Subj : AMD exec hints that discrete RDNA 4 GPUs wont be in gaming laptop To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Mon Jan 27 2025 17:00:06 AMD exec hints that discrete RDNA 4 GPUs wont be in gaming laptops anytime soon, leaving Nvidias RTX 5000 cards unchallenged Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:53:13 +0000 Description: If you were hoping RDNA 4 GPUs might be powering up gaming laptops anytime soon, Ive got some bad news for you. FULL STORY ======================================================================AMDs Ben Conrad was interviewed by Notebookcheck.net The exec was asked about the prospects for RDNA 4 laptops in the future Conrads reply was vague, but clearly hints that we shouldnt expect anything on the RDNA 4 mobile front in the near future AMDs RDNA 4 graphics cards are coming to desktop PCs soon, in March 2025 , but if you were hoping these next-gen GPUs could be in one of the best gaming laptops in anything like the near future, well, you can seemingly forget about that idea. This nugget of news comes from an interview that Notebookcheck.net conducted with AMDs Ben Conrad, who is Director of Product Management for Premium Mobile Client at the company (via VideoCardz ). The tech site asked the following question: Do you see prospects for RDNA 4 laptops going ahead? Unfortunately, the number of AMD dGPU-based laptop SKUs have been pretty anemic. Conrad replied: Our current graphics strategy is focused on the desktop market with RDNA 4. So, I think youll see those types of products first in the future. Certainly, RDNA 4 and future graphics technologies will make it into mobile, whether they be on APUs or future products. To clarify, dGPU-based laptops means notebooks with discrete graphics cards, meaning a separate GPU, rather than integrated graphics (built into the processor, which is the solution a good number of laptops run with, due to space constraints and thermal factors). So, the idea of a discrete mobile RDNA 4 graphics card the laptop equivalent of the RX 9070 desktop card, say is not something on AMDs nearer-term radar. We may get RDNA 4 products for mobile eventually, but Conrad is pretty vague about when that might happen, which makes it sound like its something thats on the backburner for now. For 2025, then, it looks like the beefy GPUs for gaming laptops are going to be Nvidias RTX 5000 mobile graphics cards, and they wont be challenged by any discrete RDNA 4 offerings. (Image credit: Future / John Loeffler) Analysis: Not a surprise, really Is this a big surprise? Not exactly, because Radeon hasnt been a huge presence in discrete laptop GPUs anyway, and on top of that, RDNA 4 has been a weird generation from AMD. By which I mean on the desktop, it was purportedly cut back to mid-range GPUs as the fastest offerings (rumors point to a high-end solution being on the table initially), with Team Red seemingly focusing on making bigger moves with the next generation. (That could be RDNA 5, or maybe UDNA instead, which is thought by some to be the next step on AMDs graphics roadmap ). There have also been rumors from some time ago that RDNA 4 is not planned for laptops, even in the form of APUs with integrated graphics, for quite some time. AMDs big new APUs (including Strix Point Halo, which theres some major excitement around) are using an integrated GPU thats RDNA 3.5 (a refresh of RDNA 3, somewhat honed), not RDNA 4. Indeed, the rumor mill has previously put forward the idea that RDNA 3.5 (or RDNA 3+ as its alternatively known) will be used in integrated GPUs in AMDs APUs for this year, and in 2026. Of course, all this is very much deep into the realm of speculation, but Conrads comments here certainly fit with the idea that RDNA 4 is going to be desktop GPUs only for the foreseeable future. That doesnt mean nothing exciting is happening with AMD on the laptop front, of course, because Strix Halo is certainly a huge development, but for thinner gaming laptops with integrated graphics, which are very different beasts to larger notebooks with discrete GPUs. Still, the claim is that the integrated graphics in the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (Strix Halo) APU outdoes the RTX 4070 laptop graphics card , an eyebrow-raising assertion. You might also like... Trust me, 2025's lineup of gaming handhelds may be the best yet with Aokzoe's A1 X taking the fight to the Nintendo Switch 2 and Asus ROG Ally X Still worried RTX 5000 GPUs dont have enough VRAM? Nvidias secret weapon is powerful AI texture compression, and its calmed some of my fears AMD vs Nvidia : who is the graphics card champion? ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/gpu/amd-exec-hints-that-discrete-rdna-4-gp us-wont-be-in-gaming-laptops-anytime-soon-leaving-nvidias-rtx-5000-cards-uncha llenged --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .