According to the latest rumor from Chiphell’s ‘wjm47196,’ AMD’s rDNA 2 revamp will be released in Q2 2022 and would include a whole new branding, similar to the company’s recent mobile releases. The AMD Navi 21 and Navi 22 are two GPUs that are currently mentioned as being updated and will be updated. Now, we don’t know how far these GPUs will be updated, although it could be a little updated.
On the desktop platform, the AMD Navi 21 GPU drives the Radeon RX 6900 XT, RX 6800 XT, and RX 6800, while the Navi 22 GPU powers the RX 6700 XT. If AMD follows the same GPU naming pattern as their mobile portfolio, their successors will be called the Radeon RX 6950 XT, RX 6850 XT, and RX 6750 XT when they arrive in Q2 2022.
According to the earlier speculation, these cards would also include 18 Gbps GDDR6 memory dies. Currently, all cards include 16 Gbps memory dies, except the future RX 6500 XT and the top RX 6900 XT LC. Although the increase to 18 Gbps may provide more bandwidth and improve performance by 2-5 percent, it does not show a significant difference with the updated series. AMD does not appear to be considering the Navi 23 GPUs for the upgrade because they are more mainstream and were just released, as opposed to the higher-end models, which have been available for over a year.
It would have been useful if AMD had given its existing desktop GPUs the 6nm treatment and gotten greater performance efficiency out of them, but that isn’t going to happen. However, there have been various reports of a 6nm range launching later this year.
This soft refresh appears to be a very quiet update that will only be available through AIB cards. There would also be a tiny price difference, and the TGP numbers are projected to increase significantly as faster memory chips are added. These GPUs will almost certainly compete with Intel’s upcoming high-end ARC Alchemist GPUs.
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