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- NVIDIA RTX Video Super Resolution Update Enhances Video Quality, Detail Preservation and Expands to GeForce RTX 20 Series GPUs Nvidia
- NVIDIA says DLSS 3 Frame Generation ‘working’ on GeForce RTX 20 and 30 Series GPUs was a bug TweakTown
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Nvidia’s CEO just gave a graduation speech about the future of work and said that A.I. won’t steal jobs but ‘someone who’s an expert with A.I. will’ – Fortune
- Nvidia’s CEO just gave a graduation speech about the future of work and said that A.I. won’t steal jobs but ‘someone who’s an expert with A.I. will’ Fortune
- Nvidia CEO says companies, people who take advantage of AI will benefit Fox Business
- Nvidia Says Its New Supercomputer Officially ‘Closes the Digital Divide’ Gizmodo
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NVIDIA’s quad-slot GeForce RTX 4090Ti/TITAN 800W graphics card has been pictured
NVIDIA’s quad-slot RTX 40 800W GPU pictured
Hardware leaker MEGAsizeGPU has revealed the design of the upcoming NVIDIA RTX 40 GPU.
NVIDIA RTX 4090Ti/TITAN quad-slot cooler, Source: MegaSizeGPU
The rumored RTX 4090Ti/TITAN would feature a four slot design and the I/O bracket would have a stacked display connectors. This unusual design would confirm that NVIDIA has or had plans to put the PCB vertically.
The leaker claims that the card is RTX 4090 Ti/TITAN, so the final name of this graphics card is not confirmed. However, we can see that the PCB board number is PG137. This was previously mentioned board number for the so-called ‘Beast’ GPU with maximum TDP at 800W.
“the beast”
PG137-SKU0
AD102-450-A1
18176FP32
48G 24Gbps GDDR6X
total board power ~800W— kopite7kimi (@kopite7kimi) July 25, 2022
Furthermore, the new photograph clearly shows a gold cooler design, which is typically used by NVIDIA TITAN series. The card would use an extraordinary design with stacked display connectors (one HDMI and three DisplayPort), which would align with previous rumors and leaked photography. NVIDIA’s flagship RTX 40 “Ada” GPU with have a vertical PCB design as shown below:
NVIDIA RTX 4090Ti/TITAN quad-slot cooler, Source: Chiphell/MegaSizeGPU
According to the latest rumors, the TITAN ADA graphics card could feature as many as 18176 CUDA cores and possibly even 48GB of memory. In fact, this could be NVIDIA’s first card to launch with 24 Gbps GDDR6X modules.
The 800W TDP that is being mentioned is the maximum board power, which is not comparable to RTX 4090’s 450W TDP, but rather its max power limit of 600W.
Thus far there is no indication that this GPU might be released soon. However, with so many photographs now leaked, there is no doubt that the quad-slot RTX 40 design was planned for a long time.
| RUMORED NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series Specs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| VideoCardz.com | RTX 4090 Ti/TITAN Ada | RTX 4090 | RTX 4080 |
| Architecture | Ada (TSMC N4) | Ada (TSMC N4) | Ada (TSMC N4) |
| GPU | AD102-450 | AD102-300 | AD103-300 |
| Board Number | PG137-SKU0 | PG139-SKU330 | PG139-SKU360 |
| SMs | 142 | 126 | 76 |
| CUDA Cores | 18176 | 16384 | 9728 |
| Memory | 48 GB G6X | 24 GB G6X | 16 GB G6X |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 384-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Speed | 24 Gbps | 21 Gbps | 22.4 Gbps |
| Power | ~800W (max) | 450W (default) / 600W (max) | 320W (default) / 355W (max) |
| Launch Date | TBC | October 2022 | November 2022 |
Source: MEGAsizeGPU
Nvidia’s eye-contact AI is its creepiest update yet
Nvidia has released its most unnerving AI-powered software yet. A new camera feature added in a recent update to the Nvidia Broadcast app edits a live feed so that it looks like someone is always looking into the camera, even if that’s not the case. It’s an unsettling feature that had me shouting and screaming the first time I saw it in real time.
Known as Eye Contact, the feature debuted earlier this month as part of the 1.4 patch for Nvidia Broadcast, software that enhances video for livestreaming and videoconferencing. Nvidia said in a blog post that Eye Contact is intended for content creators who want to maintain eye contact with the camera at all times, even if they’re, say, looking at notes or a script off screen. Now that it’s been out for a few weeks, we have a better idea of what it can do.
In one interesting demo of the feature posted on Twitter, you can see scenes from Jurassic Park edited with Eye Contact so that the actors are always looking (mostly) at the camera. It’s weird and off-putting! Probably even if you’ve never seen the movie before! It’s like the person was so preoccupied with whether or not they could do this that they didn’t stop to think if they should…
I hopped into a video call with a Polygon colleague to see Eye Contact in action myself. It felt uncanny, even though I was just looking at my co-worker the entire time. I think it’s partly because completely uninterrupted eye contact doesn’t feel natural or normal if you’re having a casual conversation. Also, the software isn’t perfect — Nvidia says it’s in the beta stage — so at points he would turn his head and look to the side, and his eyes would snap back to staring directly at the camera; it sort of looked like he was a possessed character from a horror movie.
The Eye Contact feature is yet another example of AI becoming easily usable by everyday consumers. ChatGPT, which can be used for a variety of applications like writing essays, became an overnight sensation due to its natural-language output. Other software like DALL-E, Midjourney, and Free AI Art Generator is being used to create memes and recreate the look of certain directors’ films.
If you, too, would like to use this AI black magic, all you need to do is download Nvidia Broadcast — although your computer will need certain hardware for it to work, including an Nvidia GeForce RTX graphics card; you can view the full system requirements here.
NVIDIA’s 16-Pin Connector on GeForce RTX 4090 Graphics Card Burns Up, Melts The Cable & The Plug
The first case of an NVIDIA 16-pin connector, powering the GeForce RTX 4090, burning up and melting the plug has been reported over at Reddit.
NVIDIA 16-Pin Connector Burns Up! Melts The Power Connector On GeForce RTX 4090 Graphics Card
Update: Another graphics card, this time the ASUS GeForce RTX 4090 TUF Gaming OC, has been affected by the same issue. As tweeted by @Vectral555, we can see that the 16-Pin connector and the power plug on the PCB, both have burned up. Meanwhile, NVIDIA has reached out to the OP & we’ll keep you updated on how things work out.
Uh oh…
Another 4090 (ASUS 4090 TUF OC) with a damaged 12VHPWR power connector just got posted in the same reddit thread as the original Gigabyte card post from today.
This is slightly getting out of hand…@Buildzoid1 @Sebasti66855537 pic.twitter.com/oQnaywqBzq
— Vectral (@Vectral555) October 24, 2022
Redditor, u/reggie_gakil, posted on the NVIDIA subreddit a picture of the NVIDIA 16-pin connector all burned up. The connector was powering his brand-new GeForce RTX 4090 (custom model). The pictures show that both the power adapter which includes a 16-pin to 4 x 8-pin plug and the power connector on the PCB ended up in flames and melted. The graphics card was the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4090 Gaming OC.
Looking closely at the pictures, it seems like the issue occurred around the main 12-pins under the four additional pins on the top. But looking at the adapter, almost the entirety of it has burned up and melted. The cable is supplied and confirms the official NVIDIA specifications and we already stated that bending or putting too much stress on the cable can lead to abnormal temps that can end up causing issues such as these.
The user reports that he was playing Red Dead Redemption 2 on his NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 PC when the card went up in flames and burned the power connector. He also states that it could be a faulty cable and will RMA it though we won’t be able to get to the bottom of this issue until we get more information.
PCI-SIG Internal Investigation of The Issue (Image Credits: GamersNexus):
It was recently spotted that the NVIDIA 16-pin adapter cable for the GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards is just too thick and not easy to manage in smaller PC cases as it hits the side panel really often. So users will have to bend the cable a lot to close the panel but once again, this bending is not recommended as it could heat up the cables and cause the adapter to burst up in flames.
More on that here. Custom cable manufacturers and modding companies are trying to overcome this issue by offering 90-degree angled connectors which should go up on sale in a few weeks.
Nvidia apparrently wasn’t happy with their high end cards suffering VRM failures so now they expanded their shitty design practices to the power connector. pic.twitter.com/54sAwRIwFf
— Buildzoid (@Buildzoid1) October 24, 2022
But this is just one report and the issue doesn’t seem to be too widespread otherwise we would have been hearing multiple reports. But users only had two weeks at max with the cards & most people are still waiting to get their shipments. So if the adapter or the plug on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards is really faulty, we will know for sure in the coming months.
Cablemod 12VHPWR 16-Pin Cable Guide (Image Credits: Sebastian Castellanos):
News Source: Buildzoid
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Intel claims its Arc A770 and A750 GPUs will outperform NVIDIA’s mid-range RTX 3060
Ahead of bringing its to everyone in a couple of weeks, has revealed more details about what to expect from the graphics cards in terms of specs and performance. The A770, , will have 32 Xe cores, 32 ray-tracing units and a 2,100MHz graphics clock. In terms of RAM, it comes in 8GB and 16GB configurations, with up to 512 Gb/s and 560 Gb/s of memory bandwidth, respectively.
As for the A750, which Intel just announced will start at $289, that has 28 Xe cores, 28 ray-tracing units, a 2,050MHz graphics clock, 8GB of memory and up to 512 Gb/s of memory bandwidth. All three cards, which will be available on October 12th, have 225W of total power.
Intel claims that, based on benchmarking tests, you’ll get more bang for your buck with these cards than NVIDIA’s mid-range . It says the A770 offers 42 percent greater performance per dollar vs. the RTX 3060, while the A750 is seemingly 53 percent better on a per-dollar basis.
It claims that, in most of the games it tested, the A770’s 16GB configuration delivered better ray-tracing performance than the similarly priced RTX 3060 (which, in fairness, ). When it came to , Intel says the A770 had 1.56 times the ray-tracing performance of the RTX 3060.
Of course Intel is going to tout its GPUs as being better than the competition. We’ll have to wait for the results of our own Intel Arc benchmarking tests to have a true sense of the performance.
In any case, it’s looking like NVIDIA is about to have more competition on the GPU front. Only this time, it’s from an established brand that just so happens to be behind powering the PCs that might very well have used NVIDIA cards otherwise.
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NVIDIA’s Next-Gen GeForce RTX 40 Founders Edition Cooler For High-End GPUs Allegedly Leaks Out
The next-generation NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series Founders Edition design has allegedly been leaked by QbitLeaks. The new design shows us a glimpse of the updated Founders Edition GPU cooler that will be featured on the high-end Ada Lovelace GPUs such as the RTX 4090 and 4080.
NVIDIA’s Massive GeForce RTX 40 Founders Edition Cooler Allegedly Leaks Out, Coming To An RTX 4090 & RTX 4080 Graphics Card Soon!
According to the leaker, this new cooler design that has been pictured will be part of the GTC ’22 keynote that is to be held two weeks later. There are no details provided as to which card this is but the updated shroud and fan design do match the RTX 4080 cooler that leaked out a few days ago. It looks like NVIDIA will be reusing its existing cooler design and giving it a slight visual overhaul.
We have seen in previous leaks that the heatsink under the shroud has been updated with a larger thermal contact surface area that covers the GPU, VRAM, & VRMs. The fans have been updated to a 7-blade fan design and also got slightly larger but the overall looks of the shroud & design remain mostly the same as the current Founders Edition graphics cards. This updated design should help deliver much better cooling for the Ada Lovelace GPUs which will be consuming lots of power. The cards will also utilize a PCIe Gen 5.0 connector interface and a Gen 5.0 power interface through the new 16-pin connectors.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition Graphics Card Cooler / Shroud Leak:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Founders Edition Graphics Card Cooler / Shroud Leak:
The leaker states that this picture is a teaser for GTC so we might definitely get to see CEO Jensen talk about his next-gen gaming lineup during the event. GTC has previously been a data center & HPC-specific event but with the recent decline in NVIDIA’s earnings, mostly due to a falling gaming market, the company has repurposed its prime event and dedicated it to gamers.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 ‘Expected’ Specifications
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 is expected to utilize a cut-down AD103-300 GPU configuration with 9,728 cores or 76 SMs enabled of the total 84 units whereas the previous configuration offered 80 SMs or 10,240 cores. While the full GPU comes packed with 64 MB of L2 cache and up to 224 ROPs, the RTX 4080 might end up with 48 MB of L2 cache and lower ROPs too due to its cut-down design. The card is expected to be based on the PG136/139-SKU360 PCB.
As for memory specs, the GeForce RTX 4080 is expected to rock 16 GB GDDR6X capacities that are said to be adjusted at 23 Gbps speeds across a 256-bit bus interface. This will provide up to 736 GB/s of bandwidth. This is still a tad bit slower than the 760 GB/s bandwidth offered by the RTX 3080 since it comes with a 320-bit interface but a lowly 10 GB capacity. To compensate for the lower bandwidth, NVIDIA could be integrating a next-gen memory compression suite to make up for the 256-bit interface.
For power, the TBP is now set to be rated at 340W, a 20W increase from the previous 320W spec that we got. This brings the TBP to the same ballpark as the existing RTX 3080 graphics card (up to 350W). Now it is not known whether the other RTX 40 series graphics cards will also be getting the faster GDDR6X memory treatment but we know that Micron has commenced full mass production of up to 24 Gbps GDDR6X memory modules so they have to go somewhere.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 “Expected” TBP – 340W
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 “Official” TBP – 350W
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Series Preliminary Specs:
| Graphics Card Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU Name | Ada Lovelace AD102-250? | Ada Lovelace AD103-300? | Ampere GA102-225 | Ampere GA102-200 |
| Process Node | TSMC 4N | TSMC 4N | Samsung 8nm | Samsung 8nm |
| Die Size | ~450mm2 | ~450mm2 | 628.4mm2 | 628.4mm2 |
| Transistors | TBD | TBD | 28 Billion | 28 Billion |
| CUDA Cores | 14848 | 9728? | 10240 | 8704 |
| TMUs / ROPs | TBD / 232? | TBD / 214? | 320 / 112 | 272 / 96 |
| Tensor / RT Cores | TBD / TBD | TBD / TBD | 320 / 80 | 272 / 68 |
| Base Clock | TBD | TBD | 1365 MHz | 1440 MHz |
| Boost Clock | ~2600 MHz | ~2500 MHz | 1665 MHz | 1710 MHz |
| FP32 Compute | ~55TFLOPs | ~50 TFLOPs | 34 TFLOPs | 30 TFLOPs |
| RT TFLOPs | TBD | TBD | 67 TFLOPs | 58 TFLOPs |
| Tensor-TOPs | TBD | TBD | 273 TOPs | 238 TOPs |
| Memory Capacity | 20 GB GDDR6X | 16 GB GDDR6X? 12 GB GDDR6X? |
12 GB GDDR6X | 10 GB GDDR6X |
| Memory Bus | 320-bit | 256-bit? 192-bit? |
384-bit | 320-bit |
| Memory Speed | 21.0 Gbps? | 23.0 Gbps? | 19 Gbps | 19 Gbps |
| Bandwidth | 840 GB/s | 736 GB/s? 552 GB/s? |
912 Gbps | 760 Gbps |
| TBP | 450W | 340W | 350W | 320W |
| Price (MSRP / FE) | $1199 US? | $699 US? | $1199 | $699 US |
| Launch (Availability) | 2023? | July 2022? | 3rd June 2021 | 17th September 2020 |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 ‘Expected’ Specifications
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 will use 128 SMs of the 144 SMs for a total of 16,384 CUDA cores. The GPU will come packed with 96 MB of L2 cache and a total of 384 ROPs which is simply insane. The clock speeds are not confirmed yet but considering that the TSMC 4N process is being used, we are expecting clocks between the 2.0-3.0 GHz range.
