Monday, October 12th 2026
AMD RDNA 5 Likely Scheduled for Second Half of 2027
AMD's next-generation gaming graphics cards featuring the RDNA 5 GPU architecture are unlikely to debut before the second half of 2027, according to well-known hardware leaker Kepler_L2. The leaker suggests that AMD is unlikely to release any RDNA 5 desktop graphics cards before Computex 2027, indicating that these GPUs will probably arrive in the latter half of that year. AMD is expected to lead with the silicon codenamed "AT2," which is part of a family of discrete RDNA 5 GPUs. This will be followed by "AT0," "AT3," and "AT4," which are expected to launch a few quarters later in 2028. Since "AT2" likely refers to a mid-range design, AMD might begin its rollout with a mid-range GPU first, followed by flagship and lower-end models in 2028.
Previously, we learned that AMD's RDNA 5 GPUs will incorporate GDDR7 memory with unknown capacities, as GDDR7 is now listed among the supported VRAM types in the AMDGPU driver. Currently, AMD's graphics cards use GDDR6 for the consumer RDNA 4-based Radeon RX 9000 series, while Instinct MI data center and workstation GPUs use HBM3E and HBM4 memory. Since AMD is developing data center GPUs with HBM and consumer cards are the only models using GDDR, the GDDR7 placeholder suggests future support for RDNA 5.
Additional details reveal that the Display Core Next (DCN) 6 display engine, responsible for display output, image scaling, monitor ratio output, and pixel manipulation, will debut in version 6 for RDNA 5. With DCN 6, AMD has introduced new scaling integrity and cost surfaces, a UPSP pre-scaler to sample 4:2:0 and 4:2:2 content before scaling, and new pixel formats within the display logic. This means the final GPU will support modern high-refresh and high-resolution gaming across various aspect ratios and configurations, ensuring smooth content delivery.
Source:
Kepler_L2
Previously, we learned that AMD's RDNA 5 GPUs will incorporate GDDR7 memory with unknown capacities, as GDDR7 is now listed among the supported VRAM types in the AMDGPU driver. Currently, AMD's graphics cards use GDDR6 for the consumer RDNA 4-based Radeon RX 9000 series, while Instinct MI data center and workstation GPUs use HBM3E and HBM4 memory. Since AMD is developing data center GPUs with HBM and consumer cards are the only models using GDDR, the GDDR7 placeholder suggests future support for RDNA 5.
20 Comments on AMD RDNA 5 Likely Scheduled for Second Half of 2027
Jul 2019 - 5000 series (16 months until 6000 series)
Nov 2020 - 6000 series (25 months until 7000 series)
Dec 2022 - 7000 series (27 months until 9000 series)
Mar 2025 - 9000 series (27-33 months, assuming H2 2027)
Given the chip shortages, H2 2027 sounds about right.
Giving up ground in the GPU market is better than not existing.
AMD's share price when she first started $2.80 to $3.28 and today $592.63
I hope you're fascinated!
All joking aside;
AMD would be better off waiting to see how the AI-generated madness plays out. It's supposed to last until 2028, if not beyond? Nobody buys a Trabant that ends up costing as much as a Porsche.
*Feel free to replace Porsche with, for example, Mercedes, BMW, or Audi. I'm flexible.
Regards,
Fred.
Given how disastrous AMD's leadership was prior to late 2014, I think "as long as they were smart enough to continue developing Zen" is one hell of a long shot, given how they treated the Construction cores and the later, much improved, cores were never ported to socket AM3+, and the very poor support for socket FM1, FM2, and AM1. Not that their support of socket AM4 was all that great, but it was a far sight better then what they WERE doing (no I'm not salty at all of buying into 990fx only to be left high and dry).
Eric Demers, left in 2012 now works for Intel. Bob Feldstein, left in 2012 to work for nVidia now an independant consultant. Carrell Killebrew, left in 2011 and is now retired. Mike Schmit retired last year. Mark Leather is still around as a Senior Fellow for AMD but hasn't worked there full time since 2023, instead works on architecture at Oxmiq under Raja Koduri. Then you've got the C-Suite cabinet Dave Orton had in 2006; the ones that didn't quit when he did slowly retired over the past decade.
Also, if my AM4/7900XTX rig doesn't kick the bucket, I have little to no reason to go changing my hardware. Here's at least hoping that the performance my GPU delivers consumes ever less power with RDNA5 (yeah, RDNA4 already does it with the 9070XT, but let's see if AMD can do it even better).
From the information base perspective: When pcb prices are going up, copper prices are going up, fairy tax going up, greed going up, TSMC chip making fees are going up, whatever else prices going up, DRAM prices are going up - WHY should they put graphic cards on the market?
Especially AMD who decided to play in the entry gaming segment. 79?? graphic cards were already in the medium segment, the radeon 9070 are below the middle to entry level segment.
this was not my quote, but some people claim, 9 of 10 sold graphic cards are from nvidia.
there is no money to earn for amd with dedicated graphic cards these days. maybe for those server segment and super intelligence segment.
Feel free to tell me why you would put something on the market when a pony paystation 5 afaik is around 1200€ from the 400€ inital price. (it is about the generic perspective, feel free to correct it. it does not matter slim not slim, whatever, ...) Even low end gaming consoles went expensive
-- one sample point
my acer predator radeon 9070 oc was bought around june 2026 for around 560€. geizhals listed it yesterday for around 698€ + ~3€ parcel tax + ~20€ shipping and bank costs
Generic pc building costs are also through the roof which is another negative factor. sometimes cheap monitor and cheap pc cases will not matter when everything else is far more expensive