AMD’s RDNA architecture is designed for the next generation of efficient, high-performance graphic cards. The AMD RDNA 4 technology architecture is going to deliver an enthusiast-level gaming graphic experience. On 28 February 2025, AMD officially unveiled its RDNA 4 with the Radeon RX 9070 series. AMD RDNA TM Architecture has become the gateway for millions of gamers to play world-class games on PlayStation, Xbox and other gaming consoles.
AMD’s Radeon RX 9000 series graphic cards, introduced with RDNA 4 microarchitecture, are known for their ultra-fast gaming capabilities and advanced vision and features. These graphic cards are supercharged with AI. The AMD RDNA 4 offers enhanced visual quality and streaming and recording at a lower bitrate.
RNDA 4 GPU architecture is introduced with AMD’s Radeon RX 9070 and 9070XT. The GPUs provide major performance upgrades to gamers. Here are the details of the RDNA 4 Graphics of both:
RDNA 4 GPU Architecture Comes With The Following Features
| GPU Name | RX 9070 | RX 9070 XT |
| Architecture | RDNA 4.0 | RDNA 4.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Process Type | N4C FinFET | N4C FinFET |
| Processor | 5nm | 5nm |
| Transistors size | 5nano meter | 53,900 million |
| Density | 151.0M/mm2 | 151.0M/mm2 |
| Die Size | 357 mm2 | 357 mm2 |
| Chip Package | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| Base Clock | 1330 MHz | 1660 MHz |
| Game Clock | 2070 Mhz | 2400 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2520 Mhz | 2970 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 2518 MHz 20.1 Gbps effective | 2518 MHz 20.1 Gbps effective |
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 644.6Gb/s | 644.6Gb/s |
| Compute Units | 56 | 64 |
| Thermal Design Power | 220 W | 304 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin | 2x 8 pin |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| Direct X Support | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Amd gpu release date | 6TH March 2024 | 6TH March 2024 |
Gaming for Today & Tomorrow
The Radeon RX 9000 Series unlocks new levels of performance while delivering a suite of new and enhanced features that improved the gaming experience. The Radeon RX 9070 Series offers 16GB of GDDR6 memory, allowing gamers to render the most exciting games of today. But also, tomorrow’s max setting.
Supercharged AI Acceleration
GPUs with RDNA 4 Architecture come with a Second generation of AI accelerators. AMD‘s RDNA 4 GPU architecture comes with advanced AI enhancements compared to RDNA 3. These amd cards are able to handle new emerging FP8 data structures. The AMD RDNA 4 fully support inference optimization techniques such as structured sparsity. These advanced features allow RDNA 4 to deliver up to 8x INT8 throughput per AI accelerator per compute unit compared to the previous generation.
Advanced Display Support
The RDNA 4 Graphic processing architecture offers advanced display support with AMD Radiance Display Engine. The GPUs with AMD RDNA 4 support the advanced version of DisplayPort and HDMI, such as DisplayPortTM 2.1a and HDMI 2.1b connections. RDNA 4 offers ultra-high resolution with a Refresh rate of up to 8k 144Hz. The RDNA 4 offers incredible colour accuracy with 12-bit HDR and full REC2020 Color space.
RDNA 4 AMD Cards come with AMD FreeSyncTM technology that allows gamers to explain stutter-free, tear-free gameplays on PlayStation and Xbox.
HYPER-RX Features
The RDNA 4 comes with an innovative suite of features through HYPR-RX. HYPER-RX is a performance-enhancing technology that was introduced for its Radeon graphic card. It offers low latency and higher FPS in gaming. HYPER-RX is a combination of AMD Anti-lag, Radeon boost and AMD Radeon super-resolution. AMD Launched two graphic cards from its 9000 series that have RDNA 4 graphic technology.
RDNA 4 vs NVIDIA RTX 5000
Nvidia launched its RTX 5000 series at the beginning of January 2025. In the event of CES 2025, both Nvidia and AMD disclosed their breakthrough graphic series. AMD 9000 Series with RDNA 4 vs Nvidia RTX 5000 competes with each other. Nvidia launched its RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 in January CES 2025 Release that has Nvidia’s Blackwell Architecture. After that, in the second month of 2025, on 28th February, AMD launched its RDNA 4 graphic microarchitecture. Two graphic cards from RDNA 4 are RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT.
Conclusion
RDNA 4 offers next-generation advancements in performance and efficiency. The Microarchitecture has revamped the Raytracing accelerators and offers powerful AI accelerators that offer ultra-fast cutting-edge performance. This blog shares the detailed specifications of RDNA 4 and its designated GPUs.
FAQ’s
What is RDNA 4?
The RDNA 4 is a microarchitecture for graphic processing units designed by AMD. AMD released the breakthrough GPU architecture with Radeon RX 9000 series on February 28, 2025.
Will RDNA 4 be better than 7900 XTX?
AMD Radeon RX 8800 XT RDNA 4 offers around 45% faster performance than the 7900 XTX. RDNA 4 is AMD’s top GPU microarchitecture that is released with its recent Radeon RX 9000 series.
What is RDNA 4 release date?
RDNA 4 was officially released by AMD on March 6 2025. The two cards of the 9000 series, i.e., RX 9070 and RX 9070XT, are already launched. However, the next AMD GPU 9060 is partially tested.
Will there be an amd rx 8000 series?
According to consumer speculations, the AMD upcoming GPU series is the AMD 8000 series GPUs that will launch in the first quarter of 2025.
