AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 580X
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and AMD Radeon RX 580X 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
- Around 84% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1257 MHz
- 2.1x more boost clock speed: 2815 MHz vs 1340 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 14 nm
- Around 73% lower typical power consumption: 107 Watt vs 185 Watt
- Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9515 vs 7798
- Around 15% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 48147 vs 41822
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 19 Jan 2022 vs 3 April 2018 |
| Core clock speed | 2310 MHz vs 1257 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2815 MHz vs 1340 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm vs 14 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 107 Watt vs 185 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 9515 vs 7798 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 48147 vs 41822 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580X
- Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 180.2 GTexel/s
- 2.3x more pipelines: 2304 vs 1024
- 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
- 3.6x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
- Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 885 vs 817
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 192.96 GTexel/s vs 180.2 GTexel/s |
| Pipelines | 2304 vs 1024 |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 4 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 8000 MHz vs 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 885 vs 817 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 580X
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT | AMD Radeon RX 580X |
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| PassMark - G2D Mark | 817 | 885 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 9515 | 7798 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 48147 | 41822 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 4921 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 11616 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 11616 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 4909 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 4909 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 18294 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 18294 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT | AMD Radeon RX 580X | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | GCN 4.0 |
| Code name | Navi 24 | Polaris 20 |
| Launch date | 19 Jan 2022 | 3 April 2018 |
| Place in performance rating | 159 | 162 |
| Design | Radeon RX 500X Series | |
| GCN generation | 4th Gen | |
| Type | Desktop, Laptop | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 2815 MHz | 1340 MHz |
| Compute units | 16 | 36 |
| Core clock speed | 2310 MHz | 1257 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | 14 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 360.3 GFLOPS (1:16) | |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 11.53 TFLOPS (2:1) | |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 5.765 TFLOPS | |
| Pipelines | 1024 | 2304 |
| Pixel fill rate | 90.08 GPixel/s | 42.88 GP/s |
| Texture fill rate | 180.2 GTexel/s | 192.96 GTexel/s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 107 Watt | 185 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5400 million | 5,700 million |
| Floating-point performance | 6.2 TFLOPs | |
| Render output units | 32 | |
| Stream Processors | 2304 | |
| Texture Units | 144 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Form factor | Dual-slot | |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 300 Watt | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Length | 241 mm | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 |
| OpenCL | 2.2 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 143.9 GB/s | 256 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective | 8000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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| 4K H264 Encode | ||
| AMD Radeon™ Chill | ||
| AMD Radeon™ ReLive | ||
| AppAcceleration | ||
| FreeSync | ||
| H265/HEVC Decode | ||
| H265/HEVC Encode | ||
| HDMI 4K Support | ||
| TrueAudio | ||
| VR Ready | ||
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