linux-drivers/
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu

AMD Radeon GCN, RDNA, and CDNA GPU driver (amdgpu)

The Linux kernel driver for AMD's modern Radeon and Instinct GPUs, covering the GCN, RDNA (consumer Radeon RX), and CDNA (datacenter Instinct) architectures from roughly 2012 onward. It powers everything from current desktop gaming cards like the Radeon RX 9070 XT to professional workstation GPUs like the Radeon PRO W7800 and AMD's compute accelerators.

keep conf=0.99 deploy=high replacement=none subsystem=gpu category=graphics-display
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recommendation

It should stay because amdgpu is the primary, actively developed Linux driver for every modern AMD GPU, including the Radeon RX 9000 desktop cards and Radeon PRO W7000 workstation cards still being sold in 2025. Development is intense — thousands of commits and hundreds of contributors over the last five years, with fixes still landing — and there is no replacement to migrate to.

repository signals

624 files
379,244 source lines
7,719 commits, 5y
+247,751 / −96,074 lines added / removed, 5y
453 authors, 5y
monthly commits · 2021-04-21 → 2026-04-21 · 7,719 total · active in 60/61 months
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2021-04: 105 commits · +4,330 −1,682 2021-05: 183 commits · +3,765 −1,814 2021-06: 127 commits · +2,690 −1,922 2021-07: 138 commits · +3,674 −2,144 2021-08: 109 commits · +4,076 −1,828 2021-09: 87 commits · +1,704 −1,291 2021-10: 84 commits · +2,457 −2,625 2021-11: 122 commits · +2,166 −1,306 2021-12: 103 commits · +2,089 −940 2022-01: 188 commits · +4,718 −2,476 2022-02: 151 commits · +9,053 −2,111 2022-03: 116 commits · +4,019 −2,491 2022-04: 167 commits · +19,141 −2,257 2022-05: 149 commits · +12,079 −2,424 2022-06: 82 commits · +1,776 −748 2022-07: 122 commits · +5,159 −1,989 2022-08: 112 commits · +2,154 −508 2022-09: 177 commits · +5,192 −3,085 2022-10: 112 commits · +1,425 −746 2022-11: 115 commits · +1,812 −1,248 2022-12: 71 commits · +1,180 −882 2023-01: 145 commits · +2,889 −1,653 2023-02: 106 commits · +3,880 −1,101 2023-03: 166 commits · +4,780 −1,290 2023-04: 107 commits · +2,536 −756 2023-05: 177 commits · +6,147 −805 2023-06: 130 commits · +5,058 −882 2023-07: 137 commits · +12,707 −1,208 2023-08: 134 commits · +1,940 −1,061 2023-09: 127 commits · +3,082 −1,762 2023-10: 160 commits · +2,811 −1,184 2023-11: 109 commits · +3,003 −600 2023-12: 74 commits · +1,452 −530 2024-01: 140 commits · +2,597 −1,221 2024-02: 75 commits · +688 −548 2024-03: 133 commits · +2,955 −1,051 2024-04: 170 commits · +2,822 −1,157 2024-05: 199 commits · +4,319 −3,059 2024-06: 103 commits · +2,725 −717 2024-07: 170 commits · +3,918 −887 2024-08: 144 commits · +4,922 −1,911 2024-09: 110 commits · +4,148 −2,459 2024-10: 165 commits · +6,445 −3,393 2024-11: 121 commits · +5,707 −3,491 2024-12: 93 commits · +1,593 −1,467 2025-01: 104 commits · +5,315 −872 2025-02: 196 commits · +15,354 −2,591 2025-03: 159 commits · +3,440 −4,704 2025-04: 182 commits · +3,152 −1,619 2025-05: 120 commits · +4,298 −996 2025-06: 154 commits · +4,058 −2,079 2025-07: 130 commits · +2,523 −1,568 2025-08: 125 commits · +3,306 −4,901 2025-09: 110 commits · +1,767 −762 2025-10: 112 commits · +3,514 −878 2025-11: 119 commits · +3,044 −768 2025-12: 63 commits · +1,855 −1,104 2026-01: 77 commits · +842 −321 2026-02: 37 commits · +528 −534 2026-03: 27 commits · +298 −111 2026-04: 0 commits · +0 −0

sources

  1. docs.kernel.org

    Upstream kernel documentation describes amdgpu as the Linux driver for AMD Radeon GPUs across GCN, RDNA, and CDNA architectures, indicating active first-class upstream support.

  2. amd.com

    AMD lists the Radeon RX 9070 XT as a current desktop GPU product with Linux x86-64 OS support.

  3. amd.com

    AMD lists the Radeon PRO W7800 as a current workstation GPU product with Linux x86-64 OS support.

codex reasoning notes (technical)

Not a deprecation candidate. Static signals are extremely live: 7,718 substantive commits in 5y, 461 authors, and most recent substantive touch on 2026-03-30. I verified ongoing churn with `exec_command` using `git -c safe.directory=/nas4/data/workspace/personal/linux-drivers/.kernel-snapshot log --since=2025-01-01 -- drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu`, which returned recent amdgpu fixes. I checked for removal/deprecation discussion with `web.search_query` against lore.kernel.org for amdgpu+remove/deprecate and found no hits, so there is no visible active upstream removal track from that probe. I obtained the three cited URLs via `web.search_query`: kernel docs confirm broad current architectural coverage, and AMD product pages show new Linux-supported Radeon RX 9000 and Radeon PRO W7000 hardware still on sale. Because this is the primary upstream driver for current AMD GPUs, there is no natural replacement driver.