Issue #785: Add Radeon AI Pro R9700 and update AMD card instructions.

geerlingguy · geerlingguy · commit d7cece7bac62 · 2025-11-14T09:59:21.000-06:00
diff --git a/_cards_gpu/amd-radeon-ai-pro-r9700.md b/_cards_gpu/amd-radeon-ai-pro-r9700.md
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+layout: card
+title: "AMD Radeon AI Pro R9700"
+picture: "/images/gpu-amd-radeon-ai-pro-r9700.png"
+functionality_cm4: "None"
+functionality_pi5: "Full"
+driver_required: "Yes"
+github_issue: "https://github.com/geerlingguy/raspberry-pi-pcie-devices/issues/785"
+buy_link: https://amzn.to/4r1coAA
+videos: []
+---
+The Radeon AI Pro 9700 was released in 2025 and is supported by the open source `amdgpu` driver in the Linux Kernel.
+
+It requires a 16x PCIe card slot. You will need to supply 300W of power to the card directly through a 12V-2x6 PCIe power cable.
+
+### `amdgpu` (open source) driver
+
+To get the amdgpu driver and firmware installed, follow the directions in [this blog post](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/using-amd-gpus-on-raspberry-pi-without-recompiling-linux).
+
+See the linked GitHub issue for more details.
diff --git a/_cards_gpu/amd-radeon-pro-w7700.md b/_cards_gpu/amd-radeon-pro-w7700.md
@@ -18,14 +18,6 @@ It requires a 16x PCIe card slot. You will need to supply 190W of power to the c
 
 ### `amdgpu` (open source) driver
 
-To get the amdgpu driver loaded, you have to [recompile the Linux kernel for Pi OS](https://github.com/geerlingguy/raspberry-pi-pcie-devices/tree/master/extras/cross-compile).
-
-Go to `Device Drivers` > `Graphics support` on the `menuconfig` step, and select the `amdgpu` driver to install.
-
-Also make sure you have the AMD firmware installed (`sudo apt install -y firmware-amd-graphics`) or the driver will complain about missing files.
-
-On the Compute Module 4, it doesn't seem we can get `amdgpu` drivers to work with the Pi's PCIe bus.
-
-On the Pi 5, we have tested Coreforge's Pi OS Linux GPU support branch, and it runs great!
+To get the amdgpu driver and firmware installed, follow the directions in [this blog post](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/using-amd-gpus-on-raspberry-pi-without-recompiling-linux).
 
 See the linked GitHub issue for more details.
diff --git a/_cards_gpu/amd-radeon-pro-wx2100.md b/_cards_gpu/amd-radeon-pro-wx2100.md
@@ -11,4 +11,8 @@ videos: []
 ---
 The [AMD Radeon Pro WX 2100 Graphics](https://www.amd.com/en/products/professional-graphics/radeon-pro-wx-2100) is a mid-range professional graphics card.
 
-See the [GitHub issue](https://github.com/geerlingguy/raspberry-pi-pcie-devices/issues/331) for more details.
+### `amdgpu` (open source) driver
+
+To get the amdgpu driver and firmware installed, follow the directions in [this blog post](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/using-amd-gpus-on-raspberry-pi-without-recompiling-linux).
+
+See the linked GitHub issue for more details.
diff --git a/_cards_gpu/amd-radeon-rx-580.md b/_cards_gpu/amd-radeon-rx-580.md
@@ -15,14 +15,6 @@ It requires a 16x PCIe card slot. You will need to supply power to the card dire
 
 ### `amdgpu` (open source) driver
 
-To get the amdgpu driver loaded, you have to [recompile the Linux kernel for Pi OS](https://github.com/geerlingguy/raspberry-pi-pcie-devices/tree/master/extras/cross-compile).
-
-Go to `Device Drivers` > `Graphics support` on the `menuconfig` step, and select the `amdgpu` driver to install.
-
-Also make sure you have the AMD firmware installed (`sudo apt install -y firmware-amd-graphics`) or the driver will complain about missing files.
-
-On the Compute Module 4, it doesn't seem we can get `amdgpu` drivers to work with the Pi's PCIe bus.
-
-On the Pi 5, we have tested Coreforge's Pi OS Linux GPU support branch as well as yanghaku's 15-line DRM patch, and it runs great!
+To get the amdgpu driver and firmware installed, follow the directions in [this blog post](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/using-amd-gpus-on-raspberry-pi-without-recompiling-linux).
 
