AMD is making its own version of DLSS 5 “probably” exclusive to next-gen RDNA 5 GPUs, says leaker

Leaker Kepler_L2 says AMD will "have their own version" of neural lighting "like DLSS 5," and in a follow-up comment on the AnandTech forums said the technology will "probably" be exclusive to next-generation RDNA 5 GPUs because "this stuff is pretty heavy." AMD has already published two related research projects to its open-source GPUOpen middleware — Lightweight attention-based indirect illumination on August 20 and Temporally stable generative illumination with a one-step diffusion model on September 9 — while Nvidia released DLSS 5 in early September starting with NBA 2K27 and restricts official support to RTX 50 series cards, with RTX 40 series support promised later. AMD currently ships the RDNA 4-based RX 9000 series, and RDNA 5 is expected in early 2027 at the earliest, possibly at CES next January.

AMD is making its own version of DLSS 5 “probably” exclusive to next-gen RDNA 5 GPUs, says leaker Read More https://www.pcguide.com/earnings-disclaimer/ Table of Contents In early September, Nvidia officially released DLSS 5 https://www.pcguide.com/news/dlss-5-is-officially-being-released-this-week-starting-with-nba-2k27-days-after-a-leaked-build-surfaced-online/ , kicking off support with NBA 2K27. The biggest change is the introduction of neural rendering, a controversial piece of technology that aims to deliver hyper-realistic graphics with help from AI. Despite the backlash, AMD is reportedly rushing to create its own version of the technology in time for its next-generation RDNA 5 GPUs. Well-known leaker Kepler L2 says AMD will “have their own version” of neural lighting “like DLSS 5” soon enough. This is not to be confused with AMD’s Ray Regeneration, which acts as a machine learning-based denoiser for ray-traced visuals. Nvidia’s counterpart is known as DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction https://www.pcguide.com/news/we-tested-nvidias-new-dlss-4-5-ray-reconstruction-with-an-rtx-5090-in-cyberpunk-2077-and-resident-evil-requiem/ , which launched last month, shortly before DLSS 5 came along. DLSS 5 equivalent for AMD graphics cards could be on the way Kepler offered some thoughts on how AMD’s version of DLSS 5 “should be done”. They say the AI model should be given “direct access to 3D game data such as geometry/BVH, Ray data, depth buffers, materials, etc., so it doesn’t have to guess and can accurately know how each object in a scene should interact with light.” Latest PC & Tech deals ASUS ROG Strix 34” QD-OLED XG34WCDG - was $7499 now $629 Hisense 75" U8 Series ULED Mini-LED 4K TV - was $1,499 now $1,354 ASUS ROG XG27AQNGV- was $999 now $649 TCL 98 Inch Class QM8L - was $2,499 now $2,309 CyberPowerPC Gaming PC RTX 5060 - was $599 now $459 Prices correct as of August 20th, 2026. AMD has already published two related research projects to its open-source GPUOpen middleware: Lightweight attention-based indirect illumination https://gpuopen.com/learn/lightweight-attention-based-indirect-illumination/ , on August 20, and Temporally stable generative illumination with a one-step diffusion model https://gpuopen.com/learn/temporally-stable-generative-illumination/ , on September 9. Modders have already been able to get DLSS 5 running on Radeon GPUs https://www.pcguide.com/news/modder-gets-dlss-5-running-on-amds-flagship-rx-9070-xt-says-its-playable-at-30-fps-in-cyberpunk-2077/ with some success, so the potential is definitely there. In a follow-up comment https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/rdna-5-udna-cdna-next-speculation.2624468/page-179 post-41646028 , Kepler says the new DLSS-like neural lighting technology will “probably” be exclusive to RDNA 5 cards; “this stuff is pretty heavy,” they add. With DLSS 5, Nvidia also restricts official support to its latest RTX 50 series cards, but it will be coming to RTX 40 series GPUs https://www.pcguide.com/news/dlss-5-will-be-coming-to-rtx-40-series-gpus-says-nvidia-after-more-rtx-50-optimization-expected-later-this-fall/ at a later date. Gamers have already been testing a leaked DLSS 5 build on all sorts of hardware. We’re currently on the RDNA 4 generation with the RX 9000 series, which was home to its own exclusive feature – FSR 4/FSR Redstone – at least until AMD finally brought official RX 7000 series support https://www.pcguide.com/news/fsr-4-1-for-radeon-rx-7000-series-gpus-arrives-a-month-early-in-surprise-graphics-driver-update/ this June. There’s no official word on RDNA 5 yet, but we expect early 2027 at the earliest when AMD also brings FSR 4 to RX 6000 series GPUs , perhaps at CES next January.