RDNA 5: Will AMD's New Graphics Architecture Be Delayed?

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TECH NEWS – 2026 is likely to be a quiet year for new graphics cards, at least on the AMD side.

According to Kepler_L2, the next-generation RDNA 5 GPU is not expected to launch until mid-2027, so 2026 will likely be a quiet year in terms of new AMD Radeon GPU launches. AMD’s 2027 plans reveal that the company will focus on manufacturing these GPUs in the second half of 2026, preparing for a mass consumer launch in 2027. Kepler_L2 responded to recent rumors that Samsung’s factories would manufacture the next-generation RDNA 5 product family, but this has been denied. Rumor has it that AMD has already prepared its next-generation product family using TSMC’s N3P technology, which is one step ahead of the N4P node used for the existing RDNA 4 product family.

TSMC’s N4P manufacturing technology improved upon 5nm (N5) technology, and the N3P node improves upon 3nm (N3) technology. Compared to N5, N3P technology offers 18% higher speed, 36% lower power consumption, and 24% smaller area requirements. Therefore, we can expect significant advantages in terms of the node. However, AMD has hinted at next-generation technologies to be incorporated into future GPU architectures, including RDNA 5.

Mid 2027

— Kepler (@Kepler_L2) December 25, 2025

The most important new features in these three updates include Universal Compression, which evaluates and compresses all available GPU data to significantly reduce memory bandwidth usage; Neural Array, a collection of computing units configured to share and process data like a single AI engine; and Radiance Core, new dedicated ray tracing hardware that provides high-performance real-time ray and path tracing. These technologies are not limited to RDNA 5 discrete GPUs but are also part of the PlayStation 6 (Orion) and next-gen Xbox (Magnus) system-on-a-chip (SoC).

Additionally, there have been a few leaks, but nothing is final yet. Some rumors indicate 12,000 and 128 cores, respectively, per compute unit, and we’ve seen details of some early configurations. Certain next-generation RDNA GPUs (GFX13 IP) have appeared in early Linux kernel code bases. Previously, it was rumored that AMD’s next-generation RDNA 5 GPUs would go into production in the second quarter of 2026. However, this may be pushed back to the end of 2026.

Source: WCCFTech

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