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AMD Radeon 9060 XL Appears in ROCm Docs -Likely a Typo, Not a New GPU

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AMD mistakenly listed a non-existent Radeon 9060 XL graphics card in its ROCm 6.4.2 software support list, possibly due to a typo.
– The document incorrectly attributes the new Radeon RX 9000-series GPUs to the RDNA 3 architecture instead of their actual RDNA 4 designation.
– The Radeon 9060 XL name may refer to a cut-down version of the Navi 44 processor, though AMD has not used the “XL” branding publicly since the Radeon HD 3000 series.
– AMD has the technical capability to produce cut-down Navi 44 GPUs but may lack sufficient market demand or lower-bin silicon volumes for a new model.
– The architectural mislabeling is a confirmed error, as RDNA 4 introduces significant hardware changes like new accelerators and cache systems, differing from RDNA 3.

A curious entry has surfaced within AMD’s official ROCm 6.4.2 software documentation, listing a Radeon 9060 XL graphics card that does not correspond to any announced product. This unexpected mention has sparked speculation, though it is more likely the result of a documentation error rather than a sign of an upcoming GPU release.

The ROCm support list includes several Radeon RX 9000-series models, such as the RX 9070 XT, RX 9070, RX 9070 GRE, RX 9060 XT, and the puzzling RX 9060 XL. Notably absent is a standard RX 9060 model. While the document correctly identifies these GPUs with their internal gfx1200 and gfx1201 processor targets, it incorrectly classifies them under the RDNA 3 microarchitecture instead of their actual RDNA 4 designation.

This mislabeling of the architecture suggests broader inaccuracies in the document, making it plausible that the “XL” suffix is also a mistake. If the RX 9060 exists, it would most likely feature the Navi 44 XL processor. AMD has not used the “XL” branding publicly since the ATI era, though it continues to use the term internally to denote cut-down versions of its GPUs, such as the Navi 31 XL in the Radeon RX 7900 GRE.

Although AMD has the technical capability to produce a cut-down Navi 44 variant, market conditions may not support the introduction of a new lower-end model. The company’s discrete desktop GPU sales figures for early 2025 do not indicate a pressing need or sufficient volume of lower-bin chips for such a product.

Some might point to similarities between RDNA 3 and RDNA 4 as a reason for the confusion, but the two architectures differ significantly. RDNA 4 introduces a new command dispatch processor, updated matrix accelerators with FP8 support, a redesigned cache system, and an enhanced ray tracing engine. These changes represent a new instruction set architecture, meaning the misclassification in the ROCm documents is almost certainly a typographical error.

(Source: Tom’s Hardware)

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