AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs AMD Radeon Pro SSG

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and AMD Radeon Pro SSG videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

AMD Radeon Pro SSG

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 60% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Around 88% higher boost clock speed: 2815 MHz vs 1500 MHz
469.3x more texture fill rate: 180.2 GTexel/s vs 384.0 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 14 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 107 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 19% higher memory clock speed: 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1890 MHz
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 817 vs 588

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 Jan 2022 vs 8 August 2017
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Boost clock speed	2815 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Texture fill rate	180.2 GTexel/s vs 384.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	107 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed	2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1890 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	817 vs 588

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro SSG

4x more pipelines: 4096 vs 1024
4x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 4 GB
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10972 vs 9515

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	4096 vs 1024
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	10972 vs 9515

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro SSG

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

817

588

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9515

10972

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	AMD Radeon Pro SSG
PassMark - G2D Mark	817	588
PassMark - G3D Mark	9515	10972
Geekbench - OpenCL	48138
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4921
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		170.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3178.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		16.732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		173.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1231.051
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		7766
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		7766

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	AMD Radeon Pro SSG
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	GCN 5.0
Code name	Navi 24	Vega 10
Launch date	19 Jan 2022	8 August 2017
Place in performance rating	159	158
Launch price (MSRP)		$6,999
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2815 MHz	1500 MHz
Compute units	16
Core clock speed	2310 MHz	1440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	14 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	4096
Pixel fill rate	90.08 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	180.2 GTexel/s	384.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	107 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	12,500 million
Floating-point performance		12,288 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a	6x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	143.9 GB/s	483.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1890 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	HBM2