Question Zen 6 Speculation Thread

[branch_suggestion]

Has he made those other predictions before, so that magically AMD 'changed the design'? Wouldn't be the first time from someone with that kind of history.

That is my assumption.
Would be tricky to fit such a long CCD in AM5.

 

[Kepler_L2]

It's rumored to get RDNA5 graphics.

Nah, it's RDNA 3.5 with some enhancements.

 

[adroc_thurston]

Nah, it's RDNA 3.5 with some enhancements.

That's for Gator Range/MedusaDT.

 

[Kepler_L2]

That's for Gator Range/MedusaDT.

Pretty sure it's for Medusa Point too.

 

[gdansk]

Pretty sure it's for Medusa Point too.

So it's still N4P?

 

[Kepler_L2]

So it's still N4P?

The IOD? Probably not, the GPU IP exists on N3E too.

 

[gdansk]

the GPU IP exists on N3E too.

For what else?

 

[Kepler_L2]

For what else?

The original Strix Halo design

 

[Ghostsonplanets]

Nah, it's RDNA 3.5 with some enhancements.

Wait. So GoldenPig was correct about RDNA 3.5 being long-lived GFX IP?

 

[Kepler_L2]

Wait. So GoldenPig was correct about RDNA 3.5 being long-lived GFX IP?

Yep, not sure why gfx12 was skipped for (almost) all APUs.

 

[del42sa]

Pretty sure it's for Medusa Point too.

so only new X-box have RDNA5 or new X-box gonna stick with RDNA3.5 too ?

 

[mostwanted002]

@GTracing appreciate the TL;DR man. rayge:

 

[yuri69]

Wait. So GoldenPig was correct about RDNA 3.5 being long-lived GFX IP?

Yay, RDNA 3.5 is the new Vega

 

[Kepler_L2]

so only new X-box have RDNA5 or new X-box gonna stick with RDNA3.5 too ?

I think it's gfx12 for the handheld and gfx13 for the console

 

[Ghostsonplanets]

I think it's gfx12 for the handheld and gfx13 for the console

So handheld is coming sooner than nextBox? As I assume the reason for GFX12 would be that they froze IP choices earlier.

 

[Ghostsonplanets]

Yay, RDNA 3.5 is the new Vega

I mean, it's not bad. Vega was available from dirty cheap to premium, so I assume RDNA 3.5 will be the same. AMD needs to have better availability of their designs at the bottom of stack.

Competitiveness though, 16CU feels it will barely handle against PTL 12 Xe³. Increasing shader count doesn't feel likely, so I guess AMD will take the gains of N2 and speed optimize the routing of RDNA 3.5 even further for increased clocks.

 

[Kepler_L2]

So handheld is coming sooner than nextBox? As I assume the reason for GFX12 would be that they froze IP choices earlier.

Yeah the handheld is supposed to release next year afaik.

 

[Ghostsonplanets]

Yeah the handheld is supposed to release next year afaik.

That's way earlier than what I thought. Will be interesting to see what performance level the machine will have.