AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT to cost 199 USD
The RX 6500XT is the new Navi 24 based graphics card.
Radeon RX 6500XT will retail at 199 USD and it will be available on January 19th. This is the first 6nm GPU AMD is launching for desktops. During its 2022 Product Premiere, Laura Smith confirmed that the card will boost up to 2.6 GHz in game mode.
The RX 6500XT features Navi 24 with 1024 Stream Processors paired with 18 Gbps 4GB GDDR6 memory. Radeon RX 6500XT is a dual-slot design with HDMI and DisplayPort connectivity. It will be exclusively available through AMD board partners.
AMD Radeon RX 6500XT, Source: AMD
Additionally, AMD is also releasing Radeon RX 6400 card for OEMs. This is a cut-down Navi 24 model with 768 Stream Processors and 4GB GDDR6 memory. This card will feature 16 Gbps memory speed and a 64-bit memory bus, which gives a maximum bandwidth of 128 GB/s.
AMD Radeon RX 6500XT/6400, Source: AMD
| AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VideoCardz | RX 6600 XT | RX 6600 | RX 6500 XT | RX 6400 |
| Picture |  | |  |  |
| Architecture | 7nm RDNA2 | 7nm RDNA2 | 6nm RDNA2 | 6nm RDNA2 |
| GPU | Navi 23 XT | Navi 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 | 2610 MHz | 2039 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2589 MHz | 2491 MHz | 2815 MHz | 2321 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 16 Gbps | 14 Gbps | 18 Gbps | 16 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 | 144 GB/s | 128 GB/s |
| TBP | 160W | 132W | 107W | 53W |
| MSRP | 379 USD | 329 USD | 199 USD | OEM |
| Launch Date | August 2021 | October 2021 | January 2022 | ? |