AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT videocard review

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

Radeon RX 6500 XT videocard released by AMD; release date: 19 Jan 2022. The videocard is based on RDNA 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed Navi 24.

Core clock speed - 2310 MHz. Boost clock speed - 2815 MHz. Texture fill rate - 180.2 GTexel/s. Pipelines - 1024. Manufacturing process technology - 6 nm. Transistors count - 5400 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 107 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR6. Maximum RAM amount - 4 GB. Memory bus width - 64 bit. Memory clock speed - 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective. Memory bandwidth - 143.9 GB/s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
811
PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
9568
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
48412
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
4917
Name Value
PassMark - G2D Mark 811
PassMark - G3D Mark 9568
Geekbench - OpenCL 48412
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4917

Games performance

Ready or Not (2023)

Low, 1920x108081.10
Medium, 1920x108068.70
High, 1920x108050.40
Ultra, 1920x108036.10
QHD, 2560x144023.10
4K, 3840x21606.20

The Finals (2023)

Low, 1920x1080107.80
Medium, 1920x108075.20
High, 1920x108065.80
Ultra, 1920x108048.60
QHD, 2560x144028.20
4K, 3840x21606.00

Avatar Frontiers of Pandora (2023)

Low, 1920x108034.00
Medium, 1920x108030.00
High, 1920x108022.00
Ultra, 1920x108017.00
QHD, 2560x144012.00
4K, 3840x21609.60

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 (2023)

Low, 1920x108084.00
Medium, 1920x108058.00
High, 1920x108040.00
Ultra, 1920x108032.00
QHD, 2560x144014.00

EA Sports WRC (2023)

Low, 1920x108080.30
Medium, 1920x108058.30
High, 1920x108017.80
Ultra, 1920x108015.60
QHD, 2560x14408.90

Alan Wake 2 (2023)

Low, 1920x108034.00
Medium, 1920x108025.70
High, 1920x108024.00
QHD, 2560x144013.10

Counter-Strike 2 (2023)

Low, 1920x1080281.00
Medium, 1920x1080194.00
High, 1920x108094.50
Ultra, 1920x108069.20
QHD, 2560x144035.00
4K, 3840x216013.90

Lords of the Fallen (2023)

Low, 1920x108029.00
Medium, 1920x108021.10
High, 1920x108014.40
Ultra, 1920x10809.80

Total War Pharaoh (2023)

Low, 1920x1080188.90
Medium, 1920x1080143.10
High, 1920x108081.50
Ultra, 1920x108066.00
QHD, 2560x144040.70
4K, 3840x216016.90

Assassin's Creed Mirage (2023)

Low, 1920x108078.00
Medium, 1920x108063.00
High, 1920x108039.00
Ultra, 1920x108027.00
QHD, 2560x144021.00
4K, 3840x21608.00

EA Sports FC 24 (2023)

Low, 1920x1080161.40
Medium, 1920x1080145.70
High, 1920x1080101.30
Ultra, 1920x108055.70
QHD, 2560x144044.20
4K, 3840x216028.80

Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 Phantom Liberty (2023)

Low, 1920x108064.00
Medium, 1920x108039.80
High, 1920x108028.40
Ultra, 1920x108023.50

Lies of P (2023)

Low, 1920x108088.40
Medium, 1920x108067.00
High, 1920x108048.30
Ultra, 1920x108032.80
QHD, 2560x144017.50
4K, 3840x21607.60

Starfield (2023)

Low, 1920x108042.30
Medium, 1920x108013.90
High, 1920x108010.60
Ultra, 1920x10809.70

Armored Core 6 (2023)

Low, 1920x108089.60
Medium, 1920x108069.30
High, 1920x108058.70
Ultra, 1920x108035.30
QHD, 2560x144020.00
4K, 3840x216010.70

Immortals of Aveum (2023)

Low, 1920x108027.30
High, 1920x108023.70
Ultra, 1920x108015.20

Atlas Fallen (2023)

Low, 1920x108051.30
Medium, 1920x108035.50
High, 1920x108028.60
Ultra, 1920x10806.18

Baldur's Gate 3 (2023)

Low, 1920x108068.20
Medium, 1920x108055.70
High, 1920x108045.10
Ultra, 1920x108044.20

Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart (2023)

Low, 1920x108023.70
Medium, 1920x108020.50
High, 1920x108015.30
Ultra, 1920x108010.60

F1 23 (2023)

Low, 1920x108085.30
Medium, 1920x108077.30
High, 1920x108052.00
Ultra, 1920x108011.50
QHD, 2560x14407.39
4K, 3840x21602.23

Diablo 4 (2023)

Low, 1920x1080116.90
Medium, 1920x108093.70
High, 1920x108080.80
Ultra, 1920x108075.80

