Four AMD Navi GPU Variants Leaked, Rumored For July 2019 Launch

Khalid Moammer
A mockup of what an official Navi poster reference card could look like.

AMD is getting ready to launch four Radeon Navi 7nm GPU variants later this year. We know this thanks to a MacOS Mojave update, which includes specific references to four distinct Navi GPU variants in its codebase. This means that this leak is as legit as it gets, and with that let's get into the juicy bits!

Four AMD 7nm Navi GPU Variants Spotted in MacOS Update, Rumored For July 2019 Launch

The code for the update in question was spotted by Gigamaxx on the TonyMacx86 forum which  videocardz picked up on. The source code includes four Navi graphics processors, the Navi 16, Navi 12, Navi 10 and Navi 9.

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It's not entirely clear if each of these is a distinct GPU die, or rather a variant of the same chip. Although, we have already seen references to Navi 10 and Navi 12 being two distinct GPUs on previous occasions. This is where the company's code names can become very confusing.

According to the latest chatter AMD is still eyeing summer 2019 for a Navi launch, specifically in July. This is in fact very much consistent with what we've been hearing over the past four months.

AMD's Rumored Radeon Navi RX 3080, RX 3070 & RX 3060 Graphics Cards

It's not yet obvious how the company's upcoming Radeon VII GPU based on 7nm Vega is going to fit into all of this, with Navi being so close.  Especially considering that earlier whispers put the performance of the fastest Navi variant -- RX 3080 -- at Vega 64 +15%, which is just 10% shy of AMD's $700 Radeon VII. The same rumor/leak by AdoredTV also claims a ~$250 price tag for that same 3080 card. Which if true would dramatically undercut AMD's own Radeon VII.

This means one or a combination of three things. Either Navi isn't really as fast as rumored, it isn't going to be as cheap or AMD is planning a hefty price cut for the Radeon VII sometime in the middle of the year. Regardless, what this leak indicates is that Navi is actually quite close to market, and Radeon VII will not be the only new 7nm GPU we see from AMD this year.

Alleged AMD Radeon RX 3000 Series Specifications

Graphics CardGPUCompute UnitsVRAMTDPPerformance Class
(Competition)
Price
(RUMORED)
RX 3090 XTNavi 2064-225WRadeon VII + 10%$500 US
RX 3090Navi 2060-180W~Radeon VII$430 US
RX 3080 XTNavi 1056-190W~RTX 2070$330 US
RX 3080Navi 10528GB GDDR6175WVega 64 +10%$280 US
RX 3070 XTNavi 1048-160WVega 64$250 US
RX 3070Navi 12408GB GDDR6130WVega 56$200 US
RX 3060Navi 12324GB GDDR675WRX 580$140 US

 

 

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