Leaked Radeon RX 9070 XT 3DMark scores show promising performance

AMD's Radeon RX 9070 XT is back in the spotlight, with leaked 3DMark benchmark scores suggesting an impressive performance uplift, more so considering that it has been reported that these weren't obtained with a stable graphics driver.

Chiphell forum user nApoleon (via VideoCardz) has shared a cryptic message urging users to hold off on purchasing Nvidia's RTX 50 series, claiming that “everything has changed”. This has fueled speculation that AMD's RX 9070 XT's performance could compete with Nvidia's next-generation GPUs.

Image credit: Chiphell (via Wukongmyth)

Moreover, hardware leaker Zhanghonghao claims that AMD has increased the RX 9070 XT's Total Board Power (TBP) through a new BIOS update for reference models. A leaked Furmark screenshot of a custom card shows a maximum board power of 329W, significantly higher than previously rumoured. As for the rest of the specs, these can be confirmed on the screenshots shared on Chiphell (via Wukongmyth). The leaked specifications reveal a base clock of 2520 MHz, a boost clock of 3060 MHz, and 16 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 20 Gbps. The card is reportedly an Asus custom model with 4096 Stream Processors.

Moving on to the leaked scores, the card reportedly achieved a graphics score of 14,591 in Time Spy Extreme and 6,345 in Speed Way. These results place it between the RX 7900 XTX and the RTX 4070 Ti in the ray tracing-focused Speed Way benchmark and above the RTX 4080 Super in the rasterisation-heavy Time Spy Extreme test. It's important to note that these benchmarks were conducted on an early sample with pre-release drivers. Further optimizations and driver updates could improve performance before the official launch.

AMD is expected to share more details about the Radeon RX 9070 series later this month. Rumours claim the official release date will be on January 24th.

KitGuru says: If these results are accurate, even considering they're achievable using pre-release drivers, the RX 9070 XT could be a formidable contender in the mid/high-end market, assuming the rumoured ~£500 price tag.

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