Star Wars Jedi Survivor (2023)

Low, 1920x108039.10
Medium, 1920x108030.40
High, 1920x108028.90
Ultra, 1920x108023.70

Dead Island 2 (2023)

Low, 1920x1080159.10
Medium, 1920x1080117.40
High, 1920x108087.60
Ultra, 1920x108062.30
QHD, 2560x144045.30
4K, 3840x216020.40

The Last of Us (2023)

Low, 1920x108054.10
Medium, 1920x108037.10
High, 1920x108028.70
Ultra, 1920x108024.40

Resident Evil 4 Remake (2023)

Low, 1920x108077.30
Medium, 1920x108057.20
High, 1920x108011.70

Sons of the Forest (2023)

Low, 1920x108040.40
Medium, 1920x108029.40
High, 1920x108026.70
Ultra, 1920x108024.50
QHD, 2560x144018.10
4K, 3840x216010.50

Company of Heroes 3 (2023)

Low, 1920x108087.80
Medium, 1920x108071.80
High, 1920x108057.50
Ultra, 1920x108056.10
QHD, 2560x144031.90
4K, 3840x216013.70

Atomic Heart (2023)

Low, 1920x1080110.90
Medium, 1920x108084.20
High, 1920x108047.90
Ultra, 1920x108037.40
QHD, 2560x144027.20
4K, 3840x216013.80

Returnal (2023)

Low, 1920x108054.00
Medium, 1920x108051.00
High, 1920x108045.00
Ultra, 1920x108024.00
QHD, 2560x144015.00
4K, 3840x216012.00

Hogwarts Legacy (2023)

Low, 1920x108079.50
Medium, 1920x108059.50
High, 1920x108047.90
Ultra, 1920x108033.30
QHD, 2560x144023.30
4K, 3840x21609.43

Dead Space Remake (2023)

Low, 1920x108033.90
Medium, 1920x108027.70
High, 1920x108021.90
Ultra, 1920x108017.50
QHD, 2560x14408.92
4K, 3840x21602.14

High On Life (2023)

Low, 1920x1080150.60
Medium, 1920x108081.20
High, 1920x108056.20
Ultra, 1920x108054.40
QHD, 2560x144032.10
4K, 3840x216011.80

The Witcher 3 v4.00 (2023)

Low, 1920x108099.90
Medium, 1920x108075.10
High, 1920x108065.70
Ultra, 1920x108054.10
QHD, 2560x144030.40
4K, 3840x21609.91

Need for Speed Unbound (2022)

Low, 1920x108055.80
Medium, 1920x108033.60
High, 1920x108030.70
Ultra, 1920x108023.50
QHD, 2560x144017.20

The Callisto Protocol (2022)

Low, 1920x108090.60
Medium, 1920x108059.10
High, 1920x108029.30
Ultra, 1920x108028.20
QHD, 2560x144018.50
4K, 3840x21607.30

Spider-Man Miles Morales (2022)

Low, 1920x108052.50
Medium, 1920x108048.00
High, 1920x108036.60
Ultra, 1920x108030.20
QHD, 2560x144019.70
4K, 3840x216010.60

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 2022 (2022)

Low, 1920x108087.00
Medium, 1920x108069.00
High, 1920x108053.00
Ultra, 1920x108042.00
QHD, 2560x144028.00
4K, 3840x216011.00

Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection (2022)

Low, 1920x108051.80
Medium, 1920x108042.10
High, 1920x108016.70
Ultra, 1920x108015.10
QHD, 2560x14409.16

A Plague Tale Requiem (2022)

Low, 1920x108066.60
Medium, 1920x108049.90
High, 1920x108035.30
Ultra, 1920x108022.70
QHD, 2560x144013.10
4K, 3840x21604.61

FIFA 23 (2022)

Low, 1920x1080170.80
Medium, 1920x1080150.40
High, 1920x108079.60
Ultra, 1920x108066.00
QHD, 2560x144056.90
4K, 3840x216029.50

The Quarry (2022)

Low, 1920x108078.95
Medium, 1920x108057.60
High, 1920x108045.35
Ultra, 1920x108025.70
QHD, 2560x14408.73
4K, 3840x21604.23

F1 22 (2022)

Low, 1920x1080132.10
Medium, 1920x1080110.80
High, 1920x108071.85
Ultra, 1920x108015.50
QHD, 2560x144010.05
4K, 3840x21602.68

Vampire Bloodhunt (2022)

Low, 1920x1080222.00
Medium, 1920x1080116.30
High, 1920x1080111.90
Ultra, 1920x1080110.90
QHD, 2560x144062.70
4K, 3840x216023.10

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands (2022)

Low, 1920x1080119.10
Medium, 1920x108086.70
High, 1920x108052.90
Ultra, 1920x108030.30
QHD, 2560x144017.30
4K, 3840x21608.16

