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No change in GPU node for Radeon RX 6X50XT series
AMD Navi 21 and Navi 22 GPU refresh focuses only on memory upgrade?
Moore’s Law is Dead claims the rumored Radeon RX 6000 desktop series refreshes it to continue using the same 7nm process technology as existing solutions. Therefore, the series will primarily provide a memory speed upgrade over existing solutions.
I can now 100% confirm that the upcoming 6950 XT, 6850 XT and 6750 XT are still on the same 7nm node as their predecessors.
That still leaves room for a greater than 10% boost when combined with 18Gbps memory, and so I still expect the 6950 XT to be a much better product than the 3090 Ti.
— Moore’s Law is dead (@mooreslawisdead) February 3, 2022
Rumors about a possible Radeon 6000 refresh are not that old yet. The first was a tweet from Greymon55, which revealed that AMD is set to introduce faster memory to some of its existing SKUs. Then there was a post from Wjm47196 on the Chiphell forums, who said that a Navi 21 and Navi 22 refresh was planned for a Q2 release. And just yesterday, Greymon55 clarified that these new cards should be expected in late June or early July.
Now is the time for Moore’s Law is Dead to add another piece to the puzzle. He believes that these new cards should not be based on a rumored 6nm refresh of Navi 2X chips, but rather on existing 7nm process technology. So would the supposed 6X50XT parts be nothing more than a memory spec upgrade, or is there something else to the story? It’s hard to say right now because we’re still months ahead of launch.
What all sources have in common is the belief that new Radeon cards should feature 18 Gbps GDDR6 Memory, so just as fast as the existing Radeon RX 6900XT Liquid Edition and the recently introduced RX 6500 XT model. MLID is also certain that these boards are currently referred to internally as 6X50XT parts, but that could obviously change at some point.
| AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VideoCardz.com | GPUs | Stream processors | Memory | Memory speed |
| Radeon RX 6900 XTLC | 7nm Navi 21 XTXH | |||
| Halo Radeon RX 6900 XT | 7nm Navi 21 XTXH | |||
| Radeon RX 6950 XT | 7nm Navi 21 XTX (?) | |||
| Radeon RX 6900 XT | 7nm Navi 21 XTX | |||
| Radeon RX 6800 XT MB | 7nm Navi 21 XT | |||
| Radeon RX 6850 XT | 7nm Navi 21 XT (?) | |||
| Radeon RX 6800 XT | 7nm Navi 21 XT | |||
| Radeon RX 6850 | 7nm Navi 21 XL (?) | |||
| Radeon RX6800 | 7nm Navi 21 XL | |||
| Radeon RX 6750 XT | 7nm Navi 22 XT (?) | |||
| Radeon RX 6700 XT | 7nm Navi 22 XT | |||
| Radeon RX 6600 XT | 7nm Navi 23 XT | |||
| Radeon RX6600 | 7nm Navi 23 XL | |||
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | 6nm Navi 24 XT | |||
| Radeon RX6500 | 6nm Navi 24 XL (?) | To confirm | ||
| Radeon RX6400 | 6nm Navi 24 XL | |||
Source: Moore’s law is dead
