AMD is the second largest maker of personal computer microprocessors after Intel. Founded in 1969, AMD along with Cyrix has often offered computer manufacturers a lower cost alternative to the microprocessors from Intel.
Computer processor and graphic card developer AMD announces Radeon RX 6000 series which delivers high performance, incredibly life like visuals. Last month NVIDIA also announced its new RTX 3000 GPU range. And now AMD also joining gaming related lauches by announcing its new Radeaon RX 6000 series of GPUs.
AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series includes the AMD Radeon RX 6800 and Radeon RX 6800 XT graphics cards, as well as the new flagship Radeon RX 6900 XT, the fastest AMD gaming graphics card ever developed.
AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series graphics cards are built upon groundbreaking AMD RDNA 2 gaming architecture, a new foundation for next-generation consoles, PCs, laptops and mobile devices, designed to deliver the optimal combination of performance and power efficiency.
“The new AMD Radeon RX 6800, RX 6800 XT and RX 6900 XT graphics cards deliver world class 4K and 1440p performance in major AAA titles, new levels of immersion with breathtaking life-like visuals, and must-have features that provide the ultimate gaming experiences, said Scott Herkelman, corporate vice president and general manager, Graphics Business Unit at AMD.
AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series graphics cards support high-bandwidth PCIe 4.0 technology and feature 16GB of GDDR6 memory to power the most demanding 4K workloads today and in the future.
AMD RX 6000 Series Graphics Cards Specifications
AMD RX 6900 XT
- Compute Units: 80
- Boost Clock: 2250Mhz
- RAM: 16GB GDDR6
- Infinity Cache: 128MB
- TDP: 300W
- Price: $999
AMD RX 6800 XT
- Compute Units: 72
- Boost Clock: 2250Mhz
- RAM: 16GB GDDR6
- Infinity Cache: 128MB
- TDP: 300W
- Price: $649
AMD RX 6800
- Compute Units: 60
- Boost Clock: 2105Mhz
- RAM: 16GB GDDR6
- Infinity Cache: 128MB
- TDP: 250W
- Price: $579
AMD RX 6000 Series Availability
AMD Radeon RX 6800 and Radeon RX 6800 XT graphics cards are expected to be available from global etailers/retailers and on AMD.com beginning November 18, 2020. The AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT is expected to be available December 8, 2020.
AMD Radeon RX 6800 and RX 6800 XT graphics cards are also expected to be available from AMD board partners, including ASRock, ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, PowerColor, SAPPHIRE and XFX, beginning in November 2020.