The first 7nm amd navi gpus will be low-end

Navi is the new generation of Radeon graphics cards that we are all waiting for and AMD seems to be taking it very seriously after Vega was a disappointment in 2018, although to see it in action, we are still going to have to wait a while. A Wccftech report tries to shed light on what Navi has in store, citing sources in the semi-custom graphics card industry currently working on PlayStation 5.

AMD Navi 7nm - The high-end will be expected

The rumor mentions that the first Navi graphics cards for the desktop market will arrive between 2019 and 2020. The first cards would be aimed at the low-end sector and the 7nm process would be used. The high-end variants will arrive much later and will use HBM2 memory. It is really interesting that HBM2 is mentioned only for the high-end variant, which suggests that the mid-range cards could use the GDDR6 memory that is in full production by Micron and Samsung at the moment.

Mid-range cards are expected to replace Polaris once and for all, and their launch at this point could explain why AMD would make another stop on the Radeon RX Polaris line as Navi will be arriving very late to desktop PCs.

The planned or rumored release schedule:

• Navi 10 will be the first Navi piece to arrive and will land sometime in the second half of 2019 or early 2020, depending on a couple of factors. The performance level of this part will be equivalent to that of Vega and will be a small 7nm based GPU. Navi 14 will follow Navi 10 soon after. Navi 20 is going to be the true high-end GPU built with the 7nm node and as things stand right now you are seeing it land sometime around 2020-2021.

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