As for memory specs, the GeForce RTX 4090 is expected to rock 24 GB GDDR6X capacities that will be clocked at 21 Gbps speeds across a 384-bit bus interface. This will provide up to 1 TB/s of bandwidth. This is the same bandwidth as the existing RTX 3090 Ti graphics card and as far as the power consumption is concerned, the TBP is said to be rated at 450W which means that TGP may end up lower than that. The card will be powered by a single 16-pin connector which delivers up to 600W of power. It is likely that we may get 500W+ custom designs as we saw with the RTX 3090 Ti.
As for its feature set, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 graphics cards will rock all the modern NV feature sets such as the latest 4th Gen Tensor Cores, 3rd gen RT cores, the latest NVENC Encoder, and NVCDEC Decoder, and support for the latest APIs. They will pack all the modern RTX features such as DLSS, Reflex, Broadcast, Resizable-BAR, Freestyle, Ansel, Highlights, Shadowplay, and G-SYNC support too.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 “Expected” TBP – 450W
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 “Official” TBP – 350W
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Ti & RTX 4090 ‘Preliminary’ Specs:
| Graphics Card Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU Name | Ada Lovelace AD102-350? | Ada Lovelace AD102-300? | Ampere GA102-350 | Ampere GA102-300 |
| Process Node | TSMC 4N | TSMC 4N | Samsung 8nm | Samsung 8nm |
| Die Size | ~600mm2 | ~600mm2 | 628.4mm2 | 628.4mm2 |
| Transistors | TBD | TBD | 28 Billion | 28 Billion |
| CUDA Cores | 18432 | 16128 | 10752 | 10496 |
| TMUs / ROPs | TBD / 384 | TBD / 384 | 336 / 112 | 328 / 112 |
| Tensor / RT Cores | TBD / TBD | TBD / TBD | 336 / 84 | 328 / 82 |
| Base Clock | TBD | TBD | 1560 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Boost Clock | ~2800 MHz | ~2600 MHz | 1860 MHz | 1700 MHz |
| FP32 Compute | ~103 TFLOPs | ~90 TFLOPs | 40 TFLOPs | 36 TFLOPs |
| RT TFLOPs | TBD | TBD | 74 TFLOPs | 69 TFLOPs |
| Tensor-TOPs | TBD | TBD | 320 TOPs | 285 TOPs |
| Memory Capacity | 24 GB GDDR6X | 24 GB GDDR6X | 24 GB GDDR6X | 24 GB GDDR6X |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 384-bit | 384-bit | 384-bit |
| Memory Speed | 24.0 Gbps | 21.0 Gbps | 21.0 Gbps | 19.5 Gbps |
| Bandwidth | 1152 GB/s | 1008 GB/s | 1008 GB/s | 936 Gbps |
| TGP | 600W | 450W | 450W | 350W |
| Price (MSRP / FE) | $1999 US? | $1499 US? | $1999 US | $1499 US |
| Launch (Availability) | 2023? | October 2022? | 29th March 2022 | 24th September 2020 |
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series graphics cards including the RTX 4080 and RTX 4070 graphics cards will be amongst the first graphics cards besides the RTX 4090 to launch to gamers. The RTX 4090 is so far expected to launch on October 22 but an unveiling is expected at NVIDIA’s GTC keynote later this month.
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Chinese-Made Zhaoxin KX-6000G CPU With GT10C0 Integrated GPU Features The Same Performance As NVIDIA’s GT 630
Chinese domestic chipmaker, Zhaoxin, is entering the realm of APUs with their first product, the KX-6000G CPU, offering up to 1.5 TFLOPs of GPU horsepower.
