AMD Radeon RX 6000 graphics cards will also get a lot of memory

More and more details about the Radeon RX 6000 video cards appear on the Web. This time, data on the amount of memory has appeared, and they are encouraging.

According to the well-Known insider Rogame on Twitter, the promising model of the Radeon RX 6000 line based on the Navi21 GPU. It will receive 16 GB of video memory, and the model based on Navi22. RX 6000 will have 12 GB of memory. These data, according to an insider, are confirmed. Presumably, Navi22 will act as an alternative to the GeForce RTX 3060, and Navi21 will compete with the RTX 3070.

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I've now got confirmation for both :

> Navi21 16GB VRAM
> Navi22 12GB VRAM

I have no idea if these are full die or cut down SKUs

— _rogame (@_rogame) September 17, 2020

According to rumors, the performance of the Radeon RX 6000 will not be inferior to the performance of the GeForce RTX 30 graphics cards. But the new products from AMD will be slightly cheaper. By the way, yesterday Gigabyte confirmed three promising Nvidia RTX 30 graphics cards:

GeForce RTX 3080 20 GB,
GeForce RTX 3070 16 GB,
and GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB.

As far as Roagme is concerned, it’s a trusted insider. For example, earlier he was one of the first to predict a RedmiBook based on AMD Ryzen 4000 processors.

AMD Radeon RX 6000 graphics cards may be more powerful than expected

Rumors attribute 80 compute units and 5120 stream processors to one of AMD’s new Radeon RX 6000 graphics cards. True, the width of the memory bus is indicated as only 256 bits. This is less than the competitor’s graphics cards and naturally severely limits overall performance. But according to the source AMD compensates for this by the amount of cache memory.

The L2 cache is expected to increase to 128MB – 32 times the Radeon RX 5700! And in general, as the source writes, the Radeon RX 6000 will significantly increase performance. The Radeon RX 6700 XT will be comparable to the GeForce RTX 3070, and the Radeon RX 6900 XT will compete with the GeForce RTX 3090 or maybe even the RTX 3090 Ti! Of course, these data have not yet been confirmed in any way, so they should be perceived with a certain degree of distrust, but more details on this account should appear in the coming weeks. Then it will become clear what the Radeon RX 6000 3D cards really claim.

AMD Radeon RX 6000 Graphics Cards May Get USB-C Port

If Nvidia got rid of the USB-C (VirtualLink) port in its GeForce RTX 30 graphics cards, then AMD, judging by the latest data is going the opposite way. The source writes that the new version of AMD graphics drivers for Linux mentions the USB-C interface. In the same version of the driver, there is a video card codenamed Sienna Cichlid. It is attributed to one of the models with GPU Navi 21 (Big Navi).

The VirtualLink interface in Nvidia RTX 20 graphics cards is designed to connect virtual reality headsets. However, due to the fact that they did not receive proper distribution, such a port disappeared. At the same time, USB-C video cards can be used for other purposes. For example, connect peripherals or monitors. It’s comfortable. And AMD’s Radeon RX 6000 will probably provide that convenience.

Source = Twitter, Mydrivers, IThome