AMD brings graphics from laptops to PC: its Radeon 6700

There were some rumors about what AMD could do together with a graphics card manufacturer as renowned as Sapphire, and it has finally happened, which as we will see is curious. And it is that from the world of laptops and mining cards, a new GPU now comes to PC, the first of the AMD 6000 series that does not integrate the RX to its credit: Radeon 6700. Why has this silent launch been given now?

It is true that between the new RX 6650XT and the RX 6700 XT there is a positional gap that could be filled with another model, but it is also true that the gap between the RX 6800 and the RX 6750 XT is greater, where there is no intermediate model and There is a leap in both price and performance. For this reason, this Radeon 6700 surprises. What novelties does it bring to the series?

AMD brings graphics from laptops to PC

AMD Radeon 6700, a unique GPU that comes from “another world”

It would have made more sense to launch a mid-range model to cover the space we mentioned above, but no, AMD and Sapphire have a new graphics card available that is surprising in terms of specifications for two reasons.

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The first is that technically speaking and saving the distance of consumption, we are dealing with an RX 6700M laptop. But at the same time and quite surprisingly, its technical characteristics, and apparently also its design, are nailed to the model that the brand presented focused on cryptocurrency mining and again the only difference that we have been able to find is consumption.

But before going into speculation, we are going to get to know it more thoroughly to argue its end. We are facing a graphics card focused on gaming that has the 7nm Navi 22 XL chip manufactured by TSMC. It will integrate 2308 Shaders with 36 Ray Accelerators, 144 TMUs and 64 ROPs, all in 36 CUs in total.

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The frequency is the section that stands out here, since Sapphire has provided it with 2,230 MHz and 2,495 MHz (Gaming / Boost), so we understand that this is its official frequency from AMD.

More consumption and 10 GB of VRAM

The data is completed with the aforementioned 10 GB of VRAM at 16 Gbps that will be connected to a 160-bit bus, something unusual in PC graphics cards. But it is that this Radeon 6700 really comes from the two areas mentioned and in a quite interesting way.

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The chip is intended for gaming laptops, the frequencies have been increased and therefore it goes from 135 watts to 220 watts, which at the same time is also a higher value than the version with the same shape and concept for mining. Therefore, if we add 2+2, we will surely find the key to officially launch this graphics card through a manufacturer like Sapphire: the cryptocurrency market has crashed and they have to launch the stock of GPUs destined to mine them as cards. graphics for gaming, and if they sell a few hundred with a good price involved, then they will have already done business.

Why else did AMD not present it when the RX 6000 Refresh was less than a month ago? It makes no sense to do it through a manufacturer, unless it is the manufacturer itself that asks for permission, excusing a large stock of the model focused on mining that it cannot sell now due to the state of the market.

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In any case, we do not have an official price for this card, but it will range between $479 and $399 for its two sisters that delimit it in range. Likewise, the manufacturer has launched two models, the normal one and the PULSE, so it is clear that the stock they have of the BC-2235 GPRO X080 10 GB for mining is really high.