AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT Custom Models Are Just As Expensive As NVIDIA’s RTX 3090 Ti In Early Listings, Priced at $2400 US

AMD’s soon-to-be-released Radeon RX 6950 XT flagship graphics card is going to be an expensive graphics card if early listings are to go by. The card, which will be part of the RDNA 2 refresh GPU lineup, has been listed by an Australian retailer with pricing similar to NVIDIA’s RTX 3090 Ti cards.

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT Graphics Card Is As Expensive As NVIDIA RTX 3090 Ti In Early Listings WIth Pricing of Up To $2400 US

The AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT graphics cards are expected to be announced soon and we are now seeing retailers listing them down. Gigabyte seems to be working on its own custom model, the RX 6950 XTGaming OC which has been listed for $3241.54 AUD or just slightly above $2400 USD. This pricing is very close to custom models of the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti graphics card and a $1200-$1000 AUD difference between the custom RX 6900 XT models listed by the same retailer. Now since this is a preliminary listing, we will definitely be seeing much lower pricing as the new card gets close to street launch but for now, expect similar prices.

Gigabyte Radeon RX 6950 XT is just as expensive as custom RTX 3090 Ti graphics cards. (Image Credits: Videocardz)

That’s not all, Videocardz (Via Momomo_US) was able to obtain the full list of Gigabyte’s Radeon RX 6×50 XT custom graphics cards that will be launching on the 10th of May. The lineup was submitted to the EEC and the full list can be seen in the table below:

Gigabyte RX 6x50XT Graphics Cards
Segment	RX 6950XT	RX 6750XT	RX 6650XT
AORUS	GV-R695XTAORUSX WB-16GD	GV-R675XTAORUS E-12GD	N/A
GAMING	GV-R695XTGAMING OC-16GD	GV-R675XTGAMING OC-12GD	GV-R665XTGAMING OC-8GD
	GV-R695XTGAMING-16GD	GV-R675XTGAMING-12GD	GV-R665XTGAMING-8GD
EAGLE	N/A	N/A	GV-R665XTEAGLE OC-8GD
	N/A	N/A	GV-R665XTEAGLE-8GD

AMD Radeon RX 6000 XT RDNA 2 Graphics Card Refresh

The AMD Navi 21, Navi 22, & Navi 33 GPUs are the ones that will be refreshed for the upcoming Radeon RX 6X50 XT lineup. The AMD Navi 21 GPU currently powers the Radeon RX 6900 XT, RX 6800 XT & RX 6800 while the Navi 22 GPU powers the RX 6700 XT and the Navi 23 GPU powers the RX 6600 XT & 6600 on the desktop platform. The graphics cards will be featuring 18 Gbps memory along with certain clock enhancements.

From the previous rumor, we came to know that these cards would also feature 18 Gbps GDDR6 memory dies. Currently, all cards except the upcoming RX 6500 XT & the flagship RX 6900 XT LC, feature 16 Gbps memory dies. The bump to 18 Gbps might offer higher bandwidth and increase performance by 2-5% but that doesn’t indicate a huge difference with the refreshed series. There are obviously going to be some process enhancements incorporated in the new RDNA 2 refresh GPUs since we’ve heard rumors of the RX 6950 XT clocking over 2.5 GHz.

It would’ve been worthwhile if AMD gave its existing desktop GPUs the 6nm treatment & managed to get more performance efficiency out of them but that clearly isn’t happening. It looks like this soft refresh will feature both reference ‘midnight black’ and custom model designs.

There would also be a small price difference and the TGP numbers are expected to go up slightly with the addition of the faster memory chips. These GPUs will likely compete with Intel’s high-end ARC Alchemist GPUs that are launching in a few months while the Radeon RX 6950 XT flagship is clearly aimed at NVIDIA’s RTX 3090 Ti graphics card which is one power-hungry insanity.

The following table shows all the RDNA 2 graphics cards that AMD is currently offering:

AMD Radeon RX 6000 ‘RDNA 2’ Desktop Graphics Card Lineup:

Graphics Card Name	GPU Codename	Process Node	Compute Units / Cores	Memory Capacity / Bus	Memory Clock	TGP	Price (MSRP)	Launch
Radeon RX 6950 XT	Navi 21 XTXH?	7nm	80 / 5120	16 GB / 256-bit	18 Gbps	300W?	$999 US?	April 2022
Radeon RX 6900 XT LC	Navi 21 XTXH	7nm	80 / 5120	16 GB / 256-bit	18 Gbps	330W	$1199 US	July 2021
Radeon RX 6900 XTX	Navi 21 XTXH	7nm	80 / 5120	16 GB / 256-bit	16 Gbps	300W	$999 US	October 2020
Radeon RX 6900 XT	Navi 21 XTX	7nm	80 / 5120	16 GB / 256-bit	16 Gbps	300W	$999 US	October 2020
Radeon RX 6800 XT	Navi 21 XT	7nm	72 / 4608	16 GB / 256-bit	16 Gbps	300W	$649 US	October 2020
Radeon RX 6800	Navi 21 XL	7nm	60 / 3840	16 GB / 256-bit	16 Gbps	250W	$579 US	October 2020
Radeon RX 6750 XT	Navi 22 XT?	7nm	40 / 2560	12 GB / 192-bit	18 Gbps	230W?	$479 US?	April 2022
Radeon RX 6700 XT	Navi 22 XT	7nm	40 / 2560	12 GB / 192-bit	16 Gbps	230W	$479 US	March 2021
Radeon RX 6650 XT	Navi 23 XT?	7nm	32 / 2048	8 GB / 128-bit	18 Gbps	160W?	$379 US?	April 2022
Radeon RX 6600 XT	Navi 23 XT	7nm	32 / 2048	8 GB / 128-bit	16 Gbps	160W	$379 US	July 2021
Radeon RX 6600	Navi 23 XL	7nm	28 / 1792	8 GB / 128-bit	14 Gbps	132W	$329 US	October 2021
Radeon RX 6500 XT	Navi 24 XT	6nm	16 / 1024	4 GB / 64-bit	16 Gbps	107W	$199 US	January 2022
Radeon RX 6500	Navi 24 XL	6nm	12 / 768?	4 GB / 64-bit	16 Gbps?	TBD	$149 US?	April 2022
Radeon RX 6400	Navi 24 XL	6nm	12 / 768	4 GB / 64-bit	16 Gbps	53W	$139 US?	January 2022

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