The next-gen AMD Radeon graphics card seems to have leaked on the Geekbench. The new GPU used in the test comes with 16GB of VRAM.
A year ago, we revealed how AMD Radeon RX 8000 series of graphics cards are unlikely to come with flagship models. In other words, there might not be any RX 8900 or RX 8800 graphics card in the next-gen AMD Radeon series. This is because AMD seems to want to concentrate on the mid-range and upper mid-range in the RX 8000 series.
This is possibly because recent AMD Radeon graphics card series like the RX 7000 and RX 6000 haven’t performed as great as they should. The top range models of the RX 7000 series comes with multi-chip modules that have one graphics chip and six memory chips max on one Navi 31 and Navi 32 GPUs respectively that power graphics cards like RX 7900 XTX, RX 7900 XT, RX 7900 GRE, RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT.
The above graphics card models are unlike RX 7600 XT and RX 7600 that use a monolithic Navi 33 GPU. Similarly, AMD Radeon RX 8000 graphics cards are expected to use the traditional monolithic GPUs too.
While we do know that the RX 8000 series is likely to be announced or release starting January next year, till now we did not have proper information about their specs. Except maybe the GPU name, Navi 48 and Navi 44. Looks like now we have some more specs about them.
RX 8000 Leaks
A series of benchmarks about a possible next-gen AMD Radeon RX 8000 graphics card seems to have leaked on Geekbench.
While the benchmark doesn’t directly say which model, it comes with a codename gfx1201. As RX 7000 series used a codename of gfx11** and even RX 6000 too used a gfx103* codename, the gfx1201 is all likely to be the highest level graphics card that’s going to be found in the RX 8000 series.
The benchmark shows us two important specs. First is, it comes with 16GB of VRAM, something which RX 7800 XT comes with for example. While GDDR7 is going to be available by then, AMD is unlikely to use it in the RX 8000 series. It would likely stick to GDDR6 instead. Why, because it’s cheaper that way.
Second, it mentions 28 CU (compute units). As confirmed by @Kepler_L2 and @AnhPhuH, Geekbench counts WGP (Work Group Processors) as CU. Since AMD these days uses two CUs in a single WGP, it’s fair to say that this particular graphics card is likely to come with 56 CUs. Which puts it between RX 7700 XT (54 CU) and RX 7800 XT (60 CU).
The leaks aren’t without their problems, though. The GPU clock in the benchmark hits just 2101 MHz, which is considered quite less as per the modern standards. Another problem is, the benchmark score itself is quite less. Both of these things suggest that these are early engineering samples. VideoCardz, in fact, suggests that these could be early samples sent to the board partners for testing. Explained by the commonly used mid-range PC used in the benchmarks.
Either way, going forward, expect more leaks to come. Especially leaks related to improved performance, correct GPU clocks, bandwidth, TDP and other things.
