Radeon RX 9070 XT Power Consumption and Cost

304 W Total Graphics Power — about 258 W sustained in a real game, and 378 W from the wall with the rest of the machine. AMD suggests a 750 W supply. 16 GB VRAM, RX 9000, 2025.

Running a Radeon RX 9070 XT

$137 a year in electricity

System draw: 378 W
Per month: $11
Card alone / yr: $80
Suggested PSU: 750 W

Gaming hours
Idle hours

Where the watts go

Power and running cost breakdown for a Radeon RX 9070 XT
Item	Power	Per year	Cost / year
Gaming hours	378 W	552.5 kWh	$107
Idle hours	70 W	153.3 kWh	$30
Whole machine	—	705.8 kWh	$137
Radeon RX 9070 XT alone	258 W	410.1 kWh	$80

What 304 W means for this card

At the 85% load these figures assume, a Radeon RX 9070 XT draws about 258 W in a game, and a machine built around it about 378 W from the wall. At California's average electricity price that comes to $245 a year, of which the card itself accounts for $142.

What stands out about the Radeon RX 9070 XT

The highest-rated card in the RX 9000 range.
The next card down, the RX 9070, is rated 84 W lower and costs about $20 less a year to run at the US average.
Room for 11 of the 20 open models in the local-LLM dataset.
With Q4_K_M weights and an 8K context, its 16 GB holds models up to Qwen2.5 14B. The local-LLM page for the RX 9070 XT covers every model at every quantisation and context length.
Some builds need more than the 750 W supply AMD suggests.
Paired with the Core i9-14900K, the whole build calls for 800 W; 4 of the 26 processors in the RX 9070 XT PSU table take the requirement above 750 W.

Running cost by state

Radeon RX 9070 XT running cost in every US state
State	Cents / kWh	Per month	Per year whole machine	Card alone
Nevada	13.11	$8	$93	$54
Nebraska	13.25	$8	$94	$54
Utah	13.37	$8	$94	$55
Louisiana	13.49	$8	$95	$55
Tennessee	14.07	$8	$99	$58
Arkansas	14.12	$8	$100	$58
North Dakota	14.12	$8	$100	$58
Kentucky	14.26	$8	$101	$58
Oklahoma	14.33	$8	$101	$59
Idaho	14.37	$8	$101	$59
North Carolina	14.74	$9	$104	$60
Mississippi	14.88	$9	$105	$61
Washington	14.91	$9	$105	$61
New Mexico	15.06	$9	$106	$62
Florida	15.10	$9	$107	$62
Montana	15.14	$9	$107	$62
Arizona	15.18	$9	$107	$62
Wyoming	15.24	$9	$108	$63
South Dakota	15.36	$9	$108	$63
West Virginia	15.45	$9	$109	$63
South Carolina	15.55	$9	$110	$64
Kansas	15.71	$9	$111	$64
Iowa	15.93	$9	$112	$65
Texas	15.94	$9	$113	$65
Missouri	16.22	$10	$114	$67
Oregon	16.32	$10	$115	$67
Georgia	16.36	$10	$115	$67
Alabama	16.40	$10	$116	$67
Colorado	17.13	$10	$121	$70
Virginia	17.22	$10	$122	$71
Indiana	17.51	$10	$124	$72
Minnesota	17.52	$10	$124	$72
Ohio	19.19	$11	$135	$79
Delaware	19.29	$11	$136	$79
Wisconsin	19.56	$12	$138	$80
Illinois	19.89	$12	$140	$82
Pennsylvania	21.73	$13	$153	$89
Maryland	21.84	$13	$154	$90
Michigan	22.99	$14	$162	$94
Connecticut	24.32	$14	$172	$100
District of Columbia	24.39	$14	$172	$100
Vermont	24.44	$14	$172	$100
New Jersey	24.95	$15	$176	$102
New Hampshire	27.01	$16	$191	$111
Alaska	28.21	$17	$199	$116
Rhode Island	29.23	$17	$206	$120
New York	29.49	$17	$208	$121
Maine	29.59	$17	$209	$121
Massachusetts	29.61	$17	$209	$121
California	34.74	$20	$245	$142
Hawaii	52.72	$31	$372	$216

4 h gaming and 6 h idle a day, at 85% load with 120 W of system overhead.

The rest of the RX 9000 range

Other RX 9000 cards compared
Card	TGP	Suggested PSU	Per year US average	In California
Radeon RX 9070	220 W	650 W	$117	$209
Radeon RX 9060 XT	160 W	550 W	$102	$183

Building around the Radeon RX 9070 XT

AMD suggests a 750 W power supply. Across the 26 processors in the PSU calculator, a build with this card needs 750 W with the Ryzen 5 9600X and up to 800 W with the Core i9-14900K.

Frequently asked questions

How much power does the Radeon RX 9070 XT use?

Its Total Graphics Power is 304 W, which is the limit rather than the average. At a realistic 85% sustained load a demanding game pulls around 258 W from the card, and roughly 378 W from the wall once the rest of the machine is counted. AMD recommends a 750 W power supply.

How much does it cost to run a Radeon RX 9070 XT?

At the US average of 19.42 cents per kWh, 4 hours of gaming and 6 idle hours a day works out at about $245 a year for the whole machine in California, $93 in Nevada and $372 in Hawaii. The card's own share of that is roughly $142.

What power supply does a Radeon RX 9070 XT need?

AMD recommends 750 W. The card plus a mainstream system peaks around 424 W, so that recommendation leaves about 326 W of headroom — deliberate, because transient spikes on modern cards briefly exceed the rated limit.

Do idle hours matter?

More than most people expect. A PC left on but not gaming still draws roughly 70 W whatever card is installed, so the idle bill is flat while the gaming one is not. Over 6 hours a day that is $53 a year in California. On a Radeon RX 9070 XT it takes 21.6 idle hours to cost as much as 4 hours of gaming — more than fits in a day, so on this card gaming always dominates.

Power figures: AMD published Typical Board Power at launch. Electricity: EIA Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, residential, June 2026.

Estimates for informational purposes only. Total Graphics Power is a power limit, not an average: real draw depends on the game, resolution, frame cap, board partner design and any factory overclock. Electricity prices are state residential averages and your tariff will differ.

Data on this page last verified 26 August 2026. How these figures are calculated