Radeon RX 9070 XT? AMD will change its GPU naming style with RDNA 4 [RUMOR]

After many leaks regarding the RDNA 4 generation of AMD GPUs, the current rumor mentions a more unexpected novelty for these video cards: a change in nomenclature. According to unofficial information, AMD will skip the 8000 and call its next line of dedicated GPUs the Radeon 9000.

But the changes don’t stop there. In addition to placing the 9 in front, AMD must skip a 0 before placing the number that determines the model. Thus, the top-of-the-line RDNA 4 would be a Radeon RX 9070 XT, instead of a 9700 XT, for example.

The unofficial information comes from nApoleon, a senior member of the Chiphell forum. Your post is being shared by HXL (@9550pro), quite famous for his correct leaks on social media.

This type of naming change for a product is not uncommon for AMD. If the rumor is true, the company would be making the names of its GPUs closer to NVIDIA’s, which would help potential buyers make their comparisons. Thus, the Radeon RX 9070 XT would be comparable to the RTX 4070 or the future RTX 5070, and so on.

Strix Halo may have influenced new Radeon names

The change in the model determinant from the second digit to the third may have to do with this comparison with rivals, but the explanation for skipping the 8 to the 9 may be for another reason.

Previous leaks indicate that the integrated graphics of the Strix Halo APUs, based on RDNA 3.5, will be called Radeon 8060S and 8050S. It’s possible, then, that AMD reserved the 8000 for the launch of its important processors with large iGPUs.

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In other words, rumors indicate that the company has chosen to offer 80X0 cards based on RDNA 3.5 and Radeon 90X0 cards based on RDNA 4. As always, we recommend a little skepticism when checking unofficial information.

Fonte: WCCFTech