AMD Radeon RX 6500XT coming mid-January 2022, RX 6400 in March

AMD entry-level Radeon RX 6000 GPUs now have a release date

A new report from China elaborates on the possible launch dates of the upcoming RX 6500 XT and RX 6400 graphics cards. 

On the Bilibili platform a leaker “热心市民描边怪” with a good track record, now claims that Radeon RX 6500 XT is set to launch in mid-January. While this date is nowhere near accurate, it is still better than what we originally reported in the first actual news story on these cards (we only reported on Q1 2022). The leaker further claims cut-down Radeon RX 6400 card is also coming in the first quarter, but roughly two months after the RX 6500 XT, which is March.

Rumored RX 6500XT, RX 6400 Release Dates, Source: Bilibili

As we have already revealed, both cards are to feature Navi 24 GPU, a processor that has not yet been used by AMD in any product. This is an entry-level GPU with up to 1024 Stream Processors and a 128-bit memory bus. The RX 6500 XT should be using the full implementation of this GPU, while RX 6400 will be a cut-down variant with 768 cores.

The bad and also good news is that both cards are to use 4GB GDDR6 memory. It is bad because it means that the frame buffer will have limited capacity, but that shouldn’t really be a problem for medium settings in 1080p gaming. The good news is that 4GB is not enough for Ethereum mining, which already has a larger DAG file size. However, there are still plenty of other crypto coins that have smaller DAG sizes so it is not necessarily a card that no miner will be interested in.

In January, we should also see GeForce RTX 3050 desktop card, also considered an entry-level SKU. Gamers on a budget should also expect Intel to drop its Arc A380 GPU in the second quarter next year, should the latest rumors turn out to be true.

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	January 2022	March 2022

Source: 热心市民描边怪 (Bilibili) via El Chapuzas Informatico