AMD has inadvertently confirmed its upcoming Radeon RX 8600 and RX 8800 desktop GPUs through recent updates to its ROCm (Radeon Open Compute) libraries. The GPUs, which are expected to be part of AMD’s RDNA 4 architecture, appeared in code changes, hinting at active development and future releases.
The latest update references to “gfx12_rx8800” and “gfx12_rx8600” alongside existing “gfx11_rx7900” entries. This suggests “gfx12” denotes a new GPU architecture, and RX 8800/RX 8600 represent families of cards. A changelog entry explicitly mentions “add nav4x arch,” confirming these GPUs are part of the next-gen Navi 4X series expected to power AMD’s upcoming Radeon line-up.
While the update doesn’t reveal specific details such as specifications or release dates, the unexpected inclusion of the RX 8600 and RX 8800 in these libraries offers an early glimpse of AMD’s plans for its next-generation desktop GPU line-up. It seems that AMD is preparing to launch mid-range (RX 8600) and high-performance (RX 8800) graphics cards to succeed its RDNA3-based predecessors, the Radeon RX 7600 and RX 7800 series.
AMD’s ROCm is an open-source software platform for high-performance computing and AI workloads. It provides tools for GPU programming, libraries for machine learning, and supports open standards like OpenCL. New GPU support in ROCm requires developers to update code, often shared via GitHub.
Considering Intel’s newly launched second-gen Arc GPUs based on the Battlemage architecture, it will be interesting to see how AMD prices its upcoming line-up, especially the entry-level RX 8600.