 See the linked GitHub issue for more details.
diff --git a/_cards_gpu/amd-radeon-rx-6500-xt.md b/_cards_gpu/amd-radeon-rx-6500-xt.md
@@ -15,12 +15,6 @@ It requires a 16x PCIe card slot. You will need to supply power to the card dire
 
 ### `amdgpu` (open source) driver
 
-To get the amdgpu driver loaded, you have to [recompile the Linux kernel for Pi OS](https://github.com/geerlingguy/raspberry-pi-pcie-devices/tree/master/extras/cross-compile).
-
-Go to `Device Drivers` > `Graphics support` on the `menuconfig` step, and select the `amdgpu` driver to install.
-
-Also make sure you have the AMD firmware installed (`sudo apt install -y firmware-amd-graphics`) or the driver will complain about missing files.
-
-On the Pi 5, we have tested both Coreforge's Pi OS Linux GPU support branch and the simpler 15-line patch from yanghaku, and both offer full functionality.
+To get the amdgpu driver and firmware installed, follow the directions in [this blog post](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/using-amd-gpus-on-raspberry-pi-without-recompiling-linux).
 
 See the linked GitHub issue for more details.
diff --git a/_cards_gpu/amd-radeon-rx-7600.md b/_cards_gpu/amd-radeon-rx-7600.md
@@ -16,14 +16,6 @@ It requires a 16x PCIe card slot. You will need to supply power to the card dire
 
 ### `amdgpu` (open source) driver
 
-To get the amdgpu driver loaded, you have to [recompile the Linux kernel for Pi OS](https://github.com/geerlingguy/raspberry-pi-pcie-devices/tree/master/extras/cross-compile).
-
-Go to `Device Drivers` > `Graphics support` on the `menuconfig` step, and select the `amdgpu` driver to install.
-
-Also make sure you have the AMD firmware installed (`sudo apt install -y firmware-amd-graphics`) or the driver will complain about missing files.
-
-On the Compute Module 4, it doesn't seem we can get `amdgpu` drivers to work with the Pi's PCIe bus.
-
-On the Pi 5, we have tested Coreforge's Pi OS Linux GPU support branch, and it runs great!
+To get the amdgpu driver and firmware installed, follow the directions in [this blog post](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/using-amd-gpus-on-raspberry-pi-without-recompiling-linux).
 
 See the linked GitHub issue for more details.
diff --git a/_cards_gpu/amd-radeon-rx-9060-xt.md b/_cards_gpu/amd-radeon-rx-9060-xt.md
@@ -15,14 +15,6 @@ It requires a 16x PCIe card slot. You will need to supply power to the card dire
 
 ### `amdgpu` (open source) driver
 
-To get the amdgpu driver loaded, you have to [recompile the Linux kernel for Pi OS](https://github.com/geerlingguy/raspberry-pi-pcie-devices/tree/master/extras/cross-compile).
-
-Go to `Device Drivers` > `Graphics support` on the `menuconfig` step, and select the `amdgpu` driver to install.
-
-Also make sure you have the AMD firmware installed (`sudo apt install -y firmware-amd-graphics`) or the driver will complain about missing files.
-
-On the Compute Module 4, it doesn't seem we can get `amdgpu` drivers to work with the Pi's PCIe bus.
-
-On the Pi 5, we are currently testing Coreforge's Pi OS Linux GPU support branch.
+To get the amdgpu driver and firmware installed, follow the directions in [this blog post](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/using-amd-gpus-on-raspberry-pi-without-recompiling-linux).
 
 See the linked GitHub issue for more details.
diff --git a/_cards_gpu/amd-radeon-rx-9070-xt.md b/_cards_gpu/amd-radeon-rx-9070-xt.md
@@ -16,14 +16,6 @@ It requires a 16x PCIe card slot. You will need to supply power to the card dire
 
 ### `amdgpu` (open source) driver
 
-To get the amdgpu driver loaded, you have to [recompile the Linux kernel for Pi OS](https://github.com/geerlingguy/raspberry-pi-pcie-devices/tree/master/extras/cross-compile).
-
-Go to `Device Drivers` > `Graphics support` on the `menuconfig` step, and select the `amdgpu` driver to install.
-
-Also make sure you have the AMD firmware installed (`sudo apt install -y firmware-amd-graphics`) or the driver will complain about missing files. You may also need to download additional firmware files manually.
-
-On the Compute Module 4, it doesn't seem we can get `amdgpu` drivers to work with the Pi's PCIe bus.
-
-On the Pi 5, we are currently testing Coreforge's Pi OS Linux GPU support branch and yanghaku's 15-line DRM patch.
+To get the amdgpu driver and firmware installed, follow the directions in [this blog post](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/using-amd-gpus-on-raspberry-pi-without-recompiling-linux).
 
 See the linked GitHub issue for more details.
diff --git a/_cards_gpu/amd-radeon-rx6700xt-12gb.md b/_cards_gpu/amd-radeon-rx6700xt-12gb.md
@@ -15,35 +15,12 @@ videos:
   - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crnEygp4C6g
   - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9dItRUjQ0k
 ---
-The Radeon RX 6700 XT ("Navy Flounder") was released in 2021 and is supported by the open source amdgpu driver in the Linux Kernel, version 5.11 and later. It is also supported by AMD's [Radeon Software for Linux as of the 20.50 version](https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-amdgpu-unified-linux-20-50).
+The Radeon RX 6700 XT ("Navy Flounder") was released in 2021 and is supported by the open source amdgpu driver in the Linux Kernel.
 
