AMD's Upcoming Graphics Cards: A Comprehensive Overview

Upcoming APUs

WEB AMD has finally launched two new processors in its 8000-series of APUs, except these ones strictly aren't. These APUs are designed for budget-friendly laptops and desktops, and they offer a significant performance boost over the previous generation. The new APUs feature up to 8 cores and 16 threads, and they are paired with AMD's new RDNA 2 graphics architecture. This new architecture offers up to twice the performance of the previous generation, making it ideal for gaming and other graphics-intensive tasks.

Radeon RX 6500XT

Lenovo's Leak

Over the weekend, Lenovo may have accidentally revealed AMD's Radeon RX 6500XT by posting specs. These specs suggest that the RX 6500XT will be a budget-friendly graphics card with 4GB of GDDR6 memory and a 64-bit memory bus. The card is expected to be released in early 2022, and it is rumored to be priced at around $199.

Budget Gaming Graphics

In the midst of the ongoing GPU shortage, rumors point to AMD soon releasing new budget gaming graphics. These graphics cards are expected to be based on the RDNA 2 architecture, and they are rumored to offer similar performance to the RX 6600 XT. The new graphics cards are expected to be released in early 2022, and they are rumored to be priced at around $299.

RDNA 4

AMD's Plans

AMD clearly has big plans for RDNA 4, but the company needs to get there first. The company will be releasing its Arc lineup of GPUs at some point in the new year, and the latest rumors suggest that these GPUs will be based on the RDNA 3 architecture. This means that RDNA 4 is likely still a few years away.

RX 7000-Series GPUs

Q3 Release

AMD announced during its earnings call that new enthusiast class RX 7000-series GPUs will arrive in Q3. This is a significant announcement, as it means that AMD is finally ready to compete with NVIDIA's RTX 3000-series GPUs. The new RX 7000-series GPUs are expected to be based on the RDNA 3 architecture, and they are rumored to offer a significant performance boost over the previous generation.