AMD Radeon Refresh probably on April 20th with RX 6950 XT, RX 6750 XT and RX 6650 XT

Sebastian Schenzinger

Rumors have been floating around the web for a long time (to the article) that AMD is planning a refresh of various RDNA 2 GPUs. The Asian Chiphell forum states that the release of the RX 6950 XT, the RX 6750 XT and the RX 6650 XT should take place around April 20th. According to a leak, the reference card of the RX 6950 XT is to be launched in a black design, and there is also talk of an RX 6400 / RX 6500 for the DIY market.

Graphics card comparison 2022: GeForce RTX and Radeon RX GPUs in the test – with ranking

Three new AMD Radeon GPUs on April 20th

AMD probably wants to bridge the time until the release of the RX 7000 GPUs (read the article) with a refresh of existing models. Specifically, there is talk of an RX 6950 XT, an RX 6750 XT and an RX 6650 XT. According to the rumors, there should not be an RX 6850 XT. All three new models are said to be equipped with faster GDDR6 video memory clocked at 18 Gbps. In addition, the TGP of the cards should be higher than the original version in order to increase the chip clock. Specifically, there is talk of 350 watts for the RX 6950 XT, whereas the TGP of the RX 6900 XT (for the test report) is 300 watts.

A concrete release date for the three new models appeared on April 20th in the Asian Chiphell forum

Greymon55
tweets. He also speaks of an RX 6500, which should be located under the RX 6500 XT (to the test report). AMD already offers an RX 6400 for OEM customers, but this is not available on the DIY market. Since the new GPU should deliver higher clock speeds than the RX 6400, Greymon55 considers the name RX 6500 to be likely. Whether the card will make it to Europe or is only intended for the Asian market remains questionable at the moment.

From another tweet by

Greymon55
shows that AMD probably wants to publish the reference design of the RX 6950 XT as a black version. Since last April, AMD has been selling a limited version of the RX 6800 XT in Midnight Black through its in-house shop, the RX 6950 XT is said to use the same heat sink. It is not known whether this design will be limited again. We are curious to see how big the additional performance of the RX 6950 XT will be and how it can compete against the RTX 3090 Ti (read the article).