AMD to Expand AI-Based FSR 4 Upscaling to Handhelds and New APUs by Year-End

AMD’s senior vice president and general manager of the Computing and Graphics Group, Jack Huynh, told Korean media that the company will extend its machine-learning-based FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 (FSR 4) from discrete graphics cards to the entire product lineup—including APUs, gaming laptops, and handheld devices—by the end of the year. He said the rollout will proceed in two directions: adding support to existing APUs and launching new product lines.

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FSR 4, unveiled at CES 2025, shifts from the algorithmic approach of FSR 3 to an AI-driven upscaling model that combines convolutional neural networks and transformers. To date, the technology has been limited to AMD’s Radeon RX 9000 and RX 7000 series graphics cards built on the RDNA 4 architecture. Current AMD handheld chips such as the Ryzen Z2 Extreme and Ryzen AI Halo lack sufficient compute for the AI processing required by FSR 4, leaving them without machine-learning upscaling. Competing Intel handhelds, promoted with XeSS 3, claim roughly 42 % higher performance at comparable power levels.

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Huynh’s comments were delivered to the Korean outlet The Elec on Oct. 7 in Seoul and were later quoted by multiple technology sites. AMD has not provided additional clarification to reporters following the interview. Valve previously indicated collaboration with AMD to bring FSR 4 to its Steam Machine console-grade APU, but it has not confirmed support for the Steam Deck handheld.

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If AMD delivers a lightweight FSR 4 implementation for existing APUs and launches a new RDNA 4-based APU, handheld gamers could receive a noticeable performance boost without extra cost. This would narrow the visual-quality gap with Intel’s higher-priced handheld offerings and help keep AMD-powered devices competitive in the portable gaming segment.

"APUs, gaming laptops, and handheld devices" — AMD's superior FSR 4 upscaling is coming to the full product stack before 2027, but is it enough to keep up with Intel?

• “We plan to respond in two directions: launching existing APUs and new product lines.” — The Elec — The Elec

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