The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT is here, and it only costs $479… if you can find one!
Here is what you need to know about the new 1440p gaming card from AMD!
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT : Official Launch Briefing!
AMD is targeting the Radeon RX 6700 XT at 1440p gamers, with its 40 enhanced Compute Units and 12 GB GDDR6 memory.
Let’s start with the official launch briefing by Scott Herkelman, Corporate Vice President & General Manager at the AMD Graphics Business Unit.
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT : Key Features
The AMD Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards are built on the new RDNA 2 architecture, which features an enhanced Compute Unit, a new visual pipeline with Ray Accelerators, and the new AMD Infinity Cache.
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AMD Smart Access Memory
This is an exclusive feature that is enabled when a Radeon RX 6000 series graphics card is paired with the Ryzen 5000 series processor and an X570 motherboard.
The Ryzen 5000 processor is given greater access to its GDDR6 graphics memory, providing up to 13% better performance when combined with the new Rage Mode one-click overclocking setting.
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AMD Infinity Cache
The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT comes with a 96 MB Infinity Cache. Think of it as an L3 cache for the GPU.
AMD added it to dramatically increase memory bandwidth, which reducing memory latency and power consumption.
They claim it delivers up to 3.25X the bandwidth of the 256-bit GDDR6 memory, and up to 2.4X more effective bandwidth per watt.
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DirectX 12 Ultimate Support
They will support the next-generation games with greater realism through DirectX Raytracing (DXR) and Variable Rate Shading.
New Ray Accelerator
Every RDNA 2 computer unit has a new fixed-function Ray Accelerator engine to deliver real-time lighting, shadow and refection realism through DirectX Raytracing (DXR).
It can be paired with AMD FidelityFX to enable hybrid rendering, offering a combination of rasterised and ray-traced effects for a blend of better image quality and higher performance.
Variable Rate Shading (VRS)
Variable Rate Shading dynamically reduces the shading rate for areas of the frame that do not require a high level of visual quality, improving performance at little to no perceptible loss in image quality.
Microsoft DirectStorage Support
They will support the future DirectStorage API for faster load times, and high-quality textures.
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT : Specifications
The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT headlines the Radeon RX 6000 series :
- Radeon RX 6900 XT : 80 CUs, 80 RAs, 320 TMUs, 128 ROPs, 16 GB DDR6
- Radeon RX 6800 XT : 72 CUs, 72 RAs, 288 TMUs, 128 ROPs, 16 GB DDR6
- Radeon RX 6800 : 60 CUs, 60 RAs, 240 TMUs, 96 ROPs, 16 GB DDR6
- Radeon RX 6700 XT : 40 CUs, 40 RAs, 192 TMUs, 64 ROPs, 12 GB DDR6
Here is a table comparing their key specifications :
| Specifications | RX 6900 XT |
RX 6800 XT |
RX 6800 |
RX 6700 XT |
| Transistors | 26.8 billion | NA | ||
| Fab Process | 7 nm | |||
| TGP | 300 W | 250 W | 230 W | |
| Compute Units | 80 | 72 | 60 | 40 |
| Ray Accelerators | 80 | 72 | 60 | 40 |
| Stream Processors | 5120 | 4608 | 3840 | 2560 |
| Game Clock | 2015 MHz | 2015 MHz | 1815 MHz | 2424 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2250 MHz | 2250 MHz | 2105 MHz | 2581 MHz |
| TFLOPS | 23.04 | 20.74 | 16.17 | 13.21 |
| TMUs | 320 | 288 | 240 | 192 |
| Max. Texture Rate | 720 GT/s | 648 GT/s | 505 GT/s | 495 GT/s |
| ROPs | 128 | 96 | 64 | |
| Max. Pixel Rate | 288 GP/s | 202 GP/s | 165 GP/s | |
| Infinity Cache | 128 MB | |||
| Graphics Memory |
16 GB GDDR6 | 12 GB GDDR6 | ||
| Bus Width | 256-bit | 192-bit | ||
| Bandwidth | 512 GB/s | 384 GB/s | ||
| PCIe Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | |||
| PCIe Power | 2 x 8-pin | |||
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT : Performance
AMD shared these performance charts to demonstrate its gaming performance at the 1440p resolution, beating the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti.
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT : Price + Availability
At launch, the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT has a SEP (Suggested E-tail Price) of US$479, which is approximately £343 / A$614 / S$638 / RM1,940.
The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT will be available from AMD board partners like ASRock, ASUS, GIGABYTE, MSI, PowerColor, Sapphire and XFX starting 18 March 2021.
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