AMD Chairman and CEO Dr. Lisa Su confirmed in October of this year that the company plans to release its first GPUs featuring the next-generation architecture in early 2025. Rumor has it that AMD is likely to unveil these new RDNA 4 architecture GPUs at CES 2025 early next year. These GPUs are part of the Navi 4x series chips and will belong to the Radeon RX 8000 series. Notably, AMD will forego high-end models this time, focusing instead on two chips: the Navi 48 and Navi 44. These chips will introduce a new design for ray tracing hardware modules.

AMD intends to showcase a variety of products at CES 2025, including an RDNA 4 architecture GPU, with at least one graphics card from the Radeon RX 8000 series set to launch in January 2025, according to Notebookcheck. As is typically the case, AMD is expected to release a well-positioned model first, followed by mainstream and entry-level products.

It is understood that four different models of RDNA 4 architecture GPUs are in the works, codenamed R24D-E6 (identified as Navi 48 XT), R24D-E8, R25D-P8, and R25D-P4. The first two models use the Navi 48 chip, while the latter two adopt the Navi 44 chip. All models will feature GDDR6 video memory at 20Gbps. The Navi 48 and Navi 44 are expected to replace the Navi 32 and Navi 33, continuing the single-chip design with 64MB and 48MB Infinity Cache, respectively.

Sources indicate that AMD's design focus for the RDNA 4 architecture is to target the segments where NVIDIA achieves the highest volume and profitability. This includes improvements in ray tracing performance, performance per watt, and price-to-performance ratio. While the outside world is aware of AMD's intention to enhance ray tracing performance with the RDNA 4 architecture, the specific implementation details remain unclear at this time.