AMD RX 6600 XT GPU leak suggests that 8GB VRAM may not be the only disappointment

AMD’s purportedly incoming Radeon RX 6600 graphics cards have witnessed more leakage, reinforcing previous speculation that the on-board VRAM will be 8GB (rather than the 12GB which was suggested a while back), and throwing light on other specs of these GPUs – including a rumored design choice with some potentially interesting ramifications (more on that later).

There have been a couple of recent leaks around these Navi 23-based cards, one of which is a GPU-Z screen grab highlighted by VideoCardz that shows the RX 6600 XT having 2,048 stream processors, with the plain RX 6600 being cut down to 1,792 stream processors. Previous speculation held this, but we must obviously be careful about taking anything for granted here – use plenty of salt all round.

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