AMD’s Next-Gen RDNA 4 Radeon GPUs Set for Early 2025 Launch with Major Ray Tracing and AI Upgrades

AMD has officially announced that the upcoming “RDNA 4” GPUs, in their Radeon series are scheduled for a debut in 2025 with improvements, in ray tracing capabilities and AI functionalities. In the Q3 2024 earnings call, AMD CEO Lisa Su unveiled the shift to a fresh Radeon GPU range built upon the RDNA 4 architecture platform.

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There are talks of labeling this collection as the Radeon RX 8000 series; however, AMD might tweak its naming strategy due to shifts in its lineup. The GPUs utilizing the RDNA 4 architecture are projected to offer improved ray tracing speeds and integrate AI processing features, a notable advancement, in the AMD graphics technology realm.

AMD has already given a sneak peek of the RDNA 4 architecture, in the PS5 Pro’s SoC by highlighting better ray tracing performance coupled with PSSR AI upscaling features they are working towards incorporating into their GPUs in the future, for stability and image quality through AI-driven advancements to what NVIDIAs DLSS and Intels XeSS offer with their AI processing capabilities expected to elevate AMD’s FSR (FidelityFX Super Resolution) and Fluid Motion Frames to provide top notch quality enhancements.

The RDNA 4 lineup by AMD includes two chips: the Navi 48 and the Navi 44, both equipped with GDDR5 memory running at speeds up to 20 Gbps. This lineup will target mainstream and high-end markets, where competition is intensifying. AMD will go up against Intel’s Arc Battlemage series, which targets a similar demographic, and NVIDIA’s Blackwell-based “RTX 50” GPUs.

In light of competition, from all sides in the market scene nowadays NVIDIA is considering advancing with a tier RTX 50 version or tweaking prices on current offerings to stay ahead of the game Intel on the other hand is looking to draw in regular consumers with its Arc series piling on the heat for AMD and NVIDIA to bring top-notch performance and value As for AMD they’re gearing up with their RDNA 4 GPUs to solidify their position, in a market that’s growing more cutthroat by the day.

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