AMD RDNA 4 "Navi 4X" GPUs won't be featuring any high-end GPU configurations if this latest rumor from @Kepler_L2 is to be believed.
AMD RDNA 3 Might Be The Last High-End GPU We Get From Red Team For Some Time, RDNA 3.5 For iGPUs & RDNA 4 Without High-End SKUs
This rumor should be taken with a huge grain of salt but @Kepler_L2 has previously covered GPU information that has been legit. So regarding the information, it is said that AMD's upcoming Navi 4X GPU lineup which will be utilizing the RDNA 4 graphics architecture won't have any SKUs for the high-end segment.
Navi4 lineup will not have any high-end GPUs
Think of it like RDNA1 or Polaris generation.
— Kepler (@Kepler_L2) August 4, 2023
The lineup is said to be similar to the 1st generation RDNA GPUs which featured a top Navi 10 SKU but no real high-end SKU aimed at the enthusiast or ultra-enthusiast segment such as the Navi 21 and Navi 31 chips. For those thinking that AMD's RDNA 3.5 GPUs will take up the charge of the high-end Radeon graphics cards, well that isn't the case either as that SKU is primarily designed for iGPUs for Ryzen 8000 CPUs & APUs.
But there's another interesting proposition to be made here. Considering AMD's reliance on MCM technologies, it is likely that instead of making a large monolithic die, AMD could just fuse two mid-tier dies together which would save up manufacturing costs and also allow for better yields and an efficient design. Although this is just a rumor AMD already implements an MCM solution for its MCDs so moving that over to GCDs would be the next logical step. However, this is all but a rumor for now.
Currently, GPUs for PCs are steadily evolving from RDNA 1 to RDNA 2 and RDNA 3, and we promise to evolve to RDNA 4 with even higher performance in the near future.
Rick Bergman, (AMD's EVP of Computing & Graphics Business Group)
As far as official information, AMD has confirmed that RDNA 4 GPUs would evolve with even higher performance than existing offerings. So the exclusion of a high-end Navi 4X GPU doesn't mean that we won't see faster graphics cards from the Radeon team in the future. The next-gen AMD Radeon GPU lineup based on the RDNA 4 architecture is expected to launch by 2024 and will be utilizing a new and advanced process node.
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?) |
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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