AMD has confirmed the existence of the Big Navi, codenamed Navi 21 for flagship and high-end graphics cards, Navi 22 for the mid mainstream market, and Navi 23 for the low-end market.
Recently, Nvidia showed the peak of the digital graphics technology with its new ampere architecture graphics cards, and with the introduction of several professional graphics cards next September, it will also introduce consumer-quality graphics cards to the market. Being the only rival of Nvidia, the RDNA 2 architecture graphics card from AMD will definitely have a lot of new stuff. Recently, AMD announced the version information of the RDNA 2 architecture, in fact there are up to 12 versions.
It is known that the Navi 21 is manufactured in a 7nm process on the basis of the RDNA 2 architecture, supposed to have a core area of up to 505 square millimeters, can integrate up to 80 computing units and up to 5120 stream processors and has an overall energy efficiency improved by up to 50% compared to the current Navi 10.
Navi 21 turned out to be the main focus this time and will be used in up to 12 versions of the map, four of which are aimed at the high-end gaming market, namely Navi 21 XTX, Navi 21 XT, Navi 21 XL, and Navi 21 XE. The table shows that Navi 21 XTX, Navi 21 XT should be the full version of the core, while Navi 21 XL and Navi 21 XE are somewhat get-backed, probably similar to the RX 5000 series, which is divided into four models like XT 50th Anniversary Edition, XT.
AMD Navi 21, the “Big Navi” is revealed
There are also two versions for professional graphics applications, Navi 21 Pro XT and Navi 21 Pro XL, and four versions for Apple PC products, Navi 21 XTA, Navi 21 XLA, Navi 21 Pro XTA, Navi 21 Pro XLA. It is said that the first two versions are for iMac, Mac Pro, and the remaining two for Mac Pro.
However, after the release of Navi 21, the current Navi 10 will not retire immediately, but will continue to launch improved versions of Navi 10 XT+, Navi 10 XM+, Navi 10 XTE+, etc., in order to continue to capture the market share of graphics cards in the lower and mid-range price range.