New Leak Reveals AMD RDNA4 Ray Tracing Coming to PS5 Pro Console

A recent disclosure from a well-known source indicates that the PlayStation 5 Pro will come equipped with AMD RDNA4 ray tracing capabilities, according to a reputable leaker.

The PlayStation 5 Pro’s graphical performance has been revealed by reliable AMD leaker Kepler_L2. This leak provides insight into what users can anticipate from Sony’s upcoming console.

According to the latest information from VideoCardz, Kepler has released a list of upcoming features that will be included in RDNA4. Kepler’s previous prediction about the use of custom AMD chip with both RDNA3 and RDNA4 features in the PS5 Pro has been further supported by other leakers and AMD documentation.

Despite announcing plans for future Zen 5 and Zen 6 CPU architectures, AMD has not yet revealed any information regarding the ray-tracing capabilities of their upcoming RDNA4 chips or when they will be released.

Rumored AMD RDNA4 Ray Tracing Features Explained:

Double ray tracing intersect engine:
- This allows rays to be processed in parallel, potentially increasing GPU processing speed.
RT instance node transform:
- This allows 3D objects to be more efficiently rotated, scaled, and translated.
Ray Tracing Tri-Pair optimization:
- Reduces computational load needed to calculate ray-triangle intersections
Change flags encoded in barycentrics to simplify detection of procedural nodes:
- Unknown. Possibly something to do with procedural generation.
BVH Footprint Improvement:
- BVH stands for Bounding Volume Hierarchy. This probably relates to the faster grouping of scene geometry.
RT support for OBB and Instance Node Intersection:
- OBB stands for Oriented Bounding Box. A bounding box is an invisible box-like container that rapidly determines the size, position, and collision detection of a given object. This new feature might allow for more precise and efficient creation of bounding boxes.

Some of the new RT features coming with gfx12/RDNA4. Most if not all of these should be in the PS5 Pro too 🙂 pic.twitter.com/AO5HaxJlMK

— Kepler (@Kepler_L2) July 21, 2024

It is highly probable that the PlayStation 5 Pro will be released in late 2024. Sony is expected to make an official announcement about the console in September.