AMD's next-gen RDNA 4 graphics cards are coming soon, but they're still shrouded in mystery. Here's everything we know about RDNA 4.
AMD ’s RDNA 4 graphics cards are already on the horizon, but they’re still a bit of a mystery. Fortunately, various leakers break up that silence with plenty of rumors and tantalizing speculation.
AMD itself has recently admitted that its focus is now on the mainstream segment. The company’s senior vice president, Jack Huynh, told Tom’s Hardware that the company is deprioritizing flagship gaming graphics cards. Huynh said: “Do I want to go after 10% of the total addressable market or 80%? I’m an 80% kind of guy because I don’t want AMD to be the company that only people who can afford Porsches and Ferraris can buy. We want to build gaming systems for millions of users.
A few months ago, Moore’s Law Is Dead spoke about a possible Navi 43 GPU, which is also no longer being mentioned. As per the rumor, the Navi 43 was said to sport 64 compute units , with the Navi 44 having 32 CUs. However, even the source of the leak warned that these specs were uncertain. Lastly, a Geekbench listing supplements what we already know with a bit more information. Reportedly, a Navi 48 GPU showed up in a leaked benchmark, as shared by Wccftech. The GPU sports 56 compute units, placing it between the RX 7700 XT and the RX 7800 XT. The clock speed is a lot more modest than what some early leaks predicted, reaching 2.1GHz.
Moore’s Law Is Dead has also shed some light as to why AMD may have delayed RDNA 4 to 2025. According to the YouTuber’s anonymous sources, AMD is dealing with an oversupply of current-gen graphics cards — most of all, the flagship Navi 31. As one source says: “The reason stated is that they need to get rid of N31 before RDNA 4 launches. They have an oversupply problem, and RDNA 4 is much better price performance.
Although AMD may not win in performance, leakers speculate that it might adopt an aggressive pricing strategy this time around, beating Nvidia in terms of value. Rumor has it that the Navi 44 GPU might sell for under $400, while the flagship Navi 48 could be priced around $500. That’s a highly competitive price point that worked out swimmingly for AMD with the RX 7800 XT, so this makes sense, but everything is still uncertain.
However, we might still see some architectural improvements in RDNA 4. Hardware leakers have been vocal about the fact that AMD wants to improve the ray tracing performance of its GPUs, and RedGamingTech speculates that we might see adjustments to the geometry engine. Other sources also mention AMD’s drive to better compete in AI workflows and ray tracing. Of course, there are also rumors to the contrary that circle back to that MCM design.
Most sources estimate that the rumored RX 8800 XT should be close to the RX 7900 XT in performance. Moore’s Law Is Dead says that it’ll be around 10% slower than the RX 7900 XTX, putting it close to Navi 31 and Nvidia’s RTX 4080. It should outperform the RTX 4070 Ti Super by a small margin, and RedGamingTech predicts that it’ll be slightly faster than the recent RX 7900 GRE.
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