AMD's RDNA 4 GPUs are now official with the Radeon RX 9070 & RX 9060 series, which come with ML-boosted FSR 4 support and much more.
AMD RDNA 4 GPUs & FSR 4 Tech Make Official Debut: Radeon RX 9070 Series Competes Against RTX 4070 Series, RX 9060 Series Against RTX 4060 Series
AMD's GPU division last saw the release of the Radeon RX 7000 series based on the RDNA 3 architecture. It has been over a year since that release and today, AMD is going a different route with the introduction of its RDNA 4 lineup. Instead of focusing on the ultra-enthusiast segment, AMD's RDNA 4 lineup will be going up against the more mainstream offerings from NVIDIA and Intel.
The AMD RDNA 4 Graphics Architecture
The AMD RDNA 4 graphics architecture has been designed from the ground up and brings with it several new upgrades, such as Optimized Compute Units, Supercharged AI Compute, Improved Ray Tracing capabilities per compute unit, and better Media Encoding quality. These are enabled by the use of the 2nd Gen AI Accelerators, 3rd Gen Raytracing Accelerators, and a 2nd Gen AMD Radiance DisplayEngine.
The new GPUs will be based on a 4nm process node, an upgrade over the 5nm/6nm process technologies harnessed by the RDNA 3 chips. The other difference is that RDNA 4 removes the MCM design, going to a singular monolithic die instead of disaggregating the chips into GCD and MCD blocks.
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT & Radeon RX 9070 Available In Q1 2025, RX 9060 Series Later
For products, AMD will first be introducing two graphics cards based on the RDNA 4 architecture, the Radeon RX 9070 XT and the Radeon RX 9070. These GPUs will come equipped with up to 16 GB of video memory. The Radeon RX 9070 XT will compete against the RTX 4070 Ti while the RX 9070 will compete against the RTX 4070. The Radeon RX 9060 series will be competing against the RTX 4060 series.
AMD is also simplifying the naming scheme to sync with its Ryzen 9000 series CPUs, while the GPU model naming has been simplified to match that of its competitors. So, the 9070 equals an NVIDIA "70" class competitor, while the 9060 equals an NVIDIA "60" class competitor. The XT and non-XT variants have the same segmentation as before, with the XT being the higher-end offering, while the non-XT variant is designed to be a more cost-effective offering.
Both the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9070 GPUs will be available in both reference and non-reference flavors from leading AIBs such as ASUS, ASRock, Gigabyte, PowerColor, XFX, ACER, Sapphire, Yeston and Vastarmor.
AMD FSR 4, Red Team's First Fully AI-Based Upscaling Solution
One big feature of the AMD RDNA 4 architecture is support for FSR 4. The new technology will only be supported on RDNA 4 GPUs and will feature parity with NVIDIA's DLSS and Intel's XeSS, which also leverage dedicated AI accelerators for upscaling available on the GPU dies. FSR 4 is said to offer a high-quality 4K upscaling with additional high-performance provided through FSR's Frame-Gen and lower latency thanks to Anti-Lag 2.
The best part about AMD's FSR 4 is that it will be supported across all games that already have FSR 3.1 integration. The main highlight of FSR 4 is Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, but FSR 3.1 is already available for several high-profile AAA games, so that means those are ready with FSR 4 too. You just need to have a supported RDNA 4 GPU, such as the new Radeon RX 9070 & Radeon RX 9060 series.
AMD Adrenalin AI, Your All-In-One Toolset For AI Needs
AMD is also introducing a brand-new utility with its Adrenali software suite called "Adrenalin AI", which will allow users to Generate Images, Summarize Local Documents and Ask AMD-Related Questions. This is similar to NVIDIA's ChatRTX and Intel's AI PlayGround. AMD was already with AMUSE on offering an AI-centric utility, but it's good to see that everyone who is using the AMD Adrenalin suite will have access to these features for a personalized and local AI experience.
AMD will be sharing more information on its RDNA 4 GPUs in the coming days, so stay tuned as we enter the fourth iteration of the RDNA architecture.
AMD Radeon RX 9000 GPU Lineup (Preliminary):
| Graphics Card | GPU | Cores | Clock (Max) | Memory | TBP | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radeon RX 9070 XTX? | Navi 48 @ 4nm | 4096 | TBD | 32 GB GDDR6 (256-bit) | TBD | TBD |
| Radeon RX 9070 XT | Navi 48 @ 4nm | 4096 | 2970 MHz | 16 GB GDDR6 (256-bit) | 304W | $599 |
| Radeon RX 9070 | Navi 48 @ 4nm | 3584 | 2520 MHz | 16 GB GDDR6 (256-bit) | 220W | $549 |
| Radeon RX 9060 XT | Navi 44 @ 4nm | TBD | TBD | 8 GB GDDR6 (128-bit?) | TBD | TBD |
| Radeon RX 9060 | Navi 44 @ 4nm | TBD | TBD | 8 GB GDDR6 (128-bit?) | TBD | TBD |
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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