AMD’s senior VP and general manager of computing & graphics, Jack Huynh, has announced that, as a result of the company’s partnership with Microsoft on Project Helix, a brand new version of FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR)—dubbed FSR Diamond—has been natively optimized for Microsoft’s next-generation console and been “deeply integrated” into its development kit. Huynh called this the result of a “multi-year deep co-engineering partnership driving next-gen performance.”
“Thrilled to partner with [Xbox] and [Asha Sharma] on Project Helix, a multi-year deep co-engineering partnership driving next-gen performance, breakthrough graphics, and compatibility with your existing Xbox game library,” wrote Huynh on social media.
While exact technical details about FSR Diamond haven’t been revealed yet, Huynh has described it as being “built” for next-gen neural rendering, machine learning-based upscaling, machine learning-based multi-frame generation, and next-gen ray regeneration for ray tracing and path tracing.
While all quite impressive, multi-frame generation will undoubtedly be one of the flagship features of FSR Diamond, since this would be the first time it makes it into FSR. While AMD’s FSR has previously featured frame generation, it has only generated a single frame between two of the game’s frames.
For the sake of comparison, multi frame generation has been one of the core features of Nvidia’s DLSS since Early last year when the company launched DLSS 4. Since then, the feature has seen further improvements with the addition of Dynamic 6X multi frame generation as of earlier this month.
Interestingly, according to industry insider KeplerL2, FSR Diamond is slated to be exclusive to AMD’s RDNA 5 architecture. This means that we likely won’t see the technology make its way on to older AMD PC GPUs.
It is worth noting that AMD has also been working closely with Sony to build next-generation graphics rendering pipelines that we will likely see in the latter’s next-generation console. Huynh, along with PS5 and PS5 Pro lead architect Mark Cerny, had discussed the results of this collaboration back in October.
Among the new features discussed were Neural Arrays, Radiance Cores, and Universal Compression, which would give game developers more tools to enhance the visual fidelity of their titles while still ensuring that the console hardware can keep up. For more details, check out our thoughts on how this new technology points to the PS6.
“The challenge comes in how we implement these systems,” said Cerny. “The neural networks found in technologies like FSR and PSSR are incredibly demanding on the GPU. They’re both computationally intensive and require speedy access to large amounts of memory. The nature of the GPU fights us here.”
In the meantime, vice president of Xbox Jason Ronald had revealed that early versions of the Project Helix development kit will start being shipped out to developers in 2027.
“Project Helix is powered by a custom AMD [system on chip] and co-designed for the next generation of DirectX and FSR to unlock what comes next,” said Ronald during GDC 2026. “It delivers an order of magnitude leap in ray tracing performance and capability, integrates intelligence directly into the graphics and compute pipeline, and drives meaningful gains in efficiency, scale, and visual ambition. The result is more realistic, immersive, and dynamic worlds for players.”
There have also been plenty of recent reports about the hardware powering Project Helix, and how it would compare with the rumored hardware under the hood of the PS6. While the former is believed to be stronger on paper, the difference is ultimately believed to be “basically not that meaningful.”
Project Helix Will Feature Deep Integration With New AMD FSR Diamond
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