AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 590 GME
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and AMD Radeon RX 590 GME 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 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
- Around 84% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1257 MHz
- 2x more boost clock speed: 2815 MHz vs 1380 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 14 nm
- Around 64% lower typical power consumption: 107 Watt vs 175 Watt
- Around 12% higher memory clock speed: 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective)
- Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 812 vs 687
- Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9583 vs 8457
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 19 Jan 2022 vs 9 Mar 2020 |
| Core clock speed | 2310 MHz vs 1257 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2815 MHz vs 1380 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm vs 14 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 107 Watt vs 175 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective) |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 812 vs 687 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 9583 vs 8457 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 590 GME
- Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 198.7 GTexel/s vs 180.2 GTexel/s
- 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
- 4.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1001 vs 235
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 198.7 GTexel/s vs 180.2 GTexel/s |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 4 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1001 vs 235 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 590 GME
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| Name | AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT | AMD Radeon RX 590 GME |
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| PassMark - G2D Mark | 812 | 687 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 9583 | 8457 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 48727 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 235 | 1001 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 5140 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 5140 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 6839 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 6839 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 20161 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 20161 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT | AMD Radeon RX 590 GME | |
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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 | 9 Mar 2020 |
| Place in performance rating | 216 | 228 |
| Design | Radeon RX 500 Series | |
| Type | Desktop | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 2815 MHz | 1380 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) | 397.4 GFLOPS (1:16) |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 11.53 TFLOPS (2:1) | 6.359 TFLOPS (1:1) |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 5.765 TFLOPS | 6.359 TFLOPS |
| Pipelines | 1024 | |
| Pixel fill rate | 90.08 GPixel/s | 44.16 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate | 180.2 GTexel/s | 198.7 GTexel/s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 107 Watt | 175 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5400 million | 5700 million |
| 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 | 450 Watt |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Length | 241 mm (9.5 inches) | |
| Width | Dual-slot | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12.0 (12_0) |
| OpenCL | 2.2 | 2.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.4 |
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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 | 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective) |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
Technologies |
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