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https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/12nm-amd-polaris-up-and-coming-pretty-soon-already.html
So it is a little bump in speed and let us hope it is more power efficient as well.
PCOnline now as well mentions this, and they claim to have the info from videocard manufacturers. Polaris 30 (I'll just call it that for now) is manufactured at 12 nm and could be 10 to 15 percent faster compared to the current RX 570 and 580. The current generation is built on 14 nm FinFET LPP+. When AMD moves to a 12nm part, the clocks could indeed be bumped up a bit more, much like what Zen+ is doing for Ryzen 2000. It's not the first time that this rumor now has surfaced and for now, we do believe them to be true.
So it is a little bump in speed and let us hope it is more power efficient as well.