 It will require a 1x to 16x adapter, or some other means of adapting the 16x-sized card pins into the 1x slot on the CM4 IO Board. You will need to supply 20A of 12V power (about 230W) to the card directly through it's separate power plugs.
 
 ### `amdgpu` (open source) driver
 
-To get the amdgpu driver loaded, you have to [recompile the Linux kernel for Pi OS](https://github.com/geerlingguy/raspberry-pi-pcie-devices/tree/master/extras/cross-compile).
-
-Go to `Device Drivers` > `Graphics support` on the `menuconfig` step, and select the `amdgpu` driver to install.
-
-Also make sure you have the AMD firmware installed (`sudo apt install -y firmware-amd-graphics`) or the driver will complain about missing files.
-
-On the Compute Module 4, to avoid the whole system from locking up on boot, make sure to blacklist the `amdgpu` kernel module:
-
-```
-sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-amdgpu.conf
-
-# Put this inside the file and save it:
-blacklist amdgpu
-```
-
-Now, after a reboot, you can explicitly load the module and see what happens by following `dmesg` in another terminal session:
-
-```
-sudo modprobe amdgpu
-```
-
-On the Compute Module 4, nobody has been able to get the `amdgpu` drivers to get far in their initialization stages. The Pi crashes due to PCIe bus memory allocation/mapping errors.
-
-On the Pi 5, we are able to get full GPU graphics acceleration using Coreforge's [rpi-6.6.y-gpu](https://github.com/Coreforge/linux/tree/rpi-6.6.y-gpu) branch. If running Pi OS, you may have to restart `lightdm` after booting, otherwise it will default to the Pi's built-in GPU.
+To get the amdgpu driver and firmware installed, follow the directions in [this blog post](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/using-amd-gpus-on-raspberry-pi-without-recompiling-linux).
 
 See the linked GitHub issue for more details.
diff --git a/_cards_gpu/amd-radeon-rx7900xt-20gb.md b/_cards_gpu/amd-radeon-rx7900xt-20gb.md
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ It requires a physical x16 PCIe socket. You will need to supply 26A of 12V power
 
 ### `amdgpu` (open source) driver
 
-To get the amdgpu driver loaded, you have to [recompile the Linux kernel for Pi OS](https://github.com/geerlingguy/raspberry-pi-pcie-devices/tree/master/extras/cross-compile) on the 6.15 branch (`rpi-6.15.y`) or later.
+To get the amdgpu driver and firmware installed, follow the directions in [this blog post](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/using-amd-gpus-on-raspberry-pi-without-recompiling-linux).
 
-Go to `Device Drivers` > `Graphics support` on the `menuconfig` step, and select the `amdgpu` driver to install.
-
-Also make sure you have the AMD firmware installed (`sudo apt install -y firmware-amd-graphics`) or the driver will complain about missing files.
-
-The amdgpu driver needs a small patch to work correctly with the Raspberry Pi's PCIe bus; see the linked GitHub issue for more details.
+See the linked GitHub issue for more details.
diff --git a/_cards_gpu/amd-radeon-rx7900xtx-24gb.md b/_cards_gpu/amd-radeon-rx7900xtx-24gb.md
@@ -16,27 +16,6 @@ It requires a physical x16 PCIe socket. You will need to supply 26A of 12V power
 
 ### `amdgpu` (open source) driver
 
-To get the amdgpu driver loaded, you have to [recompile the Linux kernel for Pi OS](https://github.com/geerlingguy/raspberry-pi-pcie-devices/tree/master/extras/cross-compile) on the 6.0 branch (`rpi-6.0.y`) or later.
-
-Go to `Device Drivers` > `Graphics support` on the `menuconfig` step, and select the `amdgpu` driver to install.
-
-Also make sure you have the AMD firmware installed (`sudo apt install -y firmware-amd-graphics`) or the driver will complain about missing files.
-
-If you want to be able to boot the Pi all the way, make sure to blacklist the `amdgpu` kernel module:
-
-```
-sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-amdgpu.conf
-
-# Put this inside the file and save it:
-blacklist amdgpu
-```
-
-Now, after a reboot, you can explicitly load the module and see what happens by following `dmesg` in another terminal session:
-
-```
-sudo modprobe amdgpu
-```
-
-When I do this, the entire system crashes and requires a hard power reset. So far nobody has been able to get beyond the basic initialization due to PCIe memory allocation and access errors on the Pi's bus.
+To get the amdgpu driver and firmware installed, follow the directions in [this blog post](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/using-amd-gpus-on-raspberry-pi-without-recompiling-linux).
 
 See the linked GitHub issue for more details.
diff --git a/images/gpu-amd-radeon-ai-pro-r9700.png b/images/gpu-amd-radeon-ai-pro-r9700.png
