RDNA 4: Radeon RX 9070 (XT) continues to rely on the 8-pin PCIe connector 172 comments
The AMD Radeon RX 9070 (XT), expected at CES in early January, will continue to use the classic 8-pin PCI Express power connector and not the 12 (+4) pin design that Nvidia uses with the GeForce RTX 5000. be used by the third generation at the same time. The TDP of the reference design is expected to be around 260 watts.
AMD continues to build on the well-known standard
BenchLife reports this with reference to whistleblowers from the Chinese industry forum Chiphel. It cannot be excluded that partners use this type of connector. However, as AMD’s reference design does not use it and therefore there is no obligation for board partners, this remains to be seen. Since manufacturers continue to include an adapter with graphics cards with this type of connection, its use increases costs, which is usually avoided without any obligation.
At the same time, BenchLife claims that the drivers currently available to partners are not yet final and therefore the final expected performance is likely to be higher than the performance of the latest leaks. Techconseil had already analyzed on Friday that the rumors on this point do not currently give a coherent picture:
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AMD invites you to a press conference on January 6
AMD is expected to unveil the Radeon RX 9000 series based on the RDNA 4 architecture via livestream during the CES 2025 press conference on January 6. The launch is scheduled for the end of January.
Radeon RX 8000 Rumors at a Glance RX 9070 Graphics memory 16 GB GDDR6 12 GB Memory throughput GDDR6 20 Gbps 18 Gbps 19 Gbps Memory interface 256-bit 192-bit Memory bandwidth 640 GB/s 576 GB/s 456 GB/s Infinite cache 64 MB 48 MB Topics: AMD AMD RDNA CES 2025 Navi Radeon RDNA 4 graphics cards
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