AMD announces Radeon RX 6700 XT at 479 USD, launches on March 18th

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT to launch on March 17th at XXX USD

Today AMD has revealed its latest graphics card from the RDNA2 family, the Radeon RX 6700 XT.

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is here to tackle NVIDIA GA104 Ampere-based models. AMD officially revealed its graphics card today during the ‘Where Gaming Begins: Episode 3’ event, which was hosted by Scott Herkelman.

AMD confirmed that their graphics card will feature Navi 22 GPU with 40 Compute Units. It will have a base clock of 2321 MHz, a game clock of 2424 MHz, and a boost clock of 2581 MHz. This means that the graphics card will offer a maximum single-precision compute performance of 13.2 TLFOPS.

The graphics card features 160 Texture Mapping Units, 64 ROPs, and 40 Ray Accelerators for raytracing hardware acceleration. With 12GB GDDR5 192-bit memory, the graphics card has 384 GB/s of maximum bandwidth.

The graphics card is equipped with a high-quality PCB with an 8-pin and 6-pin power connector. The official TDP is 230W, a bit more than previously speculated.

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, Source: AMD

AMD revealed the first performance figures for the new graphics card. According to AMD, the RX 6700 XT will be able to compete with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti in 1440p gaming.

AMD confirmed  Radeon RX 6700 XT will launch on March 18th at 479 USD. The launch will feature custom and reference models, which should theoretically increase availability.

AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series Specifications
VideoCardzRadeon RX 6900XTRadeon RX 6800XTRadeon RX 6800Radeon RX 6700XT
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GPUNavi 21 XTXNavi 21 XTNavi 21 XLNavi 22 XT
Compute Units
80
72
60
40
Cores
5120
4608
3840
2560
Boost Clock
2250MHz
2250 MHz
2105 MHz
2581 MHz
Memory
16GB G6
16GB G6
16GB G6
12GB G6
Memory Bus
256-bit
256-bit
256-bit
192-bit
Memory Speed
16 Gbps
16 Gbps
16 Gbps
16 Gbps
TGP
300W
300W
250W
230W
Dimensions26.67 x 11.98 x 4.98 cm26.67 x 11.98 x 4.98 cm26.67 x 11.975 x 3.98 cm26.67 x 11.02 x 3.98 cm
Height2.5-slot2.5-slot2-slot2-slot
Power Connectors2x 8-pin2x 8-pin2x 8-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Display Connectors1x HDMI 2.1
2x DP 1.4a
1x USB-Type-C
1x HDMI 2.1
2x DP 1.4a
1x USB-Type-C
1x HDMI 2.1
3x DP 1.4a
1x HDMI 2.1
3x DP 1.4a
Launch DateDecember 2020November 2020November 2020March 18th, 2021
MSRP999 USD649 USD579 USD479 USD