AMD confirms the mainstream desktop and high-performance notebook GPUs of the Radeon RX 6000 for the first half of 2021

AMD has confirmed that the mainstream desktop and high-end laptop GPUs of the Radeon RX 6000 series with the RDNA 2 architecture will be available in the first half of 2021. The Radeon RX 6700 series is slated to hit the market recently in March with some more details in the coming months.

AMD confirms the Radeon RX 6000 mainstream desktop and high-end laptop GPUs with RDNA 2 architecture in the first half of 2021

During the keynote at CES 2021, AMD CEO Dr Lisa Su confirmed that the mainstream Radeon RX 6000 and high-end Radeon RX 6000 GPUs will arrive in the first half of 2021. AMD presented Dirt 5 with 1440p 60 FPS on an unknown price Radeon RX 6000M GPU. The company also showed new images of mainstream Radeon RX 6700 and Radeon RX 6600 series desktop graphics cards.

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AMD is well on the way to bringing the first notebooks onto the market # RDNA2 In the first half of 2021, you will also see mainstream designs for RDNA 2 desktop graphics cards in the first half of the year. # CES2021 pic.twitter.com/EW2fBpSFDq

– Radeon RX (@Radeon) January 12, 2021

The AMD Radeon RX 6700 series graphics cards are aimed at the retail segment under $ 500. They are offered in a similar way to their predecessors, the Radeon RX 5700 XT and Radeon RX 5700, and offer much better performance and efficiency values. Back then, these cards should be out earlier and in the coming month, but it looks like the rumors have something else to say today. The source reports that the Radeon RX 6700 series is slated for the end of the first quarter of this year, so we’ll see a launch in late March or even early April.

That also makes us wonder whether AMD will even announce the Radeon RX 6700 XT and Radeon RX 6700 cards Keynote at CES 2021. If they do, they will definitely announce the start date and that will be at least three months late due to this rumor. The Big Navi GPUs had a much closer launch date of a month, but that seems unlikely here.

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT with Navi 22 XT and Radeon RX 6700 with Navi 22 XL GPUs

We finally have them Specifications for the Radeon RX 6700 series, which includes the Navi 22 XT-based Radeon RX 6700 XT and the Navi 22 XL-based Radeon RX 6700 graphics cards. The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT with the full Navi 22 XT GPU SKU is expected to have 40 compute units or 2560 stream processors, while the Radeon RX 6700 with the Navi 22 XL GPU SKU will have a reduced configuration. The graphics card has a 12 GB GDDR6 memory buffer and a 192-bit bus interface. AMD will most likely use 16 Gbps chips, which gives a total bandwidth of 384 Gbps for the cards.

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AMD Radeon RX 6700 series with dual-slot cooling solution:

The dual-slot card has a similar design to the triple-slot offering, but a slightly compact form factor. This case should be designed for cards of the AMD Radeon RX 6700 series. The card features a dual Axial-Tech fan design and the large “R” logo in the center as well as on the fans that represents the Radeon brand.

The card also features the LED-lit Radeon logo on the sides and a large cut-out to draw heat away from the aluminum heat sink. There are two 8-pin power connectors on the card, but we may also see 8 + 6 or configurations for the more performance-optimized variants. The card also has a two-slot form factor and should have I / O similar to the Big Navi graphics card. It is expected that this cooler should house the Navi 22 GPU, which is slightly smaller but still larger than the Navi 10 (RDNA 1) GPU from AMD for the Radeon RX 5700 series graphics cards.

Graphics card lineup of the AMD Radeon RX 6000 series “RDNA 2”: