AMD RX 6700 XT moves into laptops with Radeon RX 6000M series

Starting with the launch of the first generation Ryzen processor, AMD has gradually picked up speed on all fronts, where the Ryzen 5000 offers good performance in both desktop and portable format. The company is also competitive on the graphics front with RDNA 2 and the Radeon RX 6000 series, but on the portable side, Nvidia’s Geforce RTX 3000 has undisturbed kept the performance throne in just portable gaming computers.

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According to previous information, this will change when AMD’s CEO Lisa Su now steps onto the digital Computex scene with the mobile Radeon RX 6000M as one of the highlights. These are the three cards Radeon RX 6800M, RX 6700M and RX 6600M, where the latter is the RDNA 2 series’ first step down from the performance segment and with it the Navi 23 circuit is introduced.

Specifications for Radeon RX 6000M

	RX 6800M	RX 6700M	RX 6600M	RX 6700 XT
Architecture	RDNA 2	RDNA 2	RDNA 2	RDNA 2
Technical	7 nm TSMC	7 nm TSMC	7 nm TSMC	7 nm TSMC
Circuit	Navi 22	Navi 22	Navi 23	Navi 22
Compute Units	40 st.	36 st.	28 st.	40 st.
Ray Accelerators	40 st.	36 st.	28 st.	40 st.
Streamprocessorer	2 560 st.	2 304 st.	1 792 st.	2 560 st.
Playing frequency	2 300 MHz	2 300 MHz	2 177 MHz	2 424 MHz
Infinity cache	96 MB	80 MB	32 MB	96 MB
Memory bus	192 bits	160 bits	128 bits	192 bits
Memory amount	12 GB GDDR6	10 GB GDDR6	8 GB GDDR6	12 GB GDDR6
TGP	145 W+	Up to 135 W	Up to 100 W	230 W

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The observer may see the striking similarities between the new top model Radeon RX 6800M and stationary RX 6700 XT. Based on the Navi 22 circuit, they both have 40 computing units (CU), 2,560 stream processors, and 12 GB of GDDR6 memory. The focus of the RX 6800M is gaming in 1440p with both high graphics settings and frame rates. The newcomer also boasts a relatively high typical frequency when playing at 2,300 MHz, but the TGP value is also high at 145 watts.

A pinhole down is the Radeon RX 6700M which retains the Navi 22 circuit but with 36 active CUs and 10 GB of GDDR6 memory. AMD still talks about high-frequency gaming in 1440p resolution, but with at least the RX 6600M, 1080p comes into play. The simplest card has 28 CU and 8 GB of GDDR6 memory. The playing frequency is specified at 2,177 MHz, while the RX 6700M remains at a high 2,300 MHz – only 124 MHz behind the stationary RX 6700 XT.

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AMD believes that RDNA 2 means a real boost for those who want to upgrade a gaming computer with a few years on their neck and explains that the performance is 1.5 times higher than with the previous RDNA architecture. This can also be translated into higher energy efficiency and with maintained performance, RDNA 2 pulls at best 43 percent less and through this, the computers should be able to be both thinner and more high-performance in battery operation.

Allowing a high-performance laptop to run on battery usually lowers performance significantly, but under the “Unplug and play” flag, AMD says the Radeon RX 6000M family can handle this well. In an AMD-signed performance test, the RX 6800M is compared to Nvidia’s Geforce RTX 3080 and shows between 12 and 40 percent better performance. Even without a power limit, AMD’s own game tests point to the new mobile flagship card maintaining a high level, a hair’s edge ahead of the Geforce RTX 3080 and RTX 3070.

The manufacturer leaves the RX 6700M without comparisons to Nvidia’s cards, but the RX 6600M is set against the RTX 3060 and in the tested games it is a smooth race with an average refresh rate a bit north of 60 FPS. According to more internal performance figures, the card manages over 200 FPS in simpler e-sports games, while even more modern titles can handle the 60 FPS line.

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In the future, the three cards will also receive support for the upscaling technology Fidelity FX Super Resolution, which, like Nvidia’s DLSS, aims to increase performance at a certain expense of image quality. The feature will make its debut on June 22, but laptops with Radeon RX 6800M and RX 6600M will reportedly be released now. RX 6700M variants are coming in the near future.