AMD could launch a new budget RDNA 2 GPU in May

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AMD could be readying an even cheaper budget graphics card for release in May, and we’ve also heard about a potential launch timeframe for those rumored RX 6000 Series refreshed GPUs, too (more on that later).

But first, the purported budget model: this will be the RX 6500, and according to hardware leaker Greymon on Twitter, it might arrive in May, and will have similar specifications to AMD’s recently revealed RX 6400.

There will be RX 6500 in May, I think the specifications will be similar to RX 6400 OEM.RX 6X50XT is probably in June-JulyFebruary 2, 2022

If you recall, AMD showed off the RX 6400 at CES 2022, but then let us know that this would be for OEMs only (meaning you’ll only be able to get one as part of a prebuilt PC). It’s the RX 6500 XT which is on shelves (albeit very scarce at launch), but if Greymon is right, a vanilla RX 6500 will join it in a few months, with pretty similar specs to that RX 6400.

The RX 6400 offers 768 Stream Processors and 4GB of GDDR6 video memory, with clocks at just over 2000MHz and 2300MHz for base and boost respectively.

As for the price of the RX 6500, Greymon believes it will be pitched around the $130 mark in the US (about £95 / AU$180, to give you some idea of the ballpark – but remember that currency conversions aren’t really any indication of GPU pricing in different regions).

Greymon also threw in some extra info about the RX 6X50 refresh which is supposedly in the wings, adding to their previous rumors a couple of weeks back on this topic. It seems that these revamped cards are set to arrive around the middle of the year, in June or July.

Regarding the 6X50 refresh, Greymon further observes that the next-gen AMD cards based on RDNA 3 will arrive early in Q4 – so presumably