RDNA / Radeon DNA

RDNA (Radeon DNA) is a graphics architecture developed by AMD that is used in their Radeon RX 5000 series of GPUs. RDNA is the successor to the GCN (Graphics Core Next) architecture and is designed to provide improved performance and efficiency for gaming and other graphics-intensive applications.

There exists multiple version of the RDNA architecture, with each iteration introducing new features and enhancements to the design.

RDNA 1 characteristics

  • Compute Units.

RDNA 2 characteristics

  • Compute Units.
  • Ray Accelerator.