Rumoured to be constructed on a smaller chip course of, and stated to be way more energy environment friendly, AMD’s RDNA 4 structure may lastly make its introduction with the RX 8000 GPU collection. And we have simply obtained our very first style of what that would appear like.
As identified by X account Benchleaks (by way of Tom’s Hardware), a sequence of Geekbench checks have been uploaded to the benchmarking web site, hinting at AMD’s upcoming line of playing cards. We know this primarily based on the gadget title of the graphics playing cards registered.
RDNA 3 playing cards use the gfx11XX naming format, whereas RDNA 3.5 playing cards come underneath the gfx115X format. Gfx120X represents the subsequent main line: RDNA 4. Gfx1201 pops up in 5 separate checks, 4 of which use the Intel Core i7 12700F processor, and certainly one of which makes use of the i7 13700K variant. These are desktop Intel processors, which implies we’re a desktop card, at the very least for the needs of those checks.
It’s vital to notice, earlier than wanting on the figures and rating, that RDNA 4 is anticipated to launch sooner or later subsequent yr (seemingly round CES 2025 on the earliest). For this motive, take every little thing with a lot salt it may spoil your meals. The OpenCL rating of a low 30,000 reported within the 5 checks might be exploratory in some vogue—to check early builds or take a look at several types of playing cards and machines. It’s a really low rating and never essentially indicative of the ultimate product.
However, it’s proof the subsequent lineup of chips is being actively labored on and, contemplating RDNA 4 is usually recommended to be included within the PS5 Pro, this may increasingly put a clock on the structure.
Information not discovered within the Geekbench rating largely comes from Kepler_L2—a leaker with a little bit of a observe report within the business. This shouldn’t be their first time reporting on this collection of playing cards, with them hinting at boosted ray tracing efficiency earlier this yr. Alongside these checks, a cryptic publish was put out by the leaker suggesting three playing cards can have the next stats:
- 256-bit bus with 20 Gbps reminiscence pace
- 256-bit bus with 18 Gbps reminiscence pace
- 192-bit bus with 19 Gbps reminiscence pace
The GPUs are presently testing with a reminiscence capability of 16 GB.
These figures do not imply all that a lot outdoors of the context of having the ability to really take a look at them, because the GTX 1070 from 2016 additionally had a 256-bit bus bandwidth—it simply so occurs to make use of an historic reminiscence kind, reasonably than the GDDR6 anticipated within the 8000 line. Raw numbers will provide you with an concept of what it’s able to, however we’re lacking a number of vital data—and it is topic to some change earlier than launch.
However, we do know RDNA 4 is anticipated to fall behind Nvidia’s subsequent providing, which is presently reported to make use of GDDR7 reminiscence. As reported final yr, RDNA 4 GPUs usually are not anticipated to compete with high-end Nvidia gear, with it as an alternative anticipated to be a extra mid-range providing. Those stats look wholesome thus far, at the very least, even when the Geekbench scores do not.
