AMD entry-level RDNA2 Radeon RX 6500XT to feature 1024 Stream Processors, RX 6400 with 768

AMD Radeon RX 6500XT to feature 1024 Stream Processors, RX 6400 with 768 cores

We received a tip from a good source on the upcoming AMD Navi 24 based graphics cards.

The RX 6500 XT is to feature a full implementation of Navi 24 GPU with 16 Compute Units and 1024 Stream Processors. This card will require a dedicated power connector to be attached and according to our source, it has a recommendation for a 400W power supply. The source has not been able to confirm the base and boost frequencies of the GPU but claims that the memory speed is 14 Gbps, so just as fast as RX 6600 non-XT. It will ship with 4GB GDDR6 memory across a 64-bit bus, which gives a maximum memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.

AMD Radeon RX 6400 is also based on Navi 24 GPU however it has fewer Compute Units enabled (12 out of 16). Thus, the graphics card is to offer 768 Stream Processors. Similarly to RX 6500 XT, it will ship with 4GB GDDR6 memory across the 64-bit bus. The most important difference is that RX 6400 will not require a separate power connector as the power delivered through the PCIe slot will be sufficient. The RX 6400, therefore, has a TBP lower than 75W.

It should be noted that RX 6500 XT and RX 6400 will be AMD’s first entry-level models with dedicated ray accelerating units. The RX 6500 XT comes with 16 Ray Accelerators whereas the RX 6400 has 12.

According to our source, both cards are to launch in the first quarter of 2022 with RX 6500 XT shipping first. The RX 6500 XT and RX 6400 are advertised as 1080p gaming cards, but obviously due to reduced memory capacity and bandwidth one should not expect good performance with ultra or high-quality image settings in newer titles.

AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series
VideoCardz	RX 6600 XT	RX 6600	RX 6500 XT	RX 6400
Picture			[ to be leaked ]	[ to be leaked ]
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	TBC	TBC
Boost Clock	2589 MHz	2491 MHz	TBC	TBC
Memory Clock	16 Gbps	14 Gbps	14 Gbps	14 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	112 GB/s	112 GB/s
TBP	160W	132W	TBC	≤75W
MSRP	379 USD	329 USD	TBC	TBC
Launch Date	August 2021	October 2021	Q1 2022	Q1 2022

Many thanks to DISCLOSUZEN for the info.