After being uncovered by Videocardz, the pricing information and general availability of the new line have now been confirmed through retailer listings. The RX 6650 XT 8GB is the most affordable of the three, with a starting MSRP of $399 for 1080p gaming. The RX 6750 XT 12GB has been marketed on its 1440p performance and retails from $549, and the RX 6950 XT 16GB is the new flagship with rates starting from $1,099.
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With three different graphics card configurations all targeting different resolutions, it’s looking as though AMD is firmly gunning for this new line to be considered as some of the best graphics cards around. Taking their respective price points into consideration, it’s apparent that this new line is taking aim squarely at Nvidia’s mid-range offerings, with models to rival that of the RTX 3060 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti beat for beat.
On the higher-end of the spectrum is the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT with its starting MSRP of $1,099. While still expensive, this rate means that the new flagship model is actually substantially cheaper than all enthusiast-level Ampere video cards on the market. Should the price be accurate, this means that the Radeon RX 6950 XT is $100 cheaper than the RTX 3080 Ti, $400 more affordable than the RTX 3090, and has a $900 lead on the RTX 3090 Ti.
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Most interestingly, however, are the alleged benchmarks of the RX 6950 XT as reported by Wccftech, as AMD’s newest flagship GPU was reportedly faster than Nvidia’s RTX 3090 Ti when tested through 3DMark’s Time Spy. The industry-standard test, which we use ourselves when reviewing any piece of PC gaming hardware, produced a score of 22209, beating out the BFGPU refresh’s 20855. Should these early benchmarks be accurate, this means that the RX 6950 XT could very well be the fastest graphics card for gaming available on the market.
Regarding the RX 6650 XT and the Radeon 6750 XT alleged specs posted by Videocardz, these video cards appear to be on a similar power level to Nvidia’s existing models, with the advantage of faster effective memory speed. The prowess of these mid-tier GPUs remains to be seen, however, the specs on display certainly don’t disappoint given the competitive asking prices for the hardware in question. At this price, the RX 6650 XT could change the cheap graphics card game.
Reportedly, the RX 6650 XT features 2,048 Stream processors running 8GB memory clocked at 17.5 Gbps, and a 180W TDP. AMD has marketed this card exclusively for 1080p gaming, which the video card of this spec would have minimal issues with. How does it compare to the existing, older RX 6600 XT, though? Both cards feature the same amount of cores, and memory size, with the key difference between the two being the latter’s faster 2635 MHz clock speed and 1.5 Gbps effective memory speed.