Although it may seem that we are going to talk about the RX 7000, direct competitors of the RTX 40 for a few months, the reality is that AMD seems to postpone everything a little longer and will launch the RX 6 × 50 versions on the market earlier. These graphics cards will have an added curiosity compared to the current RX 6000: they are not intended to be a replacement and given their technical characteristics, they certainly fit that description perfectly. What are these AMD RX 6000 Refresh really like?
They have already been baptized as RX 6000 Refresh and even as RDNA 2 Refresh and the truth is that it is a very appropriate term if we take into account that we will have three models focused on the three existing ranges on the market. Will they be worth it being something new and better?
AMD RX 6000 Refresh, the new gaming GPUs
Of course, what AMD is trying to do is position itself in different segments and just above key sales charts. Thus, this RX 6950 XT is placed ahead of the RX 6900 XT in terms of performance and price thanks to a Navi 21 XTXH (7 nm) chip that includes 80 CUs with 5,120 Shaders.
There are no real changes in the chip since it is exactly the same as the RX 6900 XT in terms of technical characteristics except for two details: the frequencies and the speed of its GDDR6X. Due to this we went from 2,015 MHz/2,250 MHz in Clock Gaming and Boost to a more interesting 2,100 MHz/2,310 MHz for those same definitions. On paper, this represents a performance increase of between 5% and 7% if we take into account that memory has gone from 16 Gbps to 18 Gbps , which increases the bandwidth to 576 GB/s.
All of this drives consumption to 335 watts and the price up $100 to $ 1,099 in the US.
AMD RX6750XT
In the mid-range, the aforementioned formula is repeated, thus obtaining a 7nm Navi 22 XT chip with 40 CU and 2,560 Shaders, which also sees its frequencies increase from 2,424 MHz/2,581 MHz to the most competitive 2,495 MHz/2,600 MHz. in Clock Gaming and Boost respectively.
The other key section is again the VRAM memory, which goes from 16 Gbps to 18 Gbps , achieving a bandwidth of 432 GB/s and altogether an increase in consumption of 20 watts to leave it at 250W .
Here we have an expected increase of 5% at most, since in frequencies it is negligible and everything has to do with the memory change and its speed. Its price increases 20 dollars to reach 499 .
AMD RX6650XT
It is the smallest of the three GPUs that will hit the market, where AMD repeats the move seen in its two older sisters. Therefore, we have a 7nm Navi 23 XT chip that will integrate 32 CUs with 2,048 Shaders, which increase their frequency from 2,359 MHz/2,589 MHz to 2,410 MHz/2,635 MHz respectively.
Once again, memory is what will define AMD’s performance leap, since we went from the 16 Gbps of the current RX 6600 XT to the 17.5 Gbps of this RX 6650 XT, almost a 10% improvement in this section which is once again undermined by the slight increase in die, which should reflect a jump similar to that of its just superior sibling with roughly a 4%-5% performance bonus.
Finally, the consumption jump in this goes from 160 watts to 180 watts , while its price grows 20 dollars to stand at 399 in the country of stars and stripes. These graphs are expected to be presented as such on May 10 .
