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.

 

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: 811 vs 712
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9568 vs 7588
  • Around 23% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 48412 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 811 vs 712
PassMark - G3D Mark 9568 vs 7588
Geekbench - OpenCL 48412 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
811
712
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9568
7588
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
48412
39363
Name AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT AMD Radeon RX 5300
PassMark - G2D Mark 811 712
PassMark - G3D Mark 9568 7588
Geekbench - OpenCL 48412 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