The first technical details about AMD’s next-generation graphics architecture, UDNA, have emerged. UDNA, which is the continuation of the company’s current RDNA architecture, will be used with the next-generation Xbox and PlayStation models. Leaked information shows that UDNA offers significant performance increases compared to previous generations, especially in ray tracing and AI-based operations.

AMD will come out with the UDNA graphics architecture

The most striking improvement that comes with UDNA stands out as the doubled performance increase in ray tracing and AI-supported tasks. It is stated that this increase is supported not only by the general GPU power, but also by the approximately 20 percent increase in raster performance provided per compute unit (CU).

It is stated that AMD will also increase the number of processing units on the console side. The current PlayStation 5 Pro has 60 CUs, while the Xbox Series X has 56 CUs. It is reported that this number will be increased even more with the next-generation consoles.

UDNA’s architectural focus is not only on ray tracing, but also on AI-supported graphics processing methods. Frame generation, path tracing and scaling technologies are among the basic components of the new architecture. It is stated that UDNA has been developed in direct compatibility with AMD’s new generation image enhancement technology called FSR 4 Redstone.

It is seen that the performance increase is not only provided through hardware expansion. UDNA can achieve higher scores in ray tracing and artificial intelligence performance compared to some RDNA 4-based models with fewer CUs. This shows that AMD has made a significant leap in architectural efficiency.

It is stated that the UDNA architecture, which has not yet been officially introduced, is based on the GFX13 building block to be used in Radeon graphics cards. GPUs with this architecture are expected to go into mass production in the second quarter of 2026. Until then, AMD will continue to maintain the RX 9000 series with RDNA 4 architecture. New models such as the RX 9060 XT are expected to be introduced during the Computex period.

With the UDNA architecture, the hardware difference between consoles and desktop computers is expected to decrease even further. This architecture, which comes with the next-generation consoles, could be the beginning of a new era that promises more realistic graphics and higher performance in ray tracing and artificial intelligence applications.