AMD Unveils Radeon AI PRO R9700: A Powerful GPU for AI and Workstation Users

AMD Introduces Radeon AI PRO R9700 for AI and Professional Markets

AMD has unveiled its latest graphics card, the Radeon AI PRO R9700, targeting the growing AI and professional workstation markets. This new GPU, based on the Navi 48 silicon and manufactured using TSMC's 4nm process, represents a significant leap in AMD's AI accelerator strategy 1

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Technical Specifications and Performance

The Radeon AI PRO R9700 boasts impressive specifications:

• 4,096 Streaming Processors (SPs)
• 128 AI accelerators and 64 RT accelerators
• Game and boost clock speeds up to 2,350 MHz and 2,920 MHz respectively
• 32GB of GDDR6 memory with a 256-bit interface, offering 644.6 GB/s bandwidth
• Total Board Power (TBP) of 300W 1

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In terms of performance, AMD claims the R9700 delivers:

• 96 TFLOPs of FP16 compute
• 1531 TOPS INT4 (Sparse)
• 2x faster AI performance compared to the Radeon PRO W7800 in certain tasks
• Up to 5x faster performance in some scenarios compared to the NVIDIA RTX 5080 (16GB variant) 3

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AI and Workstation Capabilities

The R9700 is designed to handle advanced Local AI workloads efficiently:

• Supports models like DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B Q6 and Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instruct 2503 Q8
• 32GB VRAM allows for larger AI models, crucial for improved results in text-to-image and reasoning tasks
• Can be scaled to 4-way Multi-GPU configurations, enabling a massive 128GB VRAM pool for handling buffer models such as Mistral 123B & DeepSeek R1 70B 3

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Design and Cooling

ASRock's version, the Radeon RX AI Pro R9700 Creator, showcases some unique design choices:

Source: Tom's Hardware

• Dual-slot form factor with a blower-style cooling system
• Vapor chamber under a die-cast metal shroud
• Honeywell PTM7950 phase-changing thermal pads for improved heat dissipation
• 12V-2x6 power connector located at the card's end, suitable for 3U rackmount chassis installations 1

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Market Positioning and Availability

The Radeon AI PRO R9700 is positioned to compete in the professional GPU market:

• Targets both edge AI acceleration and professional visualization sectors
• Offers 4x more TOPS and 2x more AI performance than the previous Radeon PRO W7800
• Will be available through partners including ASUS, ASRock, Gigabyte, PowerColor, Sapphire, XFX, and Yeston
• Scheduled for release in July 2023, with pricing yet to be announced 1

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This release underscores AMD's commitment to expanding its presence in the AI hardware market, offering a compelling option for professionals and researchers working with AI models and high-performance computing tasks.