AMD announced their new video cards, the Radeon RX 6000 series. AMD showcase their new GPU’s on their final keynote this month hosted by AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su. The presentation revealed the first three parts in AMD’s new RDNA2 architecture “Big Navi” video card family: the Radeon RX 6800, 6800 XT, and 6900 XT.
AMD RX 6000 Series Comparison:
| AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT | AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT | AMD Radeon RX 6800 | |
| Stream Processors | 5120 (80 CUs) | 4608 (72 CUs) | 3840 (60 CUs) |
| ROPs | 128 | 128 | 96 |
| Game Clock | 2015MHz | 2015MHz | 1815MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2250MHz | 2250MHz | 2105MHz |
| Throughput (FP32) | 20.6 TFLOPs | 18.6 TFLOPs | 13.9 TFLOPs |
| Memory Clock | 16 Gbps GDDR6 | 16 Gbps GDDR6 | 16 Gbps GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus Width | 256-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| VRAM | 16GB | 16GB | 16GB |
| Infinity Cache | 128MB | 128MB | 128MB |
| Total Board Power | 300W | 300W | 250W |
| Manufacturing Process | TSMC 7nm | TSMC 7nm | TSMC 7nm |
| Architecture | RDNA2 | RDNA2 | RDNA2 |
| Release Dates | Dec. 8, 2020 | Nov. 18, 2020 | Nov. 18, 2020 |
| Launch Price | $999 | $649 | $579 |
Watch AMD’s Keynote Presentation:
References:
- Salter, J. (2020). AMD’s newest graphics cards: RDNA2 power from $579 to $999. Arstechnica
- Smith, R. (2020). AMD Reveals The Radeon RX 6000 Series: RDNA2 Starts At The High-End, Coming November 18th. Anandtech
- Dexter, A. & Ridley, J. (2020). AMD RX 6000 release date, Big Navi specs, price, and performance. PCGamer