture used by the Radeon RX 9000 series is, according to AMD, focused on improved ray tracing performance and expanded AI acceleration capabilities with an "optimized" Compute Unit design.^[10]

Architectural highlights of the AMD RDNA 4 architecture include the following

• RDNA 4 architecture built on TSMC 4 nm process (TSMC 4N Gen 5 Display Engine)^[11]
• AMD RDNA 4 Compute Units with redesigned 3rd generation Raytracing Accelerators for improved ray tracing performance and image quality^[12]
• 2nd Generation AI Accelerators with support for FP16, INT8 operations, and sparsity acceleration enabling up to 4x FP16 and 8x INT8 throughput for AI workloads^[12]
• AMD HYPR-RX1 technology combining Radeon Super Resolution, FidelityFX Super Resolution 4, Radeon Anti-Lag 24, Radeon Boost, and AMD Fluid Motion Frames 2.1 for advanced AI-based upscaling and frame generation^[12]
• PCIe 5.0 support for high bandwidth GPU-to-CPU communication^[12]
• Display connectivity includes DisplayPort 2.1a and HDMI 2.1b with support for high refresh rates and resolutions^[12]
• AMD Infinity Cache 3rd generation with up to 64 MB cache to reduce memory latency and increase bandwidth efficiency^[12]
• Memory subsystem supports up to 16 GB GDDR6 with up to 640 GB/s memory bandwidth depending on model and interface width^[12]
• Advanced media engine optimized for ultra-fast video encoding/decoding and enhanced streaming capabilities^[12]
• No dedicated multi-GPU or NVLink equivalent support (focus on single GPU scalability)^[12]
• Double-precision (FP64) performance of RDNA 4 architecture is significantly lower than single-precision (FP32), optimized primarily for gaming and AI workloads rather than HPC use cases^[12]

FSR 4

See also: FidelityFX Super Resolution

FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 (FSR 4) is AMD's first machine-learning upscaling solution that is able to leverage the second-generation AI accelerator cores in the RDNA 4 architecture.^[13] AMD stated that due to requiring hardware acceleration, FSR 4 was limited to the Radeon RX 9000 series. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be the first title to integrate FSR 4 upscaling support.^[13]

As of July 2025, less than 60 games include support for FSR 4.

Products

Desktop

Radeon RX		9060[14][15]	9060 XT[16][17][12][18]	9070 GRE[19][20]	9070[21][22]	9070 XT[23][24]
Release date		5 Aug 2025	5 Jun 2025	8 May 2025	6 Mar 2025
Launch MSRP		OEM	$299 (8 GB) $349 (16 GB)	¥4,199[a]	$549	$599
GPU die		Navi 44		Navi 48
Transistors (billion)		29.7		53.9
Die size		199 mm2		356.5 mm2
Core	Stream processors	1792	2048	3072	3584	4096
	Texture mapping units	112	128	192	224	256
	Render output units	64		96	128
	Ray accelerators	28	32	48	56	64
	AI accelerators	56	64	96	112	128
	Game frequency (GHz) Boost frequency (GHz)	2.40 2.99	2.53 3.13	2.22 2.79	2.07 2.52	2.40 2.97
Compute units		28	32	48	56	64
Cache	L0	32 KB per CU
	L1	128 KB per Array
	L2	4 MB		8 MB
	L3	32 MB		64 MB
Memory	Type	GDDR6
	Size	8 GB	8 GB 16 GB	12 GB	16 GB
	Clock (Gb/s)	18	20.1	18	20.1
	Bandwidth (GB/s)	288	320	432	640
	Bus width	128-bit		192-bit	256-bit
Fillrate	Pixel (Gpx/s)[b]	191.4	200.3	267.8	322.6	380.2
	Texture (Gtex/s)[c]	334.9	400.6	535.7	564.5	760.3
Processing power	FP16 (TFLOPS)	42.8	51.3	68.6	72.3	97.3
	FP32 (TFLOPS)	21.4	25.6	34.3	36.1	48.7
	AI INT8 (TOPS)[d]	171	205	274	289	389
	AI INT4 (TOPS)[d]	343	410	549	578	778
Interface	Host	PCIe 5.0 x16
	Power	1x 8-pin		2x 8-pin
	Displays	1x HDMI 2.1b, 2x DisplayPort 2.1a		1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1a
TDP		132 W	150 W (8 GB) 160 W (16 GB)	220 W		304 W

1. This product was officially released only in China.
2. Pixel fillrate is calculated as the number of render output units (ROPs) multiplied by the base (or boost) core clock speed.
3. Texture fillrate is calculated as the number of texture mapping units (TMUs) multiplied by the base (or boost) core clock speed.
4. Officially declared performance is 2x shown here due to sparsity.

See also

• Radeon RX 5000 series – first implementation of RDNA architecture
• Radeon RX 6000 series
• Radeon RX 7000 series – AMD's predecessor to Radeon RX 9000 series (RDNA 3 based)
• RDNA (microarchitecture)
• RDNA 4 – microarchitecture used by the RX 9000 series
• List of AMD graphics processing units
• GeForce RTX 50 series – competing Nvidia GPU generation released in a similar time-frame
• Arc B-Series – competing Intel GPU generation released in a similar time-frame