Another day in the tech world with even more rumors. And this new batch of rumors about the much-talked-about AMD RDNA 4 is pretty tasty if it turns out to be true.
It seems that, according to a brand new leak provided to us by noted hardware leaker Golden Pig Upgrade (reported by Video cardz), the top-of-the-line model for the Radeon RX 8000-series GPUs appears to be the RX 8700 XT. The leaker also states that RDNA 4 will have a similar product positioning as RDNA 1, as the latter’s highest SKU class also dropped to the 8700 tier.
This corresponds to another recent Geekbench specs leak which reveals that the device will have 56 CUs and 3,584 stream processors, a clock speed of 2,101MHz, 16GB of VRAM and most likely GDDR6 memory.
Another leak posted by All The Watts!! and reported by Check notebook revealed four more RDNA 4 SKUs. Based on those numbers, we can source the following four SKUs:
- Navi 48 GPU, 256-bit bus, 64 MB Infinity Cache, 20 Gbps VRAM
- Navi 48 GPU, 256-bit bus, 64 MB Infinity Cache, 18 Gbps VRAM
- Navi 48 GPU, 192-bit bus, 48 MB Infinity Cache, 19 Gbps VRAM
- Navi 44 GPU, 128-bit bus, 32 MB Infinity Cache, 18 Gbps VRAM
This matches another leak from Kepler which mentioned the first three Navi 48 SKUs, and a later post added that the Navi 48 SKUs will get up to 64GB of Infinity Cache on the top-end models and 48MB on the lower-spec version.
As you can see, the leaks are coming in pretty fast now – this could mean that the launch of RDNA 4 is not far away. Fingers crossed for that; but until we get official confirmation, all of these leaks are still speculation and should be taken with a grain of salt.
What is the future of the RX 8000 series and AMD in general?
It’s fascinating to see how the rate of leaks surrounding RDNA 4 is rapidly increasing as the supposed release window approaches. According to a recent reportThe flagship Navi 48 will debut at CES 2025, while the Navi 44 is due out sometime in Q2 2025. We also know that these cards will be mid-range, with the most powerful of these – the RX 8700 XT – also falling into this category.
If you think about it, this makes sense, since the RDNA 5 will likely be in the high-end cards. There’s also the fact that AMD is prepping its Zen 6 Medusa processors with integrated RDNA 5 graphics, which would make them even bigger contenders once those launch.
Seeing these leaks, rumors, and reports surrounding Team Red’s upcoming product lines is promising. It’s clear that AMD continues to up its game to stay competitive in both the graphics card and processor markets. Let’s hope the actual end products live up to these expectations.