AMD is preparing RX 9090 XT and RX 9080 XT on RDNA 4 architecture – competitors to RTX 5090 and 5080

According to rumors, the company AMD did not stop producing flagships, but on the contrary, is developing them new series of Radeon video cards, based on the architecture RDNA4. Flagship models RX 9090 XT and RX 9080 XT should become direct competitors Nvidia RTX 5090 and RTX 5080The information remains unverified, but it is assumed that the release may take place at the end of 2025.

If the leaks are true, RX 9090 XT will receive 8192 stream processors, 512-bit memory bus и 32 GB GDDR6 with speed 20 Gbps, which will ensure throughput of 1280 GB/s. Expected clock speed is about 3,0 GHz or higher, which makes the card the most powerful solution in the Radeon line. That is, the rumors released earlier are not true, AMD is not preparing Radeon RX 9070 XT с 32 GB VRAM, RX 9090 XT, which fully explains the presence 32 GB VRAM.

In turn, RX 9080 XT will also offer a serious boost in performance – 7168 SP, 112 CU and 24 GB GDDR6 с 384-bit bus и 960 GB/s bandwidth. The frequencies will be lower, but AMD intends to do Energy efficiency a key advantage over competitors.

Coming RDNA4 can bring significant improvement in rendering technologies and support PCIe 5.0, which will help AMD get closer to Nvidia's top solutions. However, at the moment there is not enough information, and we can only wait for official confirmation. If the rumors are confirmed, The battle between AMD and Nvidia in 2025 promises to be especially heated.