Ghostwire Tokyo (2022)

Low, 1920x108094.00
Medium, 1920x108088.85
High, 1920x108086.95
Ultra, 1920x108087.75
QHD, 2560x144048.65
4K, 3840x216019.90

Elex 2 (2022)

Low, 1920x108064.80
Medium, 1920x108059.70
High, 1920x108040.50
Ultra, 1920x108033.80
QHD, 2560x144021.70
4K, 3840x21605.87

Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 (2022)

Low, 1920x108071.65
Medium, 1920x108054.15
High, 1920x108034.10
Ultra, 1920x108030.05
QHD, 2560x144017.10
4K, 3840x21603.69

Elden Ring (2022)

Low, 1920x108059.40
Medium, 1920x108059.50
High, 1920x108059.40
Ultra, 1920x108058.00
QHD, 2560x144044.00
4K, 3840x216020.60

GRID Legends (2022)

Low, 1920x1080202.00
Medium, 1920x1080149.60
High, 1920x108085.20
Ultra, 1920x108059.40
QHD, 2560x144052.50
4K, 3840x216026.50

Dying Light 2 (2022)

Low, 1920x108058.30
Medium, 1920x108044.10
High, 1920x108035.50
QHD, 2560x144024.40
4K, 3840x216011.20

Rainbow Six Extraction (2022)

Low, 1920x1080101.00
Medium, 1920x108091.00
High, 1920x108066.00
Ultra, 1920x108033.00
QHD, 2560x144019.00
4K, 3840x21606.00

God of War (2022)

Low, 1920x108079.20
Medium, 1920x108062.50
High, 1920x108030.30
Ultra, 1920x10809.19
QHD, 2560x14408.09
4K, 3840x21606.68

Halo Infinite (2021)

Medium, 1920x108074.80
High, 1920x108073.00
Ultra, 1920x108064.50
QHD, 2560x144056.00
4K, 3840x216011.10

Farming Simulator 22 (2021)

Low, 1280x720291.00
Medium, 1920x1080162.00
High, 1920x1080112.00
Ultra, 1920x108092.30
QHD, 2560x144070.50
4K, 3840x216037.90

Battlefield 2042 (2021)

Low, 1280x720145.00
Medium, 1920x108080.40
High, 1920x108039.80
Ultra, 1920x108025.30
QHD, 2560x144018.50
4K, 3840x21603.95

Forza Horizon 5 (2021)

Low, 1280x720211.00
Medium, 1920x1080107.00
High, 1920x108081.00
Ultra, 1920x108026.00
QHD, 2560x144011.00
4K, 3840x21605.00

Call of Duty Vanguard (2021)

Low, 1280x720102.00
Medium, 1920x108087.10
High, 1920x108034.90
Ultra, 1920x108031.40
QHD, 2560x144022.80
4K, 3840x21603.18

Riders Republic (2021)

Low, 1280x720127.00
Medium, 1920x108066.00
High, 1920x108054.00
Ultra, 1920x108047.00
QHD, 2560x144027.00
4K, 3840x21609.00

Guardians of the Galaxy (2021)

Low, 1280x72077.50
Medium, 1920x108038.00
High, 1920x108032.50
Ultra, 1920x108030.50
QHD, 2560x144025.50
4K, 3840x21605.50

Back 4 Blood (2021)

Medium, 1920x1080140.00
High, 1920x1080117.00
Ultra, 1920x1080109.00
QHD, 2560x144068.10
4K, 3840x216027.70

Far Cry 6 (2021)

Low, 1280x720162.90
Medium, 1920x108015.60
High, 1920x108021.20
Ultra, 1920x10807.69
QHD, 2560x14405.12
4K, 3840x21601.88

Alan Wake Remastered (2021)

Medium, 1920x1080147.00
High, 1920x1080123.00
QHD, 2560x144093.30
4K, 3840x216055.00

New World (2021)

Low, 1280x720145.00
Medium, 1920x108062.10
High, 1920x108055.30
Ultra, 1920x108043.40
QHD, 2560x144029.80
4K, 3840x216016.80

F1 2021 (2021)

Low, 1280x720382.00
Medium, 1920x1080156.00
High, 1920x1080109.00
Ultra, 1920x108032.80
QHD, 2560x144024.50
4K, 3840x216010.40

Mass Effect Legendary Edition (2021)

Low, 1280x720110.00
Ultra, 1920x1080105.00
QHD, 2560x144078.10
4K, 3840x216037.50

Immortals Fenyx Rising (2020)

Low, 1280x720128.00
Medium, 1920x108068.00
High, 1920x108058.00
Ultra, 1920x108046.00
QHD, 2560x144035.00
4K, 3840x216010.00

