Samsung confirms that it is already delivering 24Gbps GDDR6X samples for the next generation of GPUs

Although there are still several months to see the new graphics cards for gaming from AMD and Nvidia, both companies are already working on their development, and so are their partners, such as memory manufacturers. In this case, it is Samsung who confirmed that it is already delivering the first samples of its GDDR6X memories at 24Gbps, allowing partners to start testing without having to wait for mass production of these memories to begin.

The information was revealed directly on Samsung’s website, where it is mentioned that the product status of its K4ZAF325BC-SC24 memories is “Sample”, which indicates that a limited trial production was made to deliver samples to potential customers as it could be AMD, Nvidia, or even Intel.

According to the specifications shown on the Samsung page, each of these chips has a total capacity of 16Gb (2GB) achieved thanks to the use of 32 groups of 512Mb. Thanks to this higher storage density, with only 8 of these chips it will be possible to reach 16GB of VRAM in a 256-bit graphics, and obtain a bandwidth of 768MB / s, which is an incredible increase compared to 608GB / s. s that the RTX 3070 Ti has with GDDR6X memory at 19Gbps ​​and not to mention the 448GB / s that the RTX 3070 has with GDDR6 memory at 14Gbps. These increases will be even greater in graphics with a 384-bit bus as the RTX 4090 surely has, since combining this bus with 24Gbps memory will achieve an impressive bandwidth of 1,125GB / s, exceeding TB / s without the need for resort to memories HBM.

In addition to these 24Gbps memories, Samsung also prepares new 16Gb GDDR6X memories with a 20Gbps speed that will surely be used in the mid-high-end models, and in the future, GDDR7 of up to 32Gbps for what may be the RTX 5000 and RX 8000 Although there is still a long way to go to see that new generation of memories in action, so we will not emphasize it yet.

Returning to GDDR6X, it will be interesting to see what alternatives other memory manufacturers like Hynix or Micron offer at the time of the launch of the new GPUs, although with any manufacturer that choose AMD or Nvidia, we will see large increases in bandwidth to get the most out of the new GPUs in high resolutions.

What do you think about the high speeds of these new Samsung 24Gbps GDDR6X memory? Would you like to see an RTX 4090 with a 384-bit bus and use of these memories to achieve a bandwidth above 1TB / s?