AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 5700

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and AMD Radeon RX 5700 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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).

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

AMD Radeon RX 5700

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 58% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1465 MHz
Around 63% higher boost clock speed: 2815 MHz vs 1725 MHz
725.4x more texture fill rate: 180.2 GTexel/s vs 248.4 GT/s
Around 68% lower typical power consumption: 107 Watt vs 180 Watt

Launch date	19 Jan 2022 vs 7 July 2019
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1465 MHz
Boost clock speed	2815 MHz vs 1725 MHz
Texture fill rate	180.2 GTexel/s vs 248.4 GT/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	107 Watt vs 180 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5700

2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 879 vs 808
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14362 vs 9554
Around 36% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 66142 vs 48630
8.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1866 vs 231

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	879 vs 808
PassMark - G3D Mark	14362 vs 9554
Geekbench - OpenCL	66142 vs 48630
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1866 vs 231

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 5700

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

808

879

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9554

14362

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

48630

66142

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

231

1866

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	AMD Radeon RX 5700
PassMark - G2D Mark	808	879
PassMark - G3D Mark	9554	14362
Geekbench - OpenCL	48630	66142
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	231	1866
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		209.509
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3686.851
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		21.941
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		250
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1036.448
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		11536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3723
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3366
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		11536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3723
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3366

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	AMD Radeon RX 5700
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	RDNA
Code name	Navi 24	Navi 10
Launch date	19 Jan 2022	7 July 2019
Place in performance rating	205	203
Launch price (MSRP)		$350
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2815 MHz	1725 MHz
Compute units	16	36
Core clock speed	2310 MHz	1465 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)	15.9 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.765 TFLOPS	7.95 TFLOPs
Pipelines	1024
Pixel fill rate	90.08 GPixel/s	110.4 GP/s
Texture fill rate	180.2 GTexel/s	248.4 GT/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	107 Watt	180 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	10.3 B
Render output units		64
Stream Processors		2304
Texture Units		144
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1 x 8-pin and 1x6 pin
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	2.2
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	143.9 GB/s	448 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
TrueAudio
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready