Given the drop in price of AMD graphics cards and that they are only 12% above their MSRP on average, many are eagerly awaiting the arrival of this refresh series with the most desired RX6650XT to his credit. Since it will be the model with the best price/performance ratio, eyes are on it, but what if it is a disappointment instead of an improvement? New data hints at it, where it seems that it will be more expensive and slightly faster.
Until now, the premise that we have been facing with refresh graphics cards is simple: higher performance or features and a price equal to the model they replace. It seems that this is not going to be the case this time, since the data leaked from a PowerColor graph and the prices that have been advanced are not exactly going to maintain that status quo.
The RX 6650 XT is a small step up from AMD
Assuming that those of Lisa Su will repeat the formula with this new model to implement Navi 23 as a chip, the truth is that the specifications are better than the general performance, at least if we are based on the latest rumors. What we do know for sure are its specifications and unsurprisingly it is a step ahead of the current RX 6600 XT.
Having the same chip within the same range and being a substitute model implies that this Navi 23 as a chip continue to maintain the 2,048 shadersbut in this case the frequencies have gone a small step forward, going from 2,359 MHz in base and 2,593 MHz in Boost to more interesting ones 2410MHz and 2635MHz.
As usual, they will have an overclock mode that is even more conducive to scratching until the last frame, where we go from 2,382 MHz and 2,593 MHz in Boost to 2486MHz and 2689MHz respectively. Percentage-wise speaking, the differences are seen more easily, since in the first case the rise corresponds to a 4.4%while in the second the figure drops to 3.7%.
Even though they share the same 8GB of GDDR6 and the same bus 128 bit the memory clock will be higher to compensate for the higher FP32 power on the chip, so we went from 16 Gbps speed to 17.5Gbps and not the 18 that was the figure that was being handled until now. This data reflects an increase in bandwidth from the current 256 GB/s to the 280GB/san 9.3% of improvement that together with the frequency of the chip could give the rumored performance increase of 5% without too many problems.
Power supply requirements and price
Although there is no official TBP data for the card, it will consume more than 160 watts of its predecessor without too many problems, although if TSMC has been able to improve the efficiency of the chips or simply these are paired as standard, then it is possible that we will see a very similar consumption or simply the same.
What will not be identical will be the price, mainly due to the leak of it in the French retailer PC21.fr, where to this we must also add what is seen in the Italian retailer Breakpoint.it. The models that have been seen there like those of Sapphire indicate that this new RX6650XT would be up to 28% more expensive than the original RX 6600 XT, as seen in 822 euros.
Let’s hope that the drop in prices seen today regulates the nonsense that it would be to see a mid-range reach the market with these costs and with so little improvement.
