AMD's Mystery Radeon 9060 XL in ROCm Docs Likely a Typo, Not New GPU

AMD has inadvertently listed a non-existent graphics card, the Radeon 9060 XL, in its ROCm 6.4.2 software support documentation, sparking speculation about a potential new product. However, experts believe it is far more likely to be a simple typo rather than an official new SKU. The list of supported devices in ROCm 6.4.2 includes the latest Radeon RX 9070 XT, RX 9070, RX 9070 GRE, RX 9060 XT, and the mysterious RX 9060 XL. Notably, the standard RX 9060 model is absent from the list, which raises questions about whether the XL variant is meant to be a distinct product. While the document correctly identifies the latest Radeon RX 9000-series cards as using the gfx1200 and gfx1201 LLVM targets—indicating a new instruction set architecture— it incorrectly attributes them to the RDNA 3 microarchitecture. This is a significant error, as these GPUs are part of the new RDNA 4 family, which introduces several architectural advancements. RDNA 4 GPUs feature a redesigned command dispatch processor, new matrix accelerators with native FP8 support, an improved cache hierarchy, and a next-generation ray tracing engine with enhanced capabilities. These changes represent a meaningful evolution beyond RDNA 3, warranting a new ISA and compiler targets. Therefore, the documentation’s classification of these chips as RDNA 3 is technically inaccurate. AMD does have the capability to create lower-tier models through asymmetric silicon harvesting, particularly with the Navi 44 and Navi 48 dies. A cut-down version of the Navi 44 could theoretically result in a new RX 9060-series card. However, given that AMD sold approximately 700,000 to 750,000 discrete desktop GPUs in the first half of 2025, it may not have sufficient lower-quality silicon to produce a new entry-level SKU in meaningful volume. Additionally, the absence of the standard RX 9060 in the list—only the XT and XL variants—further suggests a documentation error. The most plausible explanation is that “Radeon 9060 XL” is a typo, possibly stemming from a copy-paste mistake or an incorrect naming convention in internal documentation. In conclusion, while the idea of a new RX 9060 XL is intriguing, the technical inconsistencies in the ROCm documentation, combined with market and manufacturing realities, strongly indicate that this is not a real product launch—but rather a documentation oversight.