AMD Radeon RX 9070 Series: 8-Pin Power, January Launch Rumored

AMD's Radeon RX 9070 series reportedly won't require the new 16-pin power connector, sticking with 8-pin options, and is expected to launch by the end

The upcoming AMD Radeon RX 9070 series graphics cards, including the RX 9070 XT and RX 9070, are rumored to stick with traditional 8-pin power connectors rather than mandating the newer 16-pin 12V-2x6 connector.

AMD Radeon RX 9070 Series: 8-Pin Power, January Launch Rumored

Please note that this post is based on rumors.

Power Connector Speculations

According to sources like Benchlife, AMD is not planning to require the 12V-2x6 connector, an updated version designed to address the melting issues seen with NVIDIA's RTX 4090. However, this doesn't rule out cards from other manufacturers using the new standard. ASRock, for example, offered Radeon RX 7000 series cards with this connector.

There's also a chance we might see Radeon RX 9070 XT cards with three 8-pin power connectors, similar to some Radeon RX 7900 models.

Launch and Specifications

The Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 are expected to launch by the end of January, before the Lunar New Year. Leaks also suggest that both will ship with 16GB of memory.

Here are the rumored specifications for the AMD Radeon RX 9070 series:

name Board & SKU GPU Cores Memory Memory Bus Memory Speed Memory Bandwidth Power Connectors Max Board Power Display Connectors PCIe Interface MSRP Announcement Launch
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Navi 48 XTX TBC 16 GB GDDR6 256-bit 20 Gbps 640 GB/s 2x 8-pin 260W TBC TBC TBC TBC January 6, 2025 End of January 2025
AMD Radeon RX 9070 Navi 48 XT 3584 16 GB GDDR6 256-bit 20 Gbps 640 GB/s 2x 8-pin TBC TBC TBC TBC TBC January 6, 2025 End of January 2025
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GB203-300 8960 16 GB GDDR7 256-bit 28 Gbps 896 GB/s 1x 16-pin 300W 3x DP 2.1a, 1x HDMI 2.1 PCIe 5.0x16 TBC TBC January 6, 2025 February 2025
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 GB205-300 6144 12 GB GDDR7 192-bit 28 Gbps 672 GB/s 1x 16-pin 250W 3x DP 2.1a, 1x HDMI 2.1 PCIe 5.0x16 TBC TBC TBC

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