AMD's rumoured Navi 21 graphics cards may feature 80 CUs - 2x as powerful as an RX 5700 XT
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Published: 22nd January 2020 | Source: zhangzhonghao - Chiphell |
AMD's rumoured Navi 21 graphics cards might feature 80 CUs - 2x as powerful as an RX 5700 XT
Over the past few months rumours surrounding AMD's next-generation RDNA products has been coming in thick and fast, especially with regards to RDNA 2 and AMD's Navi 20 series of graphics chips.
Rumours, which stem from unconfirmed sources, have started propagating which suggest that AMD's upcoming "Navi 21" silicon will feature 80 total compute units (CU), doubling the CU count of AMD's Radeon RX 5700 XT.
These rumours stem from zhangzhonghao, who posted information surrounding Navi 21 on Chiphell and machbbs. When these reports are correctly translated, zhangzhonghao also reports that his source also claims that Navi 21 will feature AMD's RDNA 2 graphics architecture and support for hardware-accelerated raytracing.
In our testing across most modern AAA titles, AMD's Radeon RX 5700 XT competes with Nvidia's RTX 2060 Super and RTX 2070 in most cases. We have also found that in GPU-limited scenarios, Nvidia's RTX 2080 Ti can offer a 2x performance boost over Nvidia's lower-end RTX 2060. If AMD's GPU clock speeds remain high with Navi 21, this should make AMD's 80 CU graphics card more powerful than Nvidia's RTX 2080 Ti.
Die size-wise, AMD's Radeon RX 5700 XT silicon takes up roughly 251 square millimetres of space. Microsoft's recently pictured 7nm Xbox Series X silicon is reported to be approximately 407 square millimetres in size. This means that a Radeon graphics card with 2x as many CUs as AMD's Radeon RX 5700 XT should be easily manufacturable. If a console chip can be over 401 square millimetres in size, AMD could certainly make a high-end graphics card that's 450-500 square millimetres.
While zhangzhonghao's reported regarding AMD's Navi 21 silicon could prove to be inaccurate, there is no doubt that AMD could produce a larger Navi graphics card should they wish to. AMD's CEO has even confirmed that a "big Navi" graphics card was coming, though it remains to be seen what form this "big Navi" graphics card will come in. An 80 CU graphics card is more than possible from team Radeon,
Rumours, which stem from unconfirmed sources, have started propagating which suggest that AMD's upcoming "Navi 21" silicon will feature 80 total compute units (CU), doubling the CU count of AMD's Radeon RX 5700 XT.
These rumours stem from zhangzhonghao, who posted information surrounding Navi 21 on Chiphell and machbbs. When these reports are correctly translated, zhangzhonghao also reports that his source also claims that Navi 21 will feature AMD's RDNA 2 graphics architecture and support for hardware-accelerated raytracing.
In our testing across most modern AAA titles, AMD's Radeon RX 5700 XT competes with Nvidia's RTX 2060 Super and RTX 2070 in most cases. We have also found that in GPU-limited scenarios, Nvidia's RTX 2080 Ti can offer a 2x performance boost over Nvidia's lower-end RTX 2060. If AMD's GPU clock speeds remain high with Navi 21, this should make AMD's 80 CU graphics card more powerful than Nvidia's RTX 2080 Ti.
Die size-wise, AMD's Radeon RX 5700 XT silicon takes up roughly 251 square millimetres of space. Microsoft's recently pictured 7nm Xbox Series X silicon is reported to be approximately 407 square millimetres in size. This means that a Radeon graphics card with 2x as many CUs as AMD's Radeon RX 5700 XT should be easily manufacturable. If a console chip can be over 401 square millimetres in size, AMD could certainly make a high-end graphics card that's 450-500 square millimetres.
While zhangzhonghao's reported regarding AMD's Navi 21 silicon could prove to be inaccurate, there is no doubt that AMD could produce a larger Navi graphics card should they wish to. AMD's CEO has even confirmed that a "big Navi" graphics card was coming, though it remains to be seen what form this "big Navi" graphics card will come in. An 80 CU graphics card is more than possible from team Radeon,
You can join the discussion on AMD's rumoured 8 CU Radeon Navi 21 graphics card on the OC3D Forums.
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Beat it in temps and power consumption too.Quote
I have patiently waited for new AMD GPU since R290X, almost 8 years. If rumors are true,Navi 21 would be something similar like Death Star revelation to rebels , in this case nVidia and their ridiculous pricing.Quote
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Originally Posted by NeverBackDown
Beat it in temps and power consumption too.
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Originally Posted by AngryGoldfish
Are you saying that because it's out of place for a higher powered card to draw more power and output more heat?
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The only time people stop caring about performance is if AMD draws more power and runs hotter. It's a convenient excuse to stay Nvidia.
I do doubt the expectations this rumour gives though. Take into account Ray Tracing and there's not much room left and that means it's dense as f* which means hot. Which means lower clocks... etc etc.Quote
I'd disregard RT on Turing as a feature... Maybe next gen it'll be valid, but it isn't now.
And I'd certainly take a 400W Radeon card over a 280W 2080ti, if it performs better.Quote
And I'd certainly take a 400W Radeon card over a 280W 2080ti, if it performs better.Quote
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