Radeon RX 9000 series
| Manufactured by | TSMC |
|---|---|
| Designed by | AMD |
| Architecture | RDNA 4 |
| Fabrication process | TSMC N4P |
| History | |
| Predecessor | Radeon RX 7000 series |
The Radeon RX 9000 series is an announced series of consumer graphics processing units developed by AMD, based on their RDNA architecture. The series is targeting the mainstream segment and is the successor to the Radeon RX 7000 series.
Background
[edit]AMD's Q3 2024 earnings call in October 2024 confirmed that RDNA 4 would be releasing in early 2025 with CEO Lisa Su saying that the architecture "delivers significantly higher ray tracing performance and adds new AI capabilities".[1][2]
In December 2024, an AMD advertising campaign tie-in with Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 on Reddit showed a Ryzen 9 processor and what appeared to be the Radeon RX 9070 XT reference design.[3]
The Radeon RX 9000 series and RDNA 4 architecture were officially previewed on January 6, 2025 during AMD's CES keynote in Las Vegas.[4] AMD were light on concrete details surrounding the RDNA 4 architecture or the Radeon RX 9000 series during their CES keynote.[5] The Radeon RX 9000 series targets midrange performance and value rather than competing with Nvidia at the high-end like the Radeon RX 7000 series did.[6] This is a similar approach taken by the RX 5000 series in 2019.
Features
[edit]RDNA 4 architecture
[edit]The RDNA 4 architecture used by the Radeon RX 9000 series is, according to AMD, focussed on improved ray tracing performance and expanded AI acceleration capabilities with an "optimized" Compute Unit design.[7]
FSR 4
[edit]FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 (FSR 4) is AMD's first machine-learning upscaling solution that is able to leverage the second-generation AI accelerator cores in the RDNA 4 architecture.[8] AMD stated that due to requiring hardware acceleration, FSR 4 was limited to the Radeon RX 9000 series. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be the first title to integrate FSR 4 upscaling support.[8]
Products
[edit]Desktop
[edit]| SKU | Released | Launch MSRP (USD) |
GPU Die |
Transistors (billion)
|
Die size |
Core | Cache | Infinity Cache |
Memory | Fillrate[a][b] | Processing power (TFLOPS) | Interface | TDP | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Config[c] | Clock (MHz)[d] |
L1 | L2 | Size | Band- width (GB/s) |
Type | Size | Clock (Gb/s) |
Band- width (GB/s) |
Bus width |
Pixel (Gpx/s) |
Texture (Gtex/s) |
FP16 | FP32 | FP64 | ||||||||
| Radeon RX 9070 | Q1 2025 | Navi 48 XL | MB | MB | MB | GDDR6 | 16 GB | 256-bit | |||||||||||||||
| Radeon RX 9070 XT | Q1 2025 | Navi 48 XT | MB | MB | MB | GDDR6 | 16 GB | 256-bit | |||||||||||||||
- ^ Pixel fillrate is calculated as the number of Render Output Units multiplied by the base (or boost) core clock speed.
- ^ Texture fillrate is calculated as the number of Texture Mapping Units multiplied by the base (or boost) core clock speed.
- ^ Compute Units (CUs)
Stream Processors: Texture Mapping Units: Render Output Units: Ray Accelerators: AI Accelerators - ^ Boost values (if available) are stated below the base value in italic.
References
[edit]- ^ Hollister, Sean (October 30, 2024). "AMD confirms its next-gen RDNA 4 GPUs will launch in early 2025". The Verge. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ Hachman, Mark (October 29, 2024). "'This is the strongest PC portfolio we've had': AMD schedules next-gen GPUs for early 2025". PCWorld. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ Klotz, Aaron (December 23, 2024). "Radeon RX 9070 XT reference design purportedly revealed — RDNA 4 GPU emerges with black and a triple fan cooler design". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ Chacos, Brad (January 6, 2025). "AMD's Radeon RX 9070 and RDNA 4 embrace the AI revolution". PCWorld. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ Edser, Andy (January 6, 2025). "AMD just gave us our first look at the Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 RDNA 4 GPUs and I am officially whelmed". PC Gamer. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ Thomas, Jacqueline (January 6, 2025). "With the Radeon RX 9070 XT, AMD Is Aiming for the Mid-Range". IGN. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ Warren, Tom (January 6, 2025). "AMD announces next-gen Radeon RX 9070-series GPUs with AI-powered FSR 4 upscaling". The Verge. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ a b "AMD announces FSR4, available "only on Radeon RX 9070 series"". VideoCardz. January 6, 2025. Retrieved January 6, 2025.