AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today unveiled the AMD Radeon™ RX 6000 Series
graphics cards, delivering powerhouse performance, incredibly
life-like visuals, and must-have features that set a new standard
for enthusiast-class PC gaming experiences. Representing the
forefront of extreme engineering and design, the highly anticipated
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. AMD RDNA™ 2 gaming architecture provides up to 2X
higher performance in select titles with the AMD Radeon™ RX 6900 XT
graphics card compared to the AMD Radeon™ RX 5700 XT graphics card
built on AMD RDNA™ architecture1, and up to 54 percent more
performance-per-watt when comparing the AMD Radeon™ RX 6800 XT
graphics card to the AMD Radeon™ RX 5700 XT graphics card using the
same 7nm process technology2.
AMD RDNA™ 2 offers a number of innovations, including applying
advanced power saving techniques to high-performance compute units
to improve energy efficiency by up to 30 percent per cycle per
compute unit3, and leveraging high-speed design methodologies to
provide up to a 30 percent frequency boost at the same power
level4. It also includes new AMD Infinity Cache technology that
offers up to 2.4X greater bandwidth-per-watt compared to GDDR6-only
AMD RDNA™-based architectural designs5.
“Today’s announcement is the culmination of years of R&D
focused on bringing the best of AMD Radeon graphics to the
enthusiast and ultra-enthusiast gaming markets, and represents a
major evolution in PC gaming,” said Scott Herkelman, corporate vice
president and general manager, Graphics Business Unit at AMD. “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. I can’t wait for gamers to get these incredible new
graphics cards in their hands.”
Powerhouse Performance, Vivid Visuals & Incredible
Gaming Experiences
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. Key features
and capabilities include:
Powerhouse Performance
- AMD Infinity Cache
– A high-performance, last-level data cache
suitable for 4K and 1440p gaming with the highest level of detail
enabled. 128 MB of on-die cache dramatically reduces latency6 and
power consumption7, delivering higher overall gaming performance
than traditional architectural designs.
- AMD Smart
Access
Memory8 – An
exclusive feature of systems with AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series
processors, AMD B550 and X570 motherboards and Radeon™ RX 6000
Series graphics cards. It gives AMD Ryzen™ processors greater
access to the high-speed GDDR6 graphics memory, accelerating CPU
processing and providing up to a 13-percent performance increase on
a AMD Radeon™ RX 6800 XT graphics card in Forza Horizon™ 4 at 4K
when combined with the new Rage Mode one-click overclocking
setting.9,10
- Built for Standard Chassis – With a length of
267mm and 2x8 standard 8-pin power connectors, and designed to
operate with existing enthusiast-class 650W-750W power supplies,
gamers can easily upgrade their existing large to small form factor
PCs without additional cost.
True to Life, High-Fidelity Visuals
- DirectX® 12 Ultimate
Support – Provides a powerful blend of raytracing,
compute, and rasterized effects, such as DirectX® Raytracing (DXR)
and Variable Rate Shading, to elevate games to a new level of
realism.
- DirectX®
Raytracing
(DXR) – Adding a high performance, fixed-function Ray
Accelerator engine to each compute unit, AMD RDNA™ 2-based graphics
cards are optimized to deliver real-time lighting, shadow and
reflection realism with DXR. When paired with AMD FidelityFX, which
enables hybrid rendering, developers can combine rasterized and
ray-traced effects to ensure an optimal combination of image
quality and performance.
- AMD FidelityFX – An open-source toolkit
for game developers available on AMD GPUOpen. It features
a collection of lighting, shadow and reflection effects that make
it easier for developers to add high-quality post-process effects
that make games look beautiful while offering the optimal balance
of visual fidelity and performance.
- Variable Rate Shading (VRS) – Dynamically
reduces the shading rate for different areas of a frame that do not
require a high level of visual detail, delivering higher levels of
overall performance with little to no perceptible change in image
quality.
Elevated Gaming Experience
- Microsoft® DirectStorage
Support – Future support for the DirectStorage API enables
lightning-fast load times and high-quality textures by eliminating
storage API-related bottlenecks and limiting CPU involvement.
