US retailer lists RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT starting at $649 and $749 — March 6 launch date confirmed

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AMD has finally confirmed that it will announce the RX 9070 and 9070 XT GPUs at the end of the month. However, it has kept mum on details like specs and when stocks will drop in retailers. Few listings have been available online, but popular hardware leaker momomo_us shared several XFX listings on Twitter, pointing to March 6 as when the RDNA 4 GPUs will hit the market.

The screenshots supposedly come from Amazon, although we cannot find the listings ourselves. Nevertheless, we see five RX 9070 and 9070 XT entries from XFX, with prices ranging from $649.99 to $849.99. The first listing also says, “This item will be released on March 6, 2025.” This seemingly confirms the date AMD’s RDNA 4 GPUs will become available.

We have no confirmation of whether the prices are from Amazon or Amazon Canada, but it seems to be the former. After all, if the 9070 XT was to compete against the RTX 5070 Ti, it must be priced within the same MSRP of $750—something that we see with the XFX Swift RX 9070 XT. Of course, add-in-board partners are free to jack up the prices of these GPUs, much like we see with many Nvidia RTX 50-series options, but it’s still nice to see a card or two going for MSRP.

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GPU	Price	Memory	Max Boost Clock
XFX Mercury RX 9070 XT OC Magnetic Air Edition	$849.99	16GB GDDR6	Up to 3,100MHz
XFX Mercury RX 9070 XT OC Gaming Edition	$819.99	16GB GDDR6	Up to 3,100MHz
XFX Quicksilver RX 9070 XT Gaming Edition	$769.99	16GB GDDR6	Up to 2,970MHz
XFX Swift RX 9070 XT Triple Fan Gaming Edition	$749.99	16GB GDDR6	Up to 2,970MHz
XFX Swift RX 9070 OC Triple Fan Gaming Edition	$649.99	16 GB GDDR6	Up to 2,700MHz

We will finally see the RX 9070 series in a couple of weeks. We initially thought the company would launch these GPUs at CES 2025; however, they were completely absent from the live stream, and AMD Chief Gaming Solutions Architect Frank Azor said the company ran out of time to showcase them.

The February 28 launch is also just in time for the company. We’ve already seen several listings for the Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti, which is thought to be a direct competitor to the RX 9070 XT and will be available on February 20. However, Nvidia reportedly delayed the RTX 5070 to early March to coincide with the arrival of AMD’s next-generation RDNA 4 GPUs.

We hope that AMD does not have the same GPU shortage problems that Nvidia RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 cards are currently experiencing. That way, gamers looking to build a capable mid-range rig could get a modern graphics card without paying through the nose and dealing with scalpers.

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Jowi Morales is a tech enthusiast with years of experience working in the industry. He’s been writing with several tech publications since 2021, where he’s been interested in tech hardware and consumer electronics.

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Amdlova

That 9070 need to be way better than a 5070 and the 9070xt better than the 5070ti
30% or more :)
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ilukey77

Dont think $649 or $749 is cheap enough ..

Also unless we get close to 5080 performance out of the 9070xt its going to be a fail at that pricing ..

If i was Nvidia id slide a 16gb 5070ti in at a $650 price point and crush AMDs hopes if the 9070xt isnt better than more than 20%
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baboma

Listings shown in Videocardz piece,

https://videocardz.com/pixel/xfx-radeon-rx-9070-xt-listed-at-750-rx-9070-at-650-in-leaked-amazon-listing
9070/XT per their moniker are positioned against 5070/Ti. Assuming (slight) opportunistic pricing from the 50-series' scalping craze, official MSRP will likely be that, or $50 lower (ie $700 & $600).

Pitching 9070XT at $50 lower than 5070Ti would suggest the AMD card has slightly better perf, which combined with (slightly) lower price would give a reasonably attractive value prop. If XT's MSRP is same as Ti at $750, one would expect a substantial perf edge for XT's value prop to be compelling.

9070's apparent price ($650 or $600) suggests a smaller step down from XT, than the Ti vs non-Ti duo. The expectation then is 9070 will be substantially faster than 5070.

Assuming the leaked pricing isn't faked, and there's no indication of that, then it puts to bed the notion that AMD would price its wares so cheap to "win over" gamers. People are ever prone to wishful thinking.

There's also the consideration of the 10% tariff on China. The initial 9070/XT stock was in place before the tariffs imposition. MSRP will likely not match street pricing, if not for this initial batch, then for subsequent batches.
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mhmarefat

Anything above $470 for 9070 XT, and it will be dead on arrival. It's sad that AMD cannot understand the reality after all this time. Morons who pay much for GPUs, they go for Nvidia. If you are aiming at mainstream market, people don't want to pay those prices.
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jkhoward

DOA if true, cannot be more than $500, period.
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VizzieTheViz

If it has 4080-ish performance and actual availability at MSRP I’ll probably get one. It’s kind of sad that being able to buy a product for MSRP is something to wish for.
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PaladinNH

Except everyone's forgetting one thing. You won't get a 5070 Ti at $750. These will quickly go to $1000+ after launch. It's the 4080 ($1000-1400 street) with a new feature. It's plausible that one might actually be able to get a 9070 XT for $750-850. $650 is too low they'll get scalped up as fast as the Nvidia cards. (And the last RX 7900s.)
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PaladinNH

mhmarefat said:
Anything above $470 for 9070 XT, and it will be dead on arrival. It's sad that AMD cannot understand the reality after all this time. Morons who pay much for GPUs, they go for Nvidia. If you are aiming at mainstream market, people don't want to pay those prices.
Stop. I'd love to get one at $470 but you can hardly get a 7800 XT for that right now. People are paying over a grand for used 7900 XTX cards likely for "cheap" AI machines. Assuming they perform, these will be successful in the $700s. They cannot charge $1K, that will be 7900 XTX (for the VRAM), 4080, and 5070 Ti territory. The 9070 XT will be a (superior) alternative to the $550-850 5070. The same way the 7900 XT ($650) is the superior alternative to the 4070 Super ($600). Of course, the 7900 XT did come out at a ridiculous $900.
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King_V

So, leaked pricing that cannot be verified? Yeah, let's not speculate when these could either be fake, or placeholders.
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mwhannan74

IMO, AMD continues to make missteps in the GPU market. If they can’t (or shouldn’t) compete with Nvidia in ray tracing, they should focus on delivering the most powerful raster-based GPU possible. More importantly, they need to price it competitively, even if it means taking a loss for now. Gaining market share now, refine their RT technology and increase price later. This idea that they price $50-$100 cheaper is stupid. I don't care much about RT, but if I have to choose between two cards for that small price difference (since we are already in the $600-$800 range), sorry, but I I am going to buy Nvidia.

If AMD fails to act soon, it’s hard to see how they can sustain their GPU business. Unless gaming GPUs exist solely to support their server and AI markets (which haven’t been particularly successful either) their long-term viability in this space is questionable. It’s time for AMD to step up or give up. Give me a reason to buy AMD instead of it is a poor nockoff version of Nvidia for a little less.
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