AMD RDNA5 Architecture Speculation

[raytracingfan]

AMD's next-gen flagship UDNA Radeon GPU won't be as powerful as the GeForce RTX 5090

AMD is set to return to the high-end enthusiast GPU market with its next-gen unified UDNA architecture, however it could still fall short of the RTX 5090.

www.tweaktown.com

Assuming this is true, was RDNA4 in 2025 and and UDNA in 2026 always the plan or did RDNA4 get delayed out of the usual two-year cadence? If RDNA4 launched November 2024 it could have made big waves, but the March 2025 launch is comical. If UDNA releases next year RDNA4 will be a blip like RDNA1.

 

[DegustatoR]

Assuming this is true, was RDNA4 in 2025 and and UDNA in 2026 always the plan or did RDNA4 get delayed out of the usual two-year cadence? If RDNA4 launched November 2024 it could have made big waves, but the March 2025 launch is comical. If UDNA releases next year RDNA4 will be a blip like RDNA1.

24-26 sounds like the usual cadence give or take a quarter. We also don't know what UDNA even is and how different it will be to RDNA4. It's possible that they'll just add SKUs on top of 9070 instead of fully replacing it.

 

[LordEC911]

24-26 sounds like the usual cadence give or take a quarter. We also don't know what UDNA even is and how different it will be to RDNA4. It's possible that they'll just add SKUs on top of 9070 instead of fully replacing it.

Wouldn't that negate the whole point of UDNA?
I guess it is certainly possible with the way AMD is currently acting towards Radeon but just doesn't make sense when considering their stated goals.

 

[DegustatoR]

Wouldn't that negate the whole point of UDNA?

Which is what exactly?
For all we know "the whole point of UDNA" may be little more than the GPU design done specifically for PS6.
Then even if it will be significantly different to RDNA1-4 and they will launch top to bottom lineup in 26 it would still give RDNA4 2+ years on the market which isn't anything unusual.