AMD Radeon RX 9070
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 21 of 42 graphics cards by recommenders
People recommend it for smooth 1440p gaming and good Linux support, with launch-day issues reported and memory bandwidth limiting local AI models.
People recommend it for smooth 1440p gaming and good Linux support, with launch-day issues reported and memory bandwidth limiting local AI models.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 92%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 11 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Runs games well at 1440p
“I'm currently playing on a Radeon 9070 (non-XT) on a 1440p monitor with plenty of performance.”
Comment from 13 May 2026 in “Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features” “It runs great. Run all my steam stuff through them.”
Comment from 15 Nov 2025 in “AMD GPUs Go Brrr” Works well on Linux
“I observed -and continue to observe- no significant difference in graphics performance between Linux and Windows.”
Comment from 4 Oct 2026 in “The work by Valve's Timur Kristóf on improving old AMD GPUs on Linux” “I haven't noticed a significant raytracing performance gap compared to Windows.”
Comment from 4 Oct 2026 in “The work by Valve's Timur Kristóf on improving old AMD GPUs on Linux” “I actually swapped the GPU out for a better Linux experience”
Comment from 22 Sep 2026 in “I said no and Apple said yes” - Comment from 15 Nov 2025 in “AMD GPUs Go Brrr”
Runs local AI models
“Memory bandwidth is the biggest bottleneck for token generation, at 644 GB/s you should be able to do pretty well on a 9070”
Comment from 15 Jun 2026 in “Ask HN: Has anyone replaced Claude/GPT with a local model for daily coding?” “Works fine for me on Linux, also runs ollama-rocm quite well”
Comment from 15 Nov 2025 in “AMD GPUs Go Brrr”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Rough launch, fixed later
“my 9070 was a bit rough on launch but worked perfectly soon after”
Comment from 4 Oct 2026 in “The work by Valve's Timur Kristóf on improving old AMD GPUs on Linux”
Other graphics cards people recommend
The four most recommended other graphics cards, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 | 116 | 21 | 85% | 12 | 5 yrs14 owners | Approved |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | 102 | 37 | 73% | 12 | 1 yr3 owners | Approved |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 | 77 | 26 | 75% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Nvidia GPUs | 67 | 67 | 50% | 11 | 6 yrs3 owners | — |
| AMD Radeon RX 9070This page | 11 | 1 | 92% | 6 | — | Approved |
What people said
All 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it gives a very sharp image at 120-180W with a barely audible fan.”
“I observed -and continue to observe- no significant difference in graphics performance between Linux and Windows.”
“my 9070 was a bit rough on launch but worked perfectly soon after”
“I haven't noticed a significant raytracing performance gap compared to Windows.”
“I actually swapped the GPU out for a better Linux experience”
“you only want it for its int8 cores”
“I have a 9070 and I love it.”
“Memory bandwidth is the biggest bottleneck for token generation, at 644 GB/s you should be able to do pretty well on a 9070”
“I'm currently playing on a Radeon 9070 (non-XT) on a 1440p monitor with plenty of performance.”
“I currently have a Radeon 9070 (non-XT)... Both work great.”
“I've seen people have issues with the 9070 specifically”
“Works fine for me on Linux, also runs ollama-rocm quite well”
“It runs great. Run all my steam stuff through them.”
“finally upgraded from an RX5700 to an RX9070 for cheap”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.