AMD is heading for a complete overhaul of its laptop hardware at CES 2022, with a full lineup of new discrete GPUs for laptops: a new line of RX 6000S models designed to enhance graphics on thin-and-light gaming laptops and an expanded line of RX 6000M GPUs for more traditional gaming laptops.
The RX 6000S series of chips starts with three new designs: the RX 6800S, the RX 6700S and the RX 6600S. AMD says the new GPUs will enable high-performance gaming laptops that are 20 percent thinner and less than 4.5 pounds in weight, with the goal of maximizing power efficiency.
The 6000M series is getting a few new entry-level chips — the RX 6500M and RX 6300M — and souped-up versions of some of its existing models, including the RX 6850M, which AMD says is 7 percent faster than its old top mobile GPU, the RX 6800M. . Rounding out are the RX 6650M XT and the RX 6650M, which AMD claims offer up to 20 percent faster speeds than the original RX 6600M. (AMD already has a trio of powerful GPUs for mobile devices as part of the RX 6000M lineup: the RX 6800M, RX 6700M and RX 6600M, which were introduced last year.)
AMD Mobile GPUs
| Fashion model | units of account | GDDR6 | Game Clock (MHz) | Memory interface | Infinite cache | TGP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fashion model | units of account | GDDR6 | Game Clock (MHz) | Memory interface | Infinite cache | TGP |
| AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT | 40 | 12GB | Up to 2.463 | 192-bit | 96MB | Up to 165W |
| AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT | 32 | 8GB | Up to 2,162 | 128 bit | 32MB | Up to 120W |
| AMD Radeon RX 6650M | 28 | 8GB | Up to 2222 | 128 bit | 32MB | Up to 120W |
| AMD Radeon RX 6500M | 16 | 4GB | Up to 2,191 | 64 bit | 16MB | Up to 50W |
| AMD Radeon RX 6300M | 12 | 2GB | Up to 1,512 | 64 bit | 16MB | Up to 25W |
| AMD Radeon RX 6800S | 32 | 8GB | Until 1975 | 128 bit | 32MB | Up to 100W |
| AMD Radeon RX 6700S | 28 | 8GB | Until 1890 | 128 bit | 32MB | Up to 80W |
| AMD Radeon RX 6600S | 28 | 4GB | Up to 1,881 | 128 bit | 32MB | Up to 80W |
All GPUs in both the refreshed RX 6000M and newly introduced RX 6000S series will feature AMD’s RDNA 2 architecture and should pair well with AMD’s newly announced Ryzen 6000 laptop CPUs for customers looking for more power than the integrated RNDA 2 graphics that provide those chips.
Laptops with the new RX 6000M and RX 6000S chips are expected to launch in the first quarter of 2022.