- A new leak shows that AMD Apus 6 will use RDNA 3.5 architecture instead of RDNA 4
- It is shown that RDNA 4 is exclusive to discreet GPUs only through GPUOPEN drivers
- This means that laptops or future portable computers using jellyfish Point Apu may not have FSR 4
While we wait for the addition of AMD to its Strix Point Ryzen AI 300 series processors, such as the Ryzen Z2 Extreme for the PC of hand games, Team Red is already planning its next generation of mobile APU, with name in ‘Medusa Point’ code. Unfortunately, there have been some disappointing news.
According to Kepler_L2 (which covers rumors and technological leaks) in X, the next APUS Zen 6 of AMD (especially the Medusa Points) will not use the RDNA 4 architecture, based on the code discovered in AMD GPUOPEN controllers, and instead, it is likely that you probably use RDNA 3.5. This discovery was made through the RDNA device ID 4 ‘GFXLP12’, which is for discreet GPUs only according to a code line.
Essentially, this means that the next generation characteristics, such as FSR 4, will not be available on any device that uses Apus Zen 6 of the next generation, which will be a great disappointment for many who expect the new extension technology to reach laptops or laptop computers. We still do not know what APU are included in the Medusa Point line or if any of its processors will star in future PC for hand games, but given the rhythm of development in the portable market at this time, it would be a surprise if they did not.
While any FSR 4 is not exactly a decisive factor, it has been shown that it provides exceptional improvements of image quality, specifically within its performance mode, in some sequences they even exceed the DLSS 3 CNN model of NVIDIA, and would help replace the existing performance mode of FSR 3, which significantly sacrifices the image quality for a better performance.
This leaves me worried about the state of the PC of potential portable games of Medusa Point …
I must clarify again that we still know very little about the APU of Medusa Point, particularly if they will be used for PC for hand games. But assuming that they will (of what I am sure of what I am sure), no FSR 4 is a disappointment, to say the least.
I am aware that AMD does not rule out the possibility that FSR 4 reaches RDNA 3: Nvidia cadres generation technology could only be reaching the GPUs of the RTX 3000 series, similar to the potential of FSR 4. However, I am convinced that even if it does, it will not be the complete package, with the new potentially missing frame generation model.
The good news is that the next Medusa Point processors can produce fantastic performance results in the games, regardless of the games: we have seen the main rival of Intel to achieve this recently, with the MSI Claw 8 AI+ using the Core Ultra 7 258V processor of Intel to provide a large jump on the original claw with Intel engine, but there are still games that definitely require stressing.
With luck, the exclusivity FSR 4 in the RDNA 4 GPUs can end soon (since this would even help current hand computers such as Asus Rog’s ally), but I doubt it. Pray to be wrong.
