Radeon RX 6000 series
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The Radeon RX 6000 series is a series of graphics processing units developed by AMD, based on their RDNA 2 architecture.[2] It was announced on October 28, 2020[3] and is the successor to the Radeon RX 5000 series. It consists of the entry-level RX 6400, mid-range RX 6500 XT, high-end RX 6600, RX 6600 XT, RX 6650 XT, RX 6700, RX 6700 XT, upper high-end RX 6750 XT, RX 6800, RX 6800 XT, and enthusiast RX 6900 XT and RX 6950 XT for desktop computers; and the RX 6600M, RX 6700M, and RX 6800M for laptops.[4][5] A sub-series for mobile, Radeon RX 6000S (consisting of RX 6600S, RX 6700S, and RX 6800S), was announced in CES 2022, targeting thin and light laptop designs.
![]() ![]() AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT, the flagship card of the RX 6000 series | |
Release date | November 18, 2020 (3 years ago) (2020-11-18) |
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Codename | Navi 2x (nicknamed "Big Navi") |
Architecture | RDNA 2 |
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Fabrication process | TSMC N7 (FinFET) TSMC N6 (FinFET) |
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OpenCL | OpenCL 2.1 |
OpenGL | OpenGL 4.6 |
Vulkan | Vulkan 1.3 SPIR-V |
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Predecessor | Radeon RX 5000 series |
Successor | Radeon RX 7000 series |
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The series is designed to compete with Nvidia's GeForce 30 series and Intel's Arc Alchemist series of cards. It is also the first generation of AMD GPUs that supports hardware accelerated real-time ray tracing, variable-rate shading and mesh shaders.[6]