Crysis Remastered (2020)

Low, 1280x720271.00
Medium, 1920x1080121.00
High, 1920x108059.90
Ultra, 1920x108051.30
QHD, 2560x144036.90
4K, 3840x216018.20

Assassin´s Creed Valhalla (2020)

Low, 1280x720100.00
Medium, 1920x108051.00
High, 1920x108043.00
Ultra, 1920x108031.00
QHD, 2560x144023.00
4K, 3840x21606.00

Dirt 5 (2020)

Low, 1280x720168.50
Medium, 1920x108061.70
High, 1920x108041.90
Ultra, 1920x108034.30
QHD, 2560x144024.20
4K, 3840x216014.50

Watch Dogs Legion (2020)

Low, 1280x720117.00
Medium, 1920x108073.70
High, 1920x108057.60
Ultra, 1920x108024.80
QHD, 2560x144018.50
4K, 3840x21609.68

Mafia Definitive Edition (2020)

Low, 1280x720146.00
Medium, 1920x108063.00
High, 1920x108057.90
QHD, 2560x144036.20
4K, 3840x216017.20

Horizon Zero Dawn (2020)

Low, 1280x720121.00
Medium, 1920x108076.00
High, 1920x108063.00
Ultra, 1920x108053.00
QHD, 2560x144042.00
4K, 3840x216023.00

F1 2020 (2020)

Low, 1280x720359.00
Medium, 1920x1080176.00
High, 1920x1080137.60
Ultra, 1920x108092.20
QHD, 2560x144066.00
4K, 3840x216031.70

Strange Brigade (2018)

Low, 1280x720390.00
Medium, 1920x1080128.40
High, 1920x1080107.10
Ultra, 1920x108083.10
QHD, 2560x144055.50
4K, 3840x216024.70

Borderlands 3 (2019)

Low, 1280x720206.00
Medium, 1920x108093.50
High, 1920x108057.10
Ultra, 1920x108041.10
QHD, 2560x144023.50
4K, 3840x216010.10

Control (2019)

Low, 1280x720186.85
Medium, 1920x108064.25
High, 1920x108043.40
QHD, 2560x144027.65
4K, 3840x21607.74

Anno 1800 (2019)

Low, 1280x720117.00
Medium, 1920x1080109.00
High, 1920x108060.90
Ultra, 1920x108028.30
QHD, 2560x144033.50
4K, 3840x216011.30

Metro Exodus (2019)

Low, 1280x720151.00
Medium, 1920x108072.10
High, 1920x108050.50
Ultra, 1920x108034.50
QHD, 2560x144018.00
4K, 3840x216010.50

Far Cry New Dawn (2019)

Low, 1280x720169.00
Medium, 1920x108097.00
High, 1920x108089.00
Ultra, 1920x108082.00
QHD, 2560x144057.00
4K, 3840x216020.00

Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)

Low, 1280x720229.00
Medium, 1920x108085.00
High, 1920x108074.80
Ultra, 1920x108055.20
QHD, 2560x144035.70
4K, 3840x216015.90

Far Cry 5 (2018)

Low, 1280x720202.00
Medium, 1920x1080102.00
High, 1920x108092.00
Ultra, 1920x108086.00
QHD, 2560x144057.00
4K, 3840x216023.00

X-Plane 11.11 (2018)

Low, 1280x72076.75
Medium, 1920x108062.50
High, 1920x108043.40
4K, 3840x216042.40

Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018)

Low, 1280x720147.90
Medium, 1920x108072.60
High, 1920x108047.00
QHD30.60
4K, 3840x216012.10

Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)

Low, 1024x768238.00
Medium, 1366x768154.00
High, 1920x108085.70
Ultra, 1920x108068.10
4K, 3840x216027.80

Dota 2 Reborn (2015)

Low, 1280x720240.90
Medium, 1366x768180.60
High, 1920x1080153.10
Ultra, 1920x1080116.70
4K, 3840x216068.00

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x768311.30
Medium, 1366x768186.60
High, 1920x108091.70
Ultra, 1920x108053.60
4K, 3840x216028.10

GTA V (2015)

Low, 1024x768187.70
Medium, 1366x768187.40
High, 1920x1080121.20
Ultra, 1920x108051.30
QHD36.50
4K, 3840x216033.70

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0
Code name Navi 24
Launch date 19 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating 164

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2815 MHz
Compute units 16
Core clock speed 2310 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 360.3 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 11.53 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 5.765 TFLOPS
Pipelines 1024
Pixel fill rate 90.08 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 180.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 107 Watt
Transistor count 5400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Recommended system power (PSU) 300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 2.2
OpenGL 4.6
Shader Model 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 143.9 GB/s
Memory bus width 64 bit
Memory clock speed 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6