- Radeon™ Software
Performance Tuning Presets –
Simple one-click presets in Radeon™ Software help gamers easily
extract the most from their graphics card. The presets include the
new Rage Mode stable over clocking setting that takes advantage of
extra available headroom to deliver higher gaming
performance10.
- Radeon™ Anti-Lag11 – Significantly decreases
input-to-display response times and offers a competitive edge in
gameplay.
AMD Radeon™
RX 6000 Series Product
Family
Model |
Compute Units |
GDDR6 |
Game Clock12 (MHz) |
Boost Clock13 (MHZ) |
Memory Interface |
Infinity Cache |
AMD Radeon™ RX 6900 XT |
80 |
16GB |
2015 |
Up to 2250 |
256 bit |
128 MB |
AMD Radeon™ RX 6800 XT |
72 |
16GB |
2015 |
Up to 2250 |
256 bit |
128 MB |
AMD Radeon™ RX 6800 |
60 |
16GB |
1815 |
Up to2105 |
256 bit |
128 MB |
Robust Gaming Ecosystem and Partnerships
In the coming weeks, AMD will release a series of videos from
its ISV partners showcasing the incredible gaming experiences
enabled by AMD Radeon™ RX 6000 Series graphics cards in some of
this year’s most anticipated games. These videos can be viewed on
the AMD website.
- DIRT® 5 – October 29
- Godfall™ – November 2
- World of Warcraft®: Shadowlands –
November 10
- RiftBreaker™ – November 12
- FarCry® 6 – November 17
Pricing and 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, for $579 USD SEP and $649 USD
SEP, respectively. The AMD Radeon™ RX 6900 XT is expected to be
available December 8, 2020, for $999 USD SEP.
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.
Supporting Resources
- Lean more about the AMD Radeon™ RX 6000 Series here
- Learn more about AMD RDNA™ 2 graphics architecture here
- Learn more about the AMD Radeon™ Software here
- Learn more about AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series here
- Become a fan of AMD on Facebook
- Follow AMD on Twitter
About AMDFor 50 years AMD has driven innovation
in high-performance computing, graphics and visualization
technologies ― the building blocks for gaming, immersive platforms
and the datacenter. Hundreds of millions of consumers, leading
Fortune 500 businesses and cutting-edge scientific research
facilities around the world rely on AMD technology daily to improve
how they live, work and play. AMD employees around the world are
focused on building great products that push the boundaries of what
is possible. For more information about how AMD is enabling today
and inspiring tomorrow, visit the AMD
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Corporation’s dominance of the microprocessor market and its
aggressive business practices; the ability of third party
manufacturers to manufacture AMD's products on a timely basis in
sufficient quantities and using competitive technologies; expected
manufacturing yields for AMD’s products; the availability of
essential equipment, materials or manufacturing processes; AMD's
ability to introduce products on a timely basis with features and
performance levels that provide value to its customers; global
economic uncertainty; the loss of a significant customer; AMD's
ability to generate revenue from its semi-custom SoC
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dilutive effect if the 2.125% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 are
converted; future impairments of goodwill and technology license
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AMD's ability to generate sufficient revenue and operating cash
flow or obtain external financing for research and development or
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interruption of AMD’s internal business processes and information
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rely on third party supply-chain logistics functions; AMD’s stock
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liabilities; and the impact of environmental laws, conflict
minerals-related provisions and other laws or regulations.
Investors are urged to review in detail the risks and uncertainties
in AMD’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but
not limited to AMD’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended September 26, 2020.
