AMD cuts the price of the Radeon RX 6000 in anticipation of RDNA 3

AMD cuts the price of the Radeon RX 6000 in anticipation of RDNA 3



A few days ago, we reported that Scott Herkelmen, SVP & GM for AMD Radeon, had announced, through a message posted on his Twitter profile, that November 3 will be the day on which the new cards will be presented. video Radeon RX 7000 based on the new RDNA 3 graphics architecture.

Waiting to see what the new proposals of the Sunnyvale company will be capable of, AMD has decided to cut the price of the current Radeon RX 6000. According to colleagues at TechPowerUp, the price list was finalized on September 15th and now the main retailers are adjusting the prices.

The current top of the range, the Radeon RX 6950 XT, is now available for $ 949 , while the RX 6900 XT has dropped to $ 699, the RX 6800 XT to € 599 and the RX 6800 to € 549. The price decrease also affects the mid-range, with the RX 6750 XT rising to $ 419, the RX 6700 XT at just $ 379 and the RX 6650 XT at € 299. Finally, in the low range we find the RX 6500 XT and the RX 6400 respectively for sale at 169 and 149 dollars. Surely, for those who absolutely need a new video card and can't wait for the market debut of the Radeon RX 7000, which are likely to have less than popular prices, this is a good opportunity.


Recall that, according to what has been shared by AMD so far, the RDNA 3 architecture will guarantee at least 50% performance per watt compared to RDNA 2. The Radeon RX 7000 will also be the first GPU to take advantage of the MCM design ( multi-chip-module), with graphics and memory chiplets. According to the few official information, the cards, codenamed Navi 3X, will be produced on TSMC's 5nm process and will integrate a new generation Infinity Cache; According to rumors, AMD will initially present three different models, including one with the rumored Navi 31 GPU equipped with 12288 Stream Processor, double those of Navi 21, the current top of the range of the RX 6000 family based on RDNA 2 architecture. br>