AMD announces Radeon RX 6500XT at 199 USD, available on January 19th

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT to cost 199 USD

The RX 6500XT is the new Navi 24 based graphics card. 

Radeon RX 6500XT will retail at 199 USD and it will be available on January 19th. This is the first 6nm GPU AMD is launching for desktops. During its 2022 Product Premiere, Laura Smith confirmed that the card will boost up to 2.6 GHz in game mode.

The RX 6500XT features Navi 24 with 1024 Stream Processors paired with 18 Gbps 4GB GDDR6 memory. Radeon RX  6500XT is a dual-slot design with HDMI and DisplayPort connectivity. It will be exclusively available through AMD board partners.

AMD Radeon RX 6500XT, Source: AMD

Additionally, AMD is also releasing Radeon RX 6400 card for OEMs. This is a cut-down Navi 24 model with 768 Stream Processors and 4GB GDDR6 memory. This card will feature 16 Gbps memory speed and a 64-bit memory bus, which gives a maximum bandwidth of 128 GB/s.

AMD Radeon RX 6500XT/6400, Source: AMD

AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series
VideoCardz	RX 6600 XT	RX 6600	RX 6500 XT	RX 6400
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Architecture	7nm RDNA2	7nm RDNA2	6nm RDNA2	6nm RDNA2
GPU	Navi 23 XT	Navi 23 XL	Navi 24 XT	Navi 24 XL
Cores	2048	1792	1024	768
Infinity Cache	32 MB	32 MB	16 MB	16 MB
Ray Accelerators	32	28	16	12
Game Clock	2359 MHz	2044 MHz	2610 MHz	2039 MHz
Boost Clock	2589 MHz	2491 MHz	2815 MHz	2321 MHz
Memory Clock	16 Gbps	14 Gbps	18 Gbps	16 Gbps
Memory	8 GB GDDR6	8 GB GDDR6	4 GB GDDR6	4 GB GDDR6
Memory Bus	128-bit	128-bit	64-bit	64-bit
Bandwidth	256 GB/s	224 GB/s	144 GB/s	128 GB/s
TBP	160W	132W	107W	53W
MSRP	379 USD	329 USD	199 USD	OEM
Launch Date	August 2021	October 2021	January 2022	?