Rumor mill: Rumors have surfaced claiming that AMD is creating an RDNA 4 GPU with as much as 32GB of VRAM. It appears like an thrilling prospect, doubtlessly resulting in a card that would compete with the monstrous RTX 5090. Sadly for players, it will possible be an enterprise product designed for information facilities {and professional} purposes.
This rumor, like many others, comes from Chiphell, the Chinese language tech-focused discussion board, so take it with a grain of salt. It claims that AMD will launch a high-end RDNA 4 GPU someday within the first half of 2025. The quantity of VRAM it is going to function has but to be determined, however it could possibly be as excessive as 32GB – the identical quantity as Nvidia’s RTX 5090.
Whereas a rival to the RTX 5090 from Crew Pink appears like one thing the business and players would welcome, it appears virtually sure that the rumored GPU will likely be used as an enterprise product, which requires further reminiscence. The Radeon Professional W7900, for instance, comes with 48GB of GDDR6, whereas the Intuition MI300X has 192GB of HBM3.
The opposite factor to recollect is that AMD stated final yr that it will not be competing with Nvidia in terms of the present technology of flagship gaming playing cards. It confirmed that releasing playing cards within the Radeon RX 9000 sequence to match Nvidia’s prime RTX 5000 GPU will not be a precedence. As an alternative, Crew Pink will likely be specializing in its mid-range and lower-end merchandise to extend the corporate’s general market share.
AMD unveiled the Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9070 GPUs at CES final month. The corporate didn’t reveal any particulars past stating that the RDNA 4 structure is constructed on TSMC’s 4nm node whereas that includes optimized compute items, improved ray tracing per CU, ‘supercharged’ AI compute, and higher media encoding high quality.
There have been stories only some hours in the past that claimed AMD is about to critically undercut Nvidia’s mid-range playing cards with its Radeon RX 9000 sequence. The RX 9070 XT might arrive with a $599 MSRP, $150 lower than the $749 RTX 5070 Ti, whereas the RX 9070 is predicted to be priced under the $549 RTX 5070.