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1 Testing done by AMD performance labs October 20 2020 on a
Radeon RX 6900 XT and Radeon RX 5700 XT (20.45-201013n driver), AMD
Ryzen 9 5900X (3.70GHz) CPU, 16GB DDR4-3200MHz, Engineering AM4
motherboard, Win10 Pro 64. The Following games were tested at 4k at
max settings: Battlefield V DX11, Doom Eternal Vulkan, Forza DX12,
Resident Evil 3 DX11, Shadow of the Tomb Raider DX12. Performance
may vary. RX-558 2 RX-549 - Testing done by AMD performance labs
10/16/20, using Assassins Creed Odyssey (DX11, Ultra), Battlefield
V (DX12, Ultra), Borderlands 3 (DX12, Ultra), Control (DX12, High),
Death Stranding (DX12 Ultra), Division 2 (DX12, Ultra), F1 2020
(DX12, Ultra), Far Cry 5 (DX11, Ultra), Gears of War 5 (DX12,
Ultra), Hitman 2 (DX12, Ultra), Horizon Zero Dawn (DX12, Ultra),
Metro Exodus (DX12, Ultra), Resident Evil 3 (DX12, Ultra), Shadow
of the Tomb Raider (DX12, Highest), Strange Brigade (DX12, Ultra),
Total War Three Kingdoms (DX11, Ultra), Witcher 3 (DX11, Ultra no
HairWorks) at 4K. System comprised of a Radeon RX 6800 XT with AMD
Radeon Graphics driver 27.20.12031.1000 and an Radeon RX 5700 XT
with AMD Radeon Graphics driver 26.20.13001.9005. Performance may
vary. RX-5493 AMD internal modeling based on the average CAC of 33
apps tested on the RX 5700 XT and RX 6900 XT divided by the number
of active compute units 40 and 80, respectively. Performance will
vary. RX-543 4 AMD internal modeling based on graphics-engine-only
measured average gaming power consumption and 3DMark11 power
consumption vs. frequency for RX5700 XT and RX 6900 XT divided by
the number of compute units (40 and 80 respectively). RX-5365
Measurement calculated by AMD engineering, on a Radeon RX 6000
series card with 128 MB AMD Infinity Cache and 256-bit GDDR6.
Measuring 4k gaming average AMD Infinity Cache hit rates of 58%
across top gaming titles, multiplied by theoretical peak bandwidth
from the 16 64B AMD Infinity Fabric channels connecting the Cache
to the Graphics Engine at boost frequency of up to 1.94 GHz.
RX-5476 Based on internal modeling and testing done by AMD
engineering labs 10/5/2020 on Radeon RX 6800 XT with 128 MB of AMD
Infinity Cache vs a Radeon RX 5700 XT graphics card measuring
memory latency. Performance may vary. RX-5647 Based on internal
modeling and testing done by AMD engineering labs 10/5/2020 on a
Radeon RX 6800 XT vs a Radeon RX 5700 XT, using measurements taken
of Cac, frequency at same power uplifts, and AMD Infinity Cache
uplifts. Performance may vary. RX-5668 AMD Smart Access Memory is
only supported on AMD Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards. Not
validated on any other graphics solutions. GD-178.9 Testing done by
AMD performance labs October 18 2020 on Radeon RX 6800 XT
(20.45-201013n driver), RTX 3080 (driver 456.71), AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
(3.70GHz) CPU, 16GB DDR4-3200MHz, Engineering AM4 motherboard,
Win10 Pro 64. The following games were tested at 4k at max settings
with RAGE MODE + SMART ACCESS MEMORY enabled and disabled:
Borderlands 3, best API Ultra; Doom Eternal, Vulkan Ultra
Nightmare; Forza Horizon 4, DX 12 Ultra; Gears 5, DX12 Ultra;
Hitman 2, DX12 Ultra; Resident Evil 3, best API, Ultra;
Wolfenstein: Young Blood, Vulkan Mein Leben. Performance may vary.
RX-55910 AMD’s product warranty does not cover damages caused by
overclocking, even when overclocking is enabled via AMD hardware
and/or software. GD-2611 Radeon™ Anti-Lag is compatible with
DirectX 9 and DirectX 11 APIs, Windows 7 and 10. Hardware
compatibility includes GCN and newer consumer dGPUs Ryzen 2000 and
newer APUs, including hybrid and detachable graphics
configurations. No mGPU support GD-157 12 Game clock is
the expected GPU clock when running typical gaming applications,
set to typical TGP (Total Graphics Power). Actual individual game
clock results may vary. GD-14713 Boost Clock Frequency is the
maximum frequency achievable on the GPU running a bursty workload.
Boost clock achievability, frequency, and sustainability will vary
based on several factors, including but not limited to: thermal
conditions and variation in applications and workloads. GD-151
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