Chinese Domestic Chipmaker, Zhaoxin, Preps KX-6000G CPU With A 1.5 TFLOPs Integrated GPU That’s As Fast As NVIDIA’s Decade-Old GT 630
To elaborate things, Zhaoxin is a Chinese chip manufacturer that offers both CPU and GPU IPs based on its own architectures. The manufacturer’s next-generation KX-6000 CPU lineup will be replacing their KX-5000 and ZX-200 CPUs which have been on the market from 2017-2018. The latest chips are expected to feature 4 cores, 8 threads, up to 3.0 GHz clock speeds, DDR4 DRAM support, PCIe 3.0 I/O, and a homegrown 16nm architecture.
Last month, we talked about how the KH-4000 series CPUs from Zhaoxin managed to deliver single-core performance close to AMD’s 1st Gen Ryzen CPUs based on the Zen architecture. Compared to the KX lineup which is primarily aimed at the domestic consumer segment, the KH series is aimed primarily at the server segment and offers up to 16 cores, and 16 threads. It is also based on a 16nm process node though the architecture is not as updated as the KX-6000G CPUs.
So coming back to the Zhaoxin KX-6000G CPUs which we may as well refer to as APUs since they utilize the same Zhaoxin-made ZX C1080 GPU that is featured on the Glenfly Arise-GT-10C0 dGPU that was launched in the Chinese domestic market just a few days ago. Now the same discrete chip has been packaged within the Zhaoxin’s KX-6000G CPUs. The naming scheme and the design of the chip sounds a lot like AMD’s Ryzen Desktop APUs which also utilize a discrete GPU architecture and have the “G” label attached to them.
According to Zhaoxin, the CPU packs 8 cores and 16 threads which is made possible through fusing two dies on the same package. The standard version of the KX-6000 CPUs only comes with the C-960 integrated GPU that offers VGA, HDMI, DP support at up to 4K resolutions. The new integrated GPU not only offers increased performance but also better graphics capabilities.
For starters, in 3DMark 11, the Zhaoxin integrated GPU scores around 1000 points which is an over 3x increase compared to the older GPU. It comes with a brand new graphics and image processing engine that is compatible with Galaxy Kirin KOS, Tongxin Software UOS, Windows, & various other Chinese mainstream operating systems. The chip also offers full compliance with DirectX 11, Open GL 4.5, and OpenGL 1.2 APIs while outputting a native 4K display. While it is a huge improvement over its predecessor, the integrated chip is still only on par with an NVIDIA GT 630 graphics card in the 3DMark 11 (Performance) benchmark which scores similar points. (Score from Vmodtech’s GT 630 review):
The Zhaoxin KX-6000G CPU was also tested in GLMark 2 where it scored 3116 points, An NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 scored 10,516 points in the same benchmark. As for the CPU, the Zhaxoin chip scores over 15,000 MIPS in multi-threading decompression which puts it faster than the AMD Ryzen 3 1300X and close to Intel’s Core i5-7500. We used the following scores from TechSpot’s review to make a comparative chart:
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My take on Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google after Nvidia’s rise
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It’s been a great week for the portfolio. Ahead of the long holiday weekend, I know the buzz centers on Nvidia (NVDA) and how this great $465 billion company signaled a sea change when it reported a solid quarter, cut guidance — and shares rallied. That was directly contrary to the pattern before it.
AMD Marketing Claims Radeon RX 6000 GPUs Offer Better Performance Per Dollar & Higher FPS Per Watt Versus NVIDIA’s RTX 30 Series
In a new marketing slide published by AMD, the company claims that its Radeon RX 6000 GPUs lead in both pricing & efficiency versus NVIDIA’s RTX 30 series.
