AMD has provided the first ray tracing performance numbers of its next-gen RDNA 2 GPU based Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards.
The first AMD Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards were unveiled just a few hours ago and they look stunning given their specifications, performance numbers and especially, the prices. But the announcement was lacking a key element which we were all hoping to get more details which is the ray-tracing performance of the next-generation RDNA 2 lineup. While AMD didn’t provide any specific numbers related to ray tracing performance, a performance measurement on one of the three RDNA 2 « Big Navi » GPU based Radeon RX 6000 series graphics card has slipped by within the announcement slide deck. The numbers mention an AMD RDNA 2 graphics card which was tested within the DXR Procedural Geometry Sample application with both hardware acceleration enabled and disabled. AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Flagship “Big Navi” Graphics Card Unveiled For $999 US – The GeForce RTX 3090 Competitor At just 300W With hardware acceleration disabled and simply relying on the Software DXR fallback layer, the AMD Radeon RX 6000 graphics card scored 34 FPS.
