Thursday, September 3rd 2026

AMD's RDNA 5 Reportedly Targets Clock Speeds of Up to 3.5 GHz

According to a well-known leaker, Kepler_L2, AMD is reportedly targeting clock speeds ranging from 3.1 GHz to 3.5 GHz for RDNA 5. The leaker claims to have gained access to AMD's internal materials. This suggests that AMD's new silicon will not only feature significant microarchitectural changes but also offer a raw frequency boost of approximately 4-14% over the factory-rated Radeon RX 9070 XT GPU. The current out-of-the-box boost frequency for this top RDNA 4 GPU SKU is 2.97 GHz, indicating that AMD is planning a substantial increase in clock speeds.

However, it is unclear whether these clock speeds are intended for integrated graphics, dedicated graphics, desktop, or mobile platforms, leaving some questions unanswered. Additionally, RDNA 5 does not appear to be launching soon, with a supposed release date likely in mid-to-late 2027. As of now, we are less than a year away from the launch, it seems. As the launch date approaches, more details will emerge, allowing us to form a clearer picture of what to expect.
Earlier, we saw the Samsung Exynos 2700 mobile SoC featuring the Xclipse 970 GPU. Previous leaks indicated that AMD and Samsung co-developed the Xclipse 970 GPU using AMD RDNA technology, adapting it for mobile use. However, the GPU IP could be upgraded to the latest RDNA 5, potentially making this SoC the first RDNA 5-equipped chip to be shipped. It is built on Samsung's SF2 2 nm node.
Sources: Kepler L2, via VideoCardz
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14 Comments on AMD's RDNA 5 Reportedly Targets Clock Speeds of Up to 3.5 GHz

#1
Space Lynx
Astronaut
a year away is not too bad all things considered
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#2
Hakker
Clock speed doesn't really matter the architecture matters a whole lot more and if they can make it cheap. Nobody is waiting for a 16GB card that costs 4 digits to be in the mid tier range heck I find 1500 for top tier excessive I'm not even going to start about the stupid prices the current 5080 and 5090 are.
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#3
Lew Zealand
Makes sense as my 9060 XT can UV/OC to 3.5 GHz stable in some loads (though power limits reduce this in other loads) but 3.6 GHz is not stable at stock voltages.
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#4
dont whant to set it"'
1 year bit late.
Space Lynxa year away is not too bad all things considered
Yeah , they were up eachother's every 18 months, but why capitalise?
It's hard to read through all the fud the 3 players spun.
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#5
MikOnTopGG
That is a pretty impressive Clock Speed. However, GPU performance doesn't just come from pure clock speed. VRAM clock, bandwidth, bus width, and the whole architecture are very relevant. Lets just hope we don't climb into any more 4 digit price tags...
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#6
Bigshrimp
I wish we had more competition in the GPU market. I heard rumblings of the Zeus graphics card from Bolt, but I am not sure how real or affordable it is.
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#7
Hecate91
A 3.5ghz boost doesn't seem too unlikely, since RDNA4 can boost to 3.0-3.1 on the 9070XT, though there aren't any rumors what the RDNA5 architecture will be like compared to RDNA4.
But pricing is more of a concern IMO, thanks to AI a new gen will probably be more expensive.
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#8
ARF
Fake BS.
RDNA 5 doesn't exist. RDNA 4 is the last RDNA, next is UDNA 1.
RDNA 4 is widely reported to be the final iteration of the separate consumer-focused Radeon architecture family before AMD moves to its new unified architecture UDNA.
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#10
ARF
TheinsanegamerNFake news, the next arch has been refered to as rDNA 5 for months now
TPU is known for posting either fake news or news with massive wrong claims.
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#11
SemperPC09
Lew ZealandMakes sense as my 9060 XT can UV/OC to 3.5 GHz stable in some loads (though power limits reduce this in other loads) but 3.6 GHz is not stable at stock voltages.
Same, I built a pc for a buddy and his 9060xt can hit 3.55ghz in some games with an -80mv offset. I've seen tons of 9070xt getting around/over 3.0ghz. The clock goal seems sensible. Hopefully RDNA5 is great! Would love to see them at msrp too!
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#12
Athena
Why do I think they are going to have some pretty low VRAM on these things?

MSRP is a thing of the past, they can't predict what's going to happen, the volatility is just too severe, so they shouldn't even bother with stating anything
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#13
SnoutBaron
Why do we believe him. What has he been right about in the past.
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#14
T1beriu
Wtf has happened to TPU?! Is there any human left controlling on what gets posted? It looked like TPU is slowly turning into an out of control AI SLOP controlled fully by AI agents!

Where did you get the 3.5 GHz from?! The source claims just 3.4 GHz. Yesterday you posted that BS RDNA 5 present in Exynos 2700 started by a simple and innocent speculation buried in a simple Wccftech article that you turned into a main story.
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