Next-gen Exynos chip, confirmed to feature AMD RDNA 2 with ray tracing and variable shading

[Redaktion]

What has been only a rumor so far is finally official: AMD CEO Lisa Su has confirmed during her Computex 2021 keynote speech that the next-gen Exynos SoC will feature a custom AMD RDNA 2 architecture with ray tracing and variable rate shading. More details about this upcoming 5G chip will surface later this year.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Next-gen-Exynos-chip-confirmed-to-feature-AMD-RDNA-2-with-ray-tracing-and-variable-shading.541977.0.html

[Anonym]

So a frinkin' Exynos chip is getting RDNA2 while the very latest Ryzen Mobiles are still stuck with Vega.

[Muhammad Anhar]

So a frinkin' Exynos chip is getting RDNA2 while the very latest Ryzen Mobiles are still stuck with Vega.

Maybe AMD aren't ready for RDNA 2 APU for now. But at least we got powerful laptop with AMD Zen 3 CPU and RDNA 2 GPU.

[opelit]

Vega is so power-efficient that it doesn't make sense to upgrade to RDNA2. No to mention that RDNA2 cores are bigger. But next APU will use RDNA2 anyway, so why so angry haha

[Anonym]

Vega is so power-efficient that it doesn't make sense to upgrade to RDNA2. No to mention that RDNA2 cores are bigger. But next APU will use RDNA2 anyway, so why so angry haha

You do realize the Exynos SoC is far smaller and more power constrained than any full-sized laptop that equips a Ryzen Mobile, do you? Why isn't the more power constrained device using Vega then?

Furthermore, Intel (effin Intel!) is already beating Vega with their Intel Xe i GPU, and it's not by some small margin in productive use-cases (such as hardware decoding with AV1). Your argument sounds more like an excuse for lagging behind one more year than any proper reason.

[Fulljack]

Vega is so power-efficient that it doesn't make sense to upgrade to RDNA2. No to mention that RDNA2 cores are bigger. But next APU will use RDNA2 anyway, so why so angry haha

yeah, Vega 64 are so efficient, it's performance per watt is only 54% of RX 6900 XT lmao