According to industry insider Kepler_L2, AMD's new RDNA 5 graphics architecture will launch at least mid-2027. He noted that there is speculation about moving future GPU production to Samsung Foundry.
However, insiders denied information that RDNA 5 will use Samsung's 2nm or 4nm process technology. Instead, the chips have been manufactured at TSMC using N3P's advanced 3nm process.
AMD has not yet officially confirmed information about its next generation desktop graphics card. The company's published roadmap only highlights new gaming GPUs with a focus on ray tracing and artificial intelligence, but does not name RDNA 5 or provide a specific release date.
One notable community project is a collaboration between AMD and Sony called Project Amethyst. This initiative aims to develop the Radiance core for ray tracing, as well as neural networks for AI-powered graphics acceleration. These technologies are expected to find their way into both desktop graphics cards and SoC-based console systems in the future.
As noted by the Notebookcheck portal, most of the available information about RDNA 5 is obtained through leaks. The reported internal codename is GFX13, and different die configurations will vary in terms of compute unit count and memory layout. HDMI 2.2 support is also mentioned, although official specifications have yet to be announced.
Potential reasons for the delay in the launch of RDNA 5 include resource constraints and rising memory costs, which could make it difficult to adopt new desktop graphics cards in the near term.
