AMD's Navi 44 "RDNA 4" GPU has appeared once again in shipping logs, revealing a package size that is 25% larger than Navi 24.
NBD shipping manifest reveals the package size of AMD's Navi 44, which will be the smallest of the two RDNA 4 GPUs
AMD is rumored to unveil its next-gen RDNA 4-based RX 8000 GPUs as early as Q1 2025. Much of the info surrounding these GPUs is unknown except that there will be only a few SKUs in the lineup. It's expected that AMD is going to come up with just Navi 44 and Navi 48 GPUs in the RX 8000 lineup and the Navi 44 package size will be really small.
Package sizes:
Navi 23: 35 x 35mm
Navi 44: 29 x 29 mm— Everest (@Olrak29_) October 14, 2024
@Olrak29_ revealed in an X post that the AMD Navi 44 "RDNA 4" GPU will have a package size of just 29 x 29 mm as mentioned in the NBD.LTD shipping manifestos.
From the details in the shipping manifest, we can see that the AMD Navi 44 "RDNA 4" GPU will utilize the BGA137 socket and in the small brackets, the size of the package is mentioned as "29x29".
Compared to the previous generations, the AMD Navi 44 "RDNA 4" GPU will be roughly 32% smaller than the NAVI 33, which is the smallest package size in the RDNA 3 lineup, which brings a 35x35mm package size. The total surface area for the Navi 44 will be 840mm2, which is the smallest since the release of Navi 24, which brought a package size of 28x24mm or 670mm2. Technically, the Navi 44 GPU should be compared to the Navi 24 chip as per the naming convention and has a 25% uplift in package size.
It should also be kept in mind that AMD's Navi 44 won't be a high-end GPU unlike how AMD usually makes its GPUs. The AMD Navi 48 will be faster than Navi 44 and therefore, it's expected that Navi 44 will be smaller in package size. We don't know the package size of the Navi 48 yet but it should be bigger since AMD's Navi 21/22, and Navi 31/32 have been bigger than the Navi 24 and Navi 33 respectively.
- Navi 48 SKU #1 - R24D-E8
- Navi 48 SKU #2 - R24D-E6
- Navi 44 SKU #1 - R25D-P8
- Navi 44 SKU #2 - R25D-P4
The AMD Navi 48 "RDNA 4" GPU has already been spotted in the "XTX" variation for the "G28201 Desktop" SKU in its reference evaluation design. It should also be pointed out that package sizes themselves don't reveal much about the exact GPU die sizes so we have to wait for more info on that.
It's not clear how much impact the small package size will have on the specifications and performance of the NAVI 44 but AMD might come with at least two SKUs with this die. The actual die sizes for both NAVI 44 and NAVI 48 are still unknown, and we are yet to know the specs of both chips, which will reveal how AMD is planning to tackle NVIDIA's Blackwell budget and mid-range GPUs. Since AMD isn't going after the flagship NVIDIA GPUs such as RTX 5090, AMD is going to mostly target the mainstream users.
AMD RDNA Generational GPU Lineup
| Radeon Lineup | Radeon RX 5000 | Radeon RX 6000 | Radeon RX 7000 | Radeon RX 8000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU Architecture | RDNA 1 | RDNA 2 | RDNA 3 / RDNA 2 | RDNA 4 |
| Process Node | 7nm | 7nm | 5nm/6nm | 4nm? |
| GPU Family | Navi 1X | Navi 2X | Navi 3X | Navi 4X |
| Flagship GPU | N/A | Navi 21 (5120 SPs) | Navi 31 (6144 SPs) | Navi 41 (Cancelled?) |
| High-End GPU | Navi 10 (2560 SPs) | Navi 22 (2560 SPs) | Navi 32 (4096 SPs) | Navi 48 (4 SEs?) |
| Mid-Tier GPU | Navi 12 (2560 SPs) | Navi 23 (2048 SPs) | Navi 33 (2048 SPs) | N/A? |
| Entry-Tier GPU | Navi 14 (1536 SPs) | Navi 24 (1024 SPs) | Navi 34 (1024 SPs)? | Navi 44 (2 SEs?) |
News Sources: @Olrak29_, Videocardz
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