At last night's CES 2022, AMD announced a series of new intelligence for its products, including the release of the 1,000-yuan graphics card RX 6500 XT, as well as the upcoming release of the Zen4 Ryzen™ 7000 processor preview in the second half of this year, and the details of the 5nm Zen4 architecture.
RDNA2 family of new RX 6500 XT as an entry-level product, its performance positioning is 1080p smooth gaming, after turning on FSR can make the "Call of Duty Vanguard", "Death Loop", "Far Cry 6" frame rate at 1080p to 80fps or more.
The GPU of the RX 6500 XT uses a 6nm process, the public specification is 2.6GHz, the built-in 16 sets of CUs have a total of 1024 stream processors plus optical tracking units, 16MB of unlimited cache, 4GB of GDDR6 memory (18Gbps), 107W power consumption, and a single fan design and a single 6-pin external power supply, and the interface is DP 1.4 and HDMI 2.1. The RX 6500 XT will go on sale on January 19 at $199 (CNB $1,599).
In addition, although the details have not yet been announced, AMD has announced the existence of one of the big moves this year, the Ryzen™ 7000 series processor. The Ryzen™ 7000 Series will be released in the second half of this year with the next-generation new Zen4 architecture.
The new Zen4 architecture will use TSMC's 5nm process, which is the first architecture under AMD to support the next generation of DDR5 memory, and supports PCIe 5.0 channels, and also uses the new AM5 package interface for the first time, using LGA1718 pins, which means that if you want to use this CPU, you have to change the motherboard together.
AMD did not disclose the specific number of cores, but according to the specifications and performance of Zen3, it may be 8 cores or more. In addition, it is officially confirmed that the 5nm Zen4 architecture can run Halo Unlimited at full core 5GHz.
Want to know the specific specifications and performance of Ryzen™ 7000 series processors, you can only wait for the official release in the second half of the year.