AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
- 2x more core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1130 MHz
- Around 80% higher boost clock speed: 2815 MHz vs 1560 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 7 nm
- Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 107 Watt vs 150 Watt
- Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
| Launch date | 19 Jan 2022 vs 21 Jan 2020 |
| Core clock speed | 2310 MHz vs 1130 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2815 MHz vs 1560 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm vs 7 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 107 Watt vs 150 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
- Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 224.6 GTexel/s vs 180.2 GTexel/s
- 2.3x more pipelines: 2304 vs 1024
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
- Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 870 vs 808
- Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13513 vs 9555
- Around 33% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 64602 vs 48619
- 7.2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1670 vs 231
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 224.6 GTexel/s vs 180.2 GTexel/s |
| Pipelines | 2304 vs 1024 |
| Maximum memory size | 6 GB vs 4 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 870 vs 808 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 13513 vs 9555 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 64602 vs 48619 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1670 vs 231 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT | AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT |
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| PassMark - G2D Mark | 808 | 870 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 9555 | 13513 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 48619 | 64602 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 231 | 1670 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 207.909 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 3560.776 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 20.486 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 148.938 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 1111.648 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 13621 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3719 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 13621 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3719 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT | AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | RDNA 1.0 |
| Code name | Navi 24 | Navi 10 XLE |
| Launch date | 19 Jan 2022 | 21 Jan 2020 |
| Place in performance rating | 208 | 211 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $279 | |
| Type | Desktop, Laptop | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 2815 MHz | 1560 MHz |
| Compute units | 16 | 36 |
| Core clock speed | 2310 MHz | 1130 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | 7 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 360.3 GFLOPS (1:16) | 449.3 GFLOPS |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 11.53 TFLOPS (2:1) | 14.38 TFLOPS |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 5.765 TFLOPS | 7.188 TFLOPS |
| Pipelines | 1024 | 2304 |
| Pixel fill rate | 90.08 GPixel/s | 99.84 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate | 180.2 GTexel/s | 224.6 GTexel/s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 107 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5400 million | 10300 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| DisplayPort count | 3 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Form factor | Dual-slot | |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 300 Watt | 350 Watt |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Length | 10.5 inches (267 mm) | |
| Width | Dual-slot | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 |
| OpenCL | 2.2 | 2.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.5 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 143.9 GB/s | 288.0 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 192 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective | 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective) |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
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