AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 5300

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and AMD Radeon RX 5300 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.

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

AMD Radeon RX 5300

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 74% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1327 MHz
Around 71% higher boost clock speed: 2815 MHz vs 1645 MHz
Around 24% higher texture fill rate: 180.2 GTexel/s vs 144.8 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 7 nm
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
Around 28% higher memory clock speed: 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 812 vs 712
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9568 vs 7588
Around 23% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 48536 vs 39363

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 Jan 2022 vs 28 May 2020
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1327 MHz
Boost clock speed	2815 MHz vs 1645 MHz
Texture fill rate	180.2 GTexel/s vs 144.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 7 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 3 GB
Memory clock speed	2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	812 vs 712
PassMark - G3D Mark	9568 vs 7588
Geekbench - OpenCL	48536 vs 39363

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5300

Around 38% higher pipelines: 1408 vs 1024
Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 107 Watt

Pipelines	1408 vs 1024
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 107 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 5300

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

812

712

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9568

7588

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

48536

39363

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	AMD Radeon RX 5300
PassMark - G2D Mark	812	712
PassMark - G3D Mark	9568	7588
Geekbench - OpenCL	48536	39363
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4917

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	AMD Radeon RX 5300
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	RDNA 1.0
Code name	Navi 24	Navi 14
Launch date	19 Jan 2022	28 May 2020
Place in performance rating	164	165
Launch price (MSRP)		$129
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2815 MHz	1645 MHz
Compute units	16	22
Core clock speed	2310 MHz	1327 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	360.3 GFLOPS (1:16)	289.5 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	11.53 TFLOPS (2:1)	9.265 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.765 TFLOPS	4.632 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	1408
Pixel fill rate	90.08 GPixel/s	52.64 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	180.2 GTexel/s	144.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	107 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	6400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 4.0 x8
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
Length		180 mm (7.1 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	2.2	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	143.9 GB/s	168.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6