AMD Radeon RX 6000 GPUs Offer Better Value & Efficiency Over NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 30 Series, Red Team Claims
The slide in question was tweeted by AMD’s Chief Architect of Gaming, Frank Azor which showcases both the performance per watt and performance per dollar of AMD’s entire Radeon RX 6000 lineup against the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series. The list of GPUs include all the way from the fastest AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT to the entry-level Radeon RX 6400.
AMD has used street prices of the cards for comparison and not the MSRPs. Based on the metrics, the AMD Radeon RX 6000 series lineup offers:
- RX 6950 XT vs RTX 3090: 80% Higher FPS/$ ($1100 vs $1700)
- RX 6900 XT vs RTX 3080 Ti: 19% Higher FPS/$ ($1000 vs $1170)
- RX 6800 XT vs RTX 3080: 6% Higher FPS/$ ($850 vs $850)
- RX 6800 vs RTX 3070 Ti: 8% Higher FPS/$ ($759 vs $750)
- RX 6750 XT vs RTX 3070: 33% Higher FPS/$ ($550 vs $700)
- RX 6700 XT vs RTX 3060 Ti: 30% Higher FPS/$ ($490 vs $580)
- RX 6650 XT vs RTX 3060: 54% Higher FPS/$ ($400 vs $430)
- RX 6600 vs RTX 3050: 40% Higher FPS/$ ($330 vs $330)
- RX 6500 XT vs GTX 1650: 19% Higher FPS/$ (199 vs $190)
- RX 6400 vs GTX 1050 Ti: 89% Higher FPS/$ ($160 vs $192)
AMD has claimed up to 89% better performance per watt when comparing its new RDNA 2 Radeon RX 6400 graphics card to a several-year-old GTX 1050 Ti graphics card. The second-biggest increase comes from the recently released flagship, the RX 6950 XT which provides a 80% uplift over its RTX competitor, the GeForce RTX 3090, with an 80% higher value. With that said, AMD also shared the performance per watt metrics for its Radeon RX 6000 series lineup which can be seen below:
- RX 6950 XT vs RTX 3090: 22% Higher FPS / Watt (335W vs 350W)
- RX 6900 XT vs RTX 3080 Ti: 19% Higher FPS / Watt (300W vs 350W)
- RX 6800 XT vs RTX 3080: 21% Higher FPS / Watt (280W vs 320W)
- RX 6800 vs RTX 3070 Ti: 27% Higher FPS / Watt (250W vs 290W)
- RX 6750 XT vs RTX 3070: Similar FPS / Watt (250W vs 220W)
- RX 6700 XT vs RTX 3060 Ti: 10% Higher FPS / Watt (230W vs 200W)
- RX 6650 XT vs RTX 3060: 35% Higher FPS / Watt (180W vs 170W)
- RX 6600 vs RTX 3050: 38% Higher FPS / Watt (132W vs 130W)
- RX 6500 XT vs GTX 1650: Similar FPS / Watt (107W vs 75W)
- RX 6400 vs GTX 1050 Ti: 123% Higher FPS / Watt (53W vs 75W)
AMD also lists down each specific gaming tier that these cards are meant for. The Navi 24 offerings such as the Radeon RX 6500 XT & RX 6400 are meant for 1080p Medium gaming, Navi 23 offerings are designed for 1080p Max, the Navi 22 offerings that include RX 6700 series are designed for 2K Max while the Navi 21 offerings aim for the 4K maxed out the segment.
Once again, the prices are the lowest as seen over at Newegg on the 10th of May, 2022. With the ever-changing prices, this chart may become invalid soon but it looks like AMD & NVIDIA are aware of the fact that with prices dropping and availability improving, gamers are now going to look for a new solution for their PC and both companies are trying their best with marketing and promos to entice gamers to buy their current-generation graphics cards. AMD and NVIDIA have already done marketing around the availability of these cards and the red team also recently announced to do a full relaunch of their ‘Raise The Game’ bundle.
AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series “RDNA 2” Graphics Card Lineup:
| Graphics Card | AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT | AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT | AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT | AMD Radeon RX 6800 | AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT | AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT | AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT | AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT | AMD Radeon RX 6600 | AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT | AMD Radeon RX 6400 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU | Navi 21 KXTX | Navi 21 XTX | Navi 21 XT | Navi 21 XL | Navi 22 KXT | Navi 22 XT | Navi 23 KXT | Navi 23 (XT) | Navi 23 (XL) | Navi 24 (XT) | Navi 24 (XL) |
| Process Node | 7nm | 7nm | 7nm | 7nm | 7nm | 7nm | 7nm | 7nm | 7nm | 6nm | 6nm |
| Die Size | 520mm2 | 520mm2 | 520mm2 | 520mm2 | 336mm2 | 336mm2 | 237mm2 | 237mm2 | 237mm2 | 107mm2 | 107mm2 |
| Transistors | 26.8 Billion | 26.8 Billion | 26.8 Billion | 26.8 Billion | 17.2 Billion | 17.2 Billion | 11.06 Billion | 11.06 Billion | 11.06 Billion | 5.4 Billion | 5.4 Billion |
| Compute Units | 80 | 80 | 72 | 60 | 40 | 40 | 32 | 32 | 28 | 16 | 12 |
| Stream Processors | 5120 | 5120 | 4608 | 3840 | 2560 | 2560 | 2048 | 2048 | 1792 | 1024 | 768 |
| TMUs/ROPs | 320 / 128 | 320 / 128 | 288 / 128 | 240 / 96 | 160/64 | 160/64 | 128/64 | 128/64 | 112/64 | 64/32 | 48/32 |
| Game Clock | 2116 MHz | 2015 MHz | 2015 MHz | 1815 MHz | 2495 MHz | 2424 MHz | 2410 MHz | 2359 MHz | 2044 MHz | 2610 MHz | 2039 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2324 MHz | 2250 MHz | 2250 MHz | 2105 MHz | 2600 MHz | 2581 MHz | 2635 MHz | 2589 MHz | 2491 MHz | 2815 MHz | 2321 MHz |
| FP32 TFLOPs | 23.80 TFLOPs | 23.04 TFLOPs | 20.74 TFLOPs | 16.17 TFLOPs | 13.31 TFLOPs | 13.21 TFLOPs | 10.79 TFLOPs | 10.6 TFLOPs | 9.0 TFLOPs | 5.7 TFLOPs | 3.5 TFLOPs |
| Memory Size | 16 GB GDDR6 +128 MB Infinity Cache | 16 GB GDDR6 +128 MB Infinity Cache | 16 GB GDDR6 +128 MB Infinity Cache | 16 GB GDDR6 +128 MB Infinity Cache | 12 GB GDDR6 + 96 MB Infinity Cache | 12 GB GDDR6 + 96 MB Infinity Cache | 8 GB GDDR6 + 32 MB Infinity Cache | 8 GB GDDR6 + 32 MB Infinity Cache | 8 GB GDDR6 + 32 MB Infinity Cache | 4 GB GDDR6 + 16 MB Infinity Cache | 4 GB GDDR6 + 16 MB Infinity Cache |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit | 192-bit | 192-bit | 128-bit | 128-bit | 128-bit | 64-bit | 64-bit |
| Memory Clock | 18 Gbps | 16 Gbps | 16 Gbps | 16 Gbps | 18 Gbps | 16 Gbps | 17.5 Gbps | 16 Gbps | 14 Gbps | 18 Gbps | 14 Gbps |
| Bandwidth | 576 GB/s | 512 GB/s | 512 GB/s | 512 GB/s | 432 GB/s | 384 GB/s | 280 GB/s | 256 GB/s | 224 GB/s | 144 GB/s | 112 GB/s |
| TDP | 335W | 300W | 300W | 250W | 250W | 230W | 176W | 160W | 132W | 107W | 53W |
| Price | $1099 US | $999 US | $649 US | $579 US | $549 US | $479 US | $399 US | $379 US | $329 US | $199 US | $159 US? |
News Source: Videocardz