The true performance of the Radeon RX 9070 Series, a new family of GPUs that will be some of the first to leverage AMD’s brand-new RDNA 4 architecture, will be revealed in just two weeks, according to a new report that alleges the review embargo for Radeon RX 9070 and Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics cards will be lifted on Wednesday, March 5—the very same day that NVIDIA plans to launch the GeForce RTX 5070, a new lower-ended “Blackwell” GPU that is said to feature twice the performance of the RTX 4070 for a starting price of $549.
See below for the launch and review schedule that AMD has supposedly planned, including an announcement for the Radeon RX 9000 Series next Friday:
AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series Schedule (Rumored)
- February 28: Radeon RX 9000 Series announcement
- March 5: Radeon RX 9070 reviews
- March 6: Radeon RX 9070 launch (“not mentioned in NDA”)
And here’s what Dr. Lisa Su had to say about the Radeon RX 9000 Series and RDNA 4 earlier this month, including their “early March” availability, which seems to line up with the info above:
Now turning to our Gaming segment. Revenue declined 59% year-over-year to $563 million. Semi-custom sales declined as expected as Microsoft and Sony focused on reducing channel inventory. Overall, this console generation has been very strong. Highlighted by cumulative unit shipments surpassing 100 million in the fourth quarter. Looking forward, we believe channel inventories have now normalized and semi-custom sales will return to more historical patterns in 2025.
In Gaming Graphics, revenue declined year-over-year, as we accelerated channel sellout in preparation for the launch of our next-gen Radeon 9000 series GPUs. Our focus with this generation is to address the highest volume portion of the enthusiast gaming market with our new RDNA 4 architecture. RDNA 4 delivers significantly better ray tracing performance and add support for AI-powered upscaling technology that will bring high-quality 4K gaming to mainstream players when the first Radeon 9070 series GPUs go on sale in early March.