AMD entry-level RDNA2 Radeon RX 6500XT to feature 1024 Stream Processors, RX 6400 with 768

AMD Radeon RX 6500XT to feature 1024 Stream Processors, RX 6400 with 768 cores

We received a tip from a good source on the upcoming AMD Navi 24 based graphics cards.

The RX 6500 XT is to feature a full implementation of Navi 24 GPU with 16 Compute Units and 1024 Stream Processors . This card will require a dedicated power connector to be attached and according to our source, it has a recommendation for a 400W power supply. The source has not been able to confirm the base and boost frequencies of the GPU but claims that the memory speed is 14 Gbps, so just as fast as RX 6600 non-XT. It will ship with 4GB GDDR6 memory across a 64-bit bus, which gives a maximum memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

AMD Radeon RX 6400 is also based on Navi 24 GPU however it has fewer Compute Units enabled (12 out of 16). Thus, the graphics card is to offer 768 Stream Processors . Similarly to RX 6500 XT, it will ship with 4GB GDDR6 memory across the 64-bit bus. The most important difference is that RX 6400 will not require a separate power connector as the power delivered through the PCIe slot will be sufficient. The RX 6400, therefore, has a TBP lower than 75W.

It should be noted that RX 6500 XT and RX 6400 will be AMD’s first entry-level models with dedicated ray accelerating units. The RX 6500 XT comes with 16 Ray Accelerators whereas the RX 6400 has 12.

According to our source, both cards are to launch in the first quarter of 2022 with RX 6500 XT shipping first. The RX 6500 XT and RX 6400 are advertised as 1080p gaming cards, but obviously due to reduced memory capacity and bandwidth one should not expect good performance with ultra or high-quality image settings in newer titles.

AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series
VideoCardzRX 6600 XTRX 6600 RX 6500 XT RX 6400
Picture [ to be leaked ][ to be leaked ]
GPUNavi 23 XTNavi 23 XL Navi 24 XT Navi 24 XL
Cores
2048
1792
1024
768
Infinity Cache
32 MB
32 MB
16 MB
16 MB
Ray Accelerators
32
28
16
12
Game Clock
2359 MHz
2044 MHz
TBC TBC
Boost Clock
2589 MHz
2491 MHz
TBC TBC
Memory Clock
16 Gbps
14 Gbps
14 Gbps
14 Gbps
Memory
8 GB GDDR6
8 GB GDDR6
4 GB GDDR6
4 GB GDDR6
Memory Bus
128-bit
128-bit
64-bit
64-bit
Bandwidth
256 GB/s
224 GB/s
112 GB/s
112 GB/s
TBP
160W
132W
TBC
≤75W
MSRP
379 USD
329 USD
TBC TBC
Launch DateAugust 2021October 2021 Q1 2022 Q1 2022

Many thanks to DISCLOSUZEN for the info.