Power and Temp
Power
The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT TDP/TGP is 304W. In our power testing, we did hit a peak of 327W board power in Kingdom Come Deliverance II. We specifically mention this game because in Kingdom Come Deliverance II we experienced the highest GPU boost clocks, as shown on the overclocking page of this review. Due to that higher running GPU boost clock, the total board power goes up, and this is where we hit the maximum of 327W at default. In Cyberpunk 2077 it was different, playing Cyberpunk 2077 the highest peak board power we hit was 313W. This shows you how the power can range depending on the game, anywhere in our testing from 313W board power up to 327W.
If we take this maximum board power we experienced of 327W, then that is about 4% more power than the Radeon RX 7900 XT utilized, and 12% more power hungry than the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti. If we take the lower power number from Cyberpunk at 313W, then that would be at the same power level as the Radeon RX 7900 XT, but still 7% more power than the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti.
Overclocking increased the power demand by 9%, but our performance showed only a 4% performance improvement from all that extra power. This does not seem like a very efficient power-to-performance ratio.
Temperature
One great thing about the XFX Quicksilver AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Magnetic Air Edition design is the cooling, XFX hit it out of the park with this model. The XFX Quicksilver AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Magnetic Air Edition remained the coolest running video card in our testing, and the GPU only hit 53c at default and 55c overclocked. This makes it just incredibly cooler running than every other video card here.
We also wanted to look at the memory temperature, the XFX Quicksilver AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Magnetic Air Edition also has average memory temperatures. The memory temperature of 82c is much cooler than the Radeon RX 7900 XT and on par with the 7900 GRE, but the RTX 5070 Ti does run much cooler on memory temperatures. Overclocking increased the memory temperature to 84c, still cooler than the Radeon RX 7900 XT.
GPU-Z Screenshots
Above, you can see the GPU-Z sensor data running at default (left) and overclocked (right) in Kingdom Come Deliverance II. We are showing this game because it hit the highest GPU boost frequencies and power draw. At default, we see that the XFX Quicksilver AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Magnetic Air Edition pulls 327W board power at 1.058V GPU Voltage, causing the fan speed to hit 40%. When we overclocked the video card, the board power rose to 357W, GPU Voltage climbed slightly to 1.085V, and the fan speed increased to 44%.
Discussion (13 replies)
Join Discussion →Nice read and a good competitor though overpriced for the segment.
9070xt = 4070 ti super
9070 = 4070 super
Note: the launch MSRP is temporary. Will definitely go up if nvidia cards continue to remain in short supply
mmm nope
in raster
9070XT trades blows with the RTX5070Ti although the Ti tends to win more and by a larger margin.
9070 completely destroys the RTX5070
In RT never been so close but there's still a 15%-20% performance delta.
To think that the 9070XT is actually closer price wise to the RTX5070. Why would anyone get a 5070?
Yea even my local MC has 5070's on the shelf with the BEVY of available 9070xt's at 600 bucks I imagine they will stay that way.
About that...
yea I saw... queue my disappointment.
On one hand, it's not unusual for a SKU to deviate from MSRP, particularly if it's a premium model or something.
On the other, it's fairly unusual for a vendor to signal price hikes coming up... especially when they are admitting they have the inventory and are doing it just because they can.
I mean, I'm sure vendors do this all the time, just usually they don't go around drawing attention to it...
Could be that folks are just more plugged in and sharing this sensitive data than previously as well.
AMD says the $549 RX 9070 is real but doesn’t deny reports of possible bait and switch
‘It is inaccurate that $549/$599 MSRP is launch-only pricing,’ AMD tells The Verge.
We asked AMD:
AMD would not confirm or deny. It did address the larger question of MSRP availability with this statement from chief gaming solutions architect (and gaming marketing boss) Frank Azor, though:
On X, Azor tweeted that AMD is working to replenish stock “in the coming days and weeks,” adding, “MSRP pricing (excluding region specific tariffs and/or taxes) will continue to be encouraged beyond today so don’t despair.”
https://www.theverge.com/news/625502/amd-rx-9070-xt-launch-pricing-msrp-possible-bait-switch
Friendly reminder that if a product sells out at a certain price, that price is below market value.
So $650 / $750 could have been the US MSRP for the 2 cards 🤔
"New unofficial MSRPs is 729€ for 9070 and 799€ for 9070XT (official is 629/689€). This is the price at which the stocks are held. Even drops that are only available at short notice are not offered at a lower price."
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That is true but also AMD stated they wanted this generation to focus on gaining market share. I guess when NVIDIA is losing money on every geforce card created AMD just gain market share by having any product at any price.
(this is due to NVIDIA having to move allocation from server parts to consumer gpus is a loss of money even if they are still making some profit)
Being able to buy something that isn't a 6500XT or slower is definitely a plus - this is a pandemic-grade GPU drought