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4672 SP (73 CU's) isn't happening. That is an insanely large chip for something that is a mid-range part... And that would be a die-harvested part even still, meaning it's going to be an even larger chip than the CU counts would otherwise imply.
You do understand that costs are a very real issue for mid-range parts, right? You do understand that don't you?

Vega 7 with 60 CU's was already beefy at 331mm2 at 7nm. (Granted that's a die-harvested 64 CU part.)

For mid-range you want 200-250mm2 die sizes so you can get more working chips per wafer and hit the $200-$300 price points.

I wouldn't rule out 72 CUs (73 CUs seems strange). That's twice the amount of the Pro which is built on 16nm. TSMC claims their 7nm yields about a 60% power reduction and 3x transistor density improvement compared to their 16nm process. Vega 7 is not a good example as it wasn't designed for 7nm from the ground up, which Navi is.