While there are no precise details regarding AMD's upcoming next-gen Arctic Islands GPU, AMD claims that these will have twice the performance per watt compared to the current-gen GPUs.

According to latest rumors, AMD's next-generation GPUs will feature the new 2nd-generation High Bandwidth Memory (HBM2) and that is pretty much what we currently know.

During AMD's Q3 financial call, AMD's CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, noted that the company is now focused on delivering the next-generation GPUs, which will improve performance per watt by two times compared to current-gen GPUs, due to design and architectural enhancements as well as advanced FinFET manufacturing process.

This sounds quite impressive considering that both 4K/UHD 60FPS gaming has becoming popular and Virtual Reality gaming is also coming. According to latest reports, you will need at least 90FPS in order to get the best experience from upcoming VR headsets and this will need a lot of GPU horsepower.

According to earlier rumors, AMD's Greenland GPU could pack as much 8192 Stream Processors, which paired up with the new HBM2, offering over 1TB/s of memory bandwidth, will provide some impressive performance, all thanks to 16nm/14nm FinFET manufacturing process.



Source: Wccftech.com.