AMD confirmed that its upcoming RX 9070 series GPUs will support ROCm, the company’s software for AI and machine learning tasks. This clears up early doubts about whether these new graphics cards would work with AMD’s AI tools. The confirmation came from Anush Elangovan, AMD’s Vice President of AI Software, through a post on X (formerly Twitter).
AMD announced its RDNA 4 GPUs yesterday, which will bring new gaming power to the PC market. But at first, there were rumors that the RX 9070 series wouldn’t support ROCm. This disappointed users who wanted to run AI tasks on these GPUs. With the new statement, Team Red has put those rumors to rest. Elangovan confirmed that ROCm will be available for the RX 9070 series. Even better, AMD already has a working sample running ROCm. However, the big question remains: Will ROCm support be ready on launch day? That part is still unclear.
AMD is working hard to improve ROCm because it wants to compete with NVIDIA’s CUDA. CUDA has been a big reason why NVIDIA dominates the AI and machine learning space. Many AI tools are built for CUDA, and that’s what gives Team Green a huge advantage.
But AMD is catching up. More users are starting to use ROCm for AI workloads, especially on high-end AMD cards. As edge AI (AI running on local devices instead of cloud servers) continues to grow, having strong AI software support is turning out to be more important. That’s why AMD is making sure ROCm keeps improving.
The RX 9070 series GPUs are expected to offer great gaming performance for their price. They might not be reasonable models for AI-driven processes due to their VRAM limits, but for an average user, they’ll still get the job done.
If ROCm is available at launch, it could make the RX 9070 series more appealing to developers and AI enthusiasts. For now, AMD has confirmed ROCm support with a proof display of a working sample and made it clear that it’s serious about competing in artificial intelligence. The only thing left is to see when ROCm officially arrives for these GPUs.