AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 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 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 44% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1605 MHz
Around 48% higher boost clock speed: 2815 MHz vs 1905 MHz
591.2x more texture fill rate: 180.2 GTexel/s vs 304.8 GT/s
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 107 Watt vs 225 Watt

Launch date	19 Jan 2022 vs 7 July 2019
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1605 MHz
Boost clock speed	2815 MHz vs 1905 MHz
Texture fill rate	180.2 GTexel/s vs 304.8 GT/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	107 Watt vs 225 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 922 vs 810
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16486 vs 9559
Around 59% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 77223 vs 48520
Around 92% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 9442 vs 4914

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	922 vs 810
PassMark - G3D Mark	16486 vs 9559
Geekbench - OpenCL	77223 vs 48520
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	9442 vs 4914

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

810

922

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9559

16486

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

48520

77223

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4914

9442

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	810	922
PassMark - G3D Mark	9559	16486
Geekbench - OpenCL	48520	77223
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4914	9442
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		252.601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3949.565
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		24.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		254.777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1322.129
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		14699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3369
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		14699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3369

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	RDNA
Code name	Navi 24	Navi 10
Launch date	19 Jan 2022	7 July 2019
Place in performance rating	164	161
Launch price (MSRP)		$400
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2815 MHz	1905 MHz
Compute units	16	40
Core clock speed	2310 MHz	1605 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)	19.51 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.765 TFLOPS	9.75 TFLOPs
Pipelines	1024
Pixel fill rate	90.08 GPixel/s	121.9 GP/s
Texture fill rate	180.2 GTexel/s	304.8 GT/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	107 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	10.3 B
Render output units		64
Stream Processors		2560
Texture Units		160
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