AMD is on track to reveal its new generation of graphics cards in the coming months, and a Geekbench 6 leak may have confirmed the Radeon RX 8000's mid-range specs. The benchmark site lists a test with a GFX120 model, which possibly matches the identifier of GPUs with RDNA 4 microarchitecture.
The benchmark reveals that AMD's upcoming graphics card works with 28 Work Group Processors (WGPs), which should convert into around 56 CUs (Compute Units). For comparison, the current Radeon RX 7800 XT operates with 58 CUs and aligns with rumors that the new Radeon GPUs would be in the mid-range segment.
The rest of the
technical sheet says little about this model. The operating frequency is low,
at just 2,101 MHz, and shows that the test may refer to a graphics chip still
in active development. On the other hand, the benchmark reveals that the card
would arrive with 16 GB of RAM — probably in the GDDR6 protocol.
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As most of the specifications suggest that the graphics chip is still an engineering sample, it is not possible to judge positively or negatively about this technical sheet. However, this shows that AMD is not concerned about developing a high-end GPU with RDNA 4 technology at this time.
Another point that draws attention to the Geekbench 6 leak is the score generated. The card had very unsatisfactory performance, lower than that of a GTX 1650, for example. This is yet another hint that this model is still an engineering version and should take some time to be released.
Speaking of launch,
the debut date of the new Radeon RX 8000 should occur on the first of 2025,
with a supposed announcement for CES in January.