An AMD Radeon RX 9080 gaming GPU is reportedly coming, but with a big catch

We thought that AMD’s new RDNA 4 gaming GPU range was going to top out at “9070” when it comes to model numbers, but a new leak claims that there’s a new AMD Radeon RX 9080 chip coming. There’s a catch, though, which is that the rumored chip’s full name is the Radeon RX 9080M, and it’s reportedly a laptop GPU. What’s more, the core spec looks identical to that of the desktop Radeon RX 9070 XT. That’s a good start, though, as I was really impressed by the performance of the new AMD RDNA 4 architecture in my Radeon RX 9070 XT review, and awarded it a place on our guide to the best graphics card. It looks as though AMD has different plans for the model names of its new laptop gaming GPUs, though, with the new Radeon RX 9080M apparently matching the number of compute units and VRAM capacity of the 9070 XT. Continue reading An AMD Radeon RX 9080 gaming GPU is reportedly coming, but with a big catch MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Ryzen 7 9800X3D review, Best gaming CPU, Radeon RX 9070 XT review

Apr 25, 2025 - 18:51

An AMD Radeon RX 9080 gaming GPU is reportedly coming, but with a big catch

We thought that AMD’s new RDNA 4 gaming GPU range was going to top out at “9070” when it comes to model numbers, but a new leak claims that there’s a new AMD Radeon RX 9080 chip coming. There’s a catch, though, which is that the rumored chip’s full name is the Radeon RX 9080M, and it’s reportedly a laptop GPU. What’s more, the core spec looks identical to that of the desktop Radeon RX 9070 XT.

That’s a good start, though, as I was really impressed by the performance of the new AMD RDNA 4 architecture in my Radeon RX 9070 XT review, and awarded it a place on our guide to the best graphics card. It looks as though AMD has different plans for the model names of its new laptop gaming GPUs, though, with the new Radeon RX 9080M apparently matching the number of compute units and VRAM capacity of the 9070 XT.

Continue reading An AMD Radeon RX 9080 gaming GPU is reportedly coming, but with a big catch

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