Last week, we learned that AMD isn’t quite done with the RDNA 3-based Radeon 7000 series of graphics cards and is considering launching entry-level Radeon RX 7400 and Radeon RX 7300 GPUs to compete with NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 3050. The news came from a reliable source. However, a follow-up report now says that AMD and its partners are fully committed to RDNA 4.
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This means that Acer, ASUS, ASRock, Biostar, GIGABYTE, MSI, Powercolor, Sapphire and XFX are developing and testing new Radeon RX 8000 series GPUs. As spotted by Videocardz.comTaiwanese outlet Benchlife points out that none of AMD’s Radeon partners are working on entry-level RDNA 3 GPUs.
“Everyone is currently focused on the next generation of Radeon graphics cards based on the RDNA 4 GPU architecture,” the Benchlife report says.
The Radeon RX 7400 would have reportedly been a 150W GPU with 6GB of GDDR6 memory, and the Radeon RX 7300 would have been a 120W GPU with 4GB of GDDR6 memory. While these are entry-level models and don’t exactly have exciting specs, depending on the price, they could have been good options for budget builds.
As for RDNA 4, it’s great to hear that AMD’s AIB partners are fully committed to the next-generation Radeon, especially given the rumors of its unveiling and launch at CES in January 2025.
As for expectations for the RDNA 4 GPUs, AMD is currently expected to launch two mid-range models with overall performance similar to or slightly above the current Radeon RX 7900 XT (not quite as powerful as the flagship Radeon RX 7900 XTX), with ray tracing performance expected to be increased by two to three times thanks to brand new architecture and RT hardware.
