Rumor mill: AMD appears to be skipping the Radeon RX 8000 nomenclature for its next-gen RDNA 4 GPU lineup. Instead, the successors to the RX 7000 series are expected to be branded as Radeon RX 9000 graphics cards, with a potential launch at CES 2025 early next month in Las Vegas.

The information was first shared over the weekend by Chiphell before being corroborated by multiple other sources. According to the original post (which has since been removed), the next flagship graphics card from Team Red will be marketed as the Radeon RX 9070 XT – a naming scheme similar to that of Nvidia’s current GeForce RTX lineup. One of AMD’s board partners has since unofficially “confirmed” the change.

Reliable AMD leaker Hoang Anh Phu has also validated the new name, claiming that the Radeon RX 9070 XT will be announced at CES 2025 alongside the Ryzen 9 9000X3D. He added that AMD plans to announce FSR 4 at the same event. The tipster had previously hinted that the Ryzen 9 9000X3D would debut by the end of January 2025.

RX 9️⃣0️⃣7️⃣0️⃣ XT🚀 = FSR 4🚀 = R9 X3D🚀

– Hoang Anh Phu (@AnhPhuH) December 23, 2024

In another X post, Phu claimed that an unidentified card seen in a recent AMD ad is the RX 9070 XT. The card was originally spotted last week by an eagle-eyed Redditor who noted that it did not match any recent GPU from the company. The card features a triple-fan design with a black and silver color scheme, and has an LED-backlit Radeon logo on the side.

Another new leak has seemingly revealed the identities of all the upcoming Radeon RX 9000 GPUs for desktops and laptops. According to tipster @All_The_Watts, the lineup will include the 9070, 9060, 9050, and 9040 alongside the flagship 9070 XT. On the mobile side of things, the RX 9000 series will have the 9070M XT, 9070M, and 9070S.

🤔
AMD Radeon™ RX 9070 Series Graphics
AMD Radeon™ RX 9060 Series Graphics
AMD Radeon™ RX 9050 Series Graphics
AMD Radeon™ RX 9040 Series Graphics
AMD Radeon™ RX 8060S Graphics
AMD Radeon™ RX 8050S Graphics
AMD Radeon™ RX 8040S Graphics

– All The Watts!! (@All_The_Watts) December 22, 2024

An early listing by French retailer Grossbill-Pro (via @momomo_us) also seems to have confirmed the 9070 XT and 9070, but the listings have now been removed. Still, with the leaks flowing in from so many sources, it appears that the rumors about the RDNA 4 cards being launched as the RX 9000 series are indeed true, and they will likely debut at CES next month.