- Radeon AI Pro r9700 is aimed at local work loads and multi -GPU configurations
- The new work class GPU shares its name with a 20 -year -old AT card
- The new GPU has 128 AI and 32GB GDDR6 RAM accelerators
In Computex 2025, AMD announced the Radeon AI PRO R9700, a work station gpu aimed at local tasks of AI and multi-GPU computer environments.
For those familiar with the history of graphics cards, the name may sound a bell. More than 20 years ago, Radeon 9700 Pro original marked a turning point for ATI. It was one of the first GPU to overcome Nvidia convincingly both in performance and delivery, and its launch in 2002 helped change the market dynamics.
Fast advance until today, and AMD, which acquired ATI for $ 5.4 billion in 2006, is reusing the name 9700 for a very different card. The AI PRO R9700 is not for players, but for developers and professionals who work with large -scale AI models.
Tune for AI
The RADEON AI PRO R9700 presents 128 dedicated accelerators, 32 GB of GDDR6 memory and a PCIE Gen 5. The power raffle has a 300W classification.
AMD says it can reach 96 FP16 performance teraflops and deliver 1531 tops for AI inference.
Unlike GPUs built for representation or games, it is tuned for local inference and training. AMD states that you can execute models with up to 32 billion parameters without cloud discharge.
In a system with four cards, that scale up to 123 billion. The AI PRO R9700 is optimized for multi-GPU configurations and workloads such as Llm Training, Simulation and Ai-Ai-Accelerated Rendering.
It is sent with Rocm support in Linux, with the Windows support that is expected later. The availability is scheduled for July 2025.
While the AI PRO R9700 was the main launch of AMD for work loads of the professionals in Computex, the Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series and the RX 9060 XT GPU completed the alignment with options aimed at creators, enthusiasts and players.
