AMD's RX 6500 XT is the Sub-$200 GPU that the PC market needs

Overclock3D.Net | Jan. 4, 2022, 6:20 a.m. | Original

Finally, a GPU that I can afford

Published: 4th January 2022 | Source: AMD | Author: Mark Campbell

AMD has delivered what PC gamers want, an affordable GPU

2021 placed the PC gaming market into a bad place. Demand outstripped the world's supply of graphics cards, leading to inflated pricing, a lack of stock at retailers, and price inflation within the used GPU market.

Today, AMD has revealed their Radeon RX 6500 XT graphics card, the company's answer to PC gaming's affordability crisis. A sub-$200 graphics card that promised to deliver strong 1080p gaming performance despite its low pricing. That said, it remains to be seen whether or not this GPU will have the same supply issues as other RX 6000 series GPUs.

Like all other RDNA 2 graphics card, AMD's RX 6500 XT is fully compliant with Microsoft's DirectX 12 Ultimate standard and supports features like FidelityFX Super Resolution. the graphics card will feature a 4 GB frame buffer, 1024 stream processors and clock speeds that can boost beyond 2800 MHz. Not bad for a budget-oriented graphics card.

AMD plans to launch their Radeon RX 6500 XT on January 19th for $199. At this time AMD has not showcased custom AIB variants of this graphics card.

With a small 4GB frame buffer, AMD;s RX 6500 XT graphics card will be a GPU that is unappealing to many cryptocurrency miners. This is good news for PC gamers, as this will lower demand for Radeon's sub-$200 graphics card from non-gamers. Thanks to AMD's Infinity Cache technology and its 18 Gbps GDDR6 memory, this graphics card should have ample memory bandwidth for modern games at 1080p. While 4 GB of GDDR6 VRAM is not much, it will be enough for all modern PC games with the right graphical settings.

Below are the specifications of AMD's RX 6500 XT.

Radeon
RX 6400 (OEM)

Radeon
RX 6500 XT
(Reference) 		Radeon
RX 6600
(Reference) 		Radeon
RX 6600 XT
(Reference) 		Radeon
RX 6700 XT
(Reference)
Compute
Units 		12 16 28 32 40
Shaders

768 1024 1792 2048 2560
Game
Frequency 		2039 MHz 2610 MHz 2044 MHz 2369 MHz 2424 MHz
Boost
Frequency 		2321 MHz 2815 MHz 2491 MHz 2589 MHz 2581 MHz
VRAM
Size 		4GB 4GB 8GB 8GB 12GB
Memory Bus
Size 		64-bit 64-bit 128-bit 128-bit 192-bit
VRAM
Speed 		16 Gbps

18 Gbps

16 Gbps 16 Gbps 16 Gbps
Infinity
Cache 		32 MB 32 MB 64MB 64MB 96MB
Power
Inputs
N/A 6-pin 8-pin 8-pin

8-pin &
6-pin


Performance Levels

AMD's new RX 6500 XT is expected to outperform graphics cards like Nvidia's GTX 1650 and AMD's RX 570 graphics cards by significant margins. While these graphics cards are by no means high-end, it is encouraging to see that AMD is pushing up the performance of the low-end GPU market.

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04-01-2022, 16:25:31

NeverBackDown
$200 is a godsend right now. I know so many people who desperately need an upgrade but can't afford the terrible prices. This would be a nice stop gap care for them Quote

04-01-2022, 16:42:38

KingNosser
I just hope they have made more than normal, as people are screaming for cards and would rather buy a $200 new than a 2nd hand 970/580, this is much needed not everyone is like me and a total gfx whore some are just as happy on medium 1080p, the market has been crying out for this type of card and if i'm being really honest it's these cards that should be launched first i really mean that. Quote

04-01-2022, 17:05:03

AlienALX
The size of the die will give them much higher yields per wafer just on its own tbh. Plus the failure rates are reduced drastically too.

Problem is how many people need them. These are not cards you want, but need. Quote
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