AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 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).

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1620 MHz
Around 55% higher boost clock speed: 2815 MHz vs 1815 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 12 nm
Around 87% lower typical power consumption: 107 Watt vs 200 Watt
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 812 vs 727

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 Jan 2022 vs 13 August 2018
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1620 MHz
Boost clock speed	2815 MHz vs 1815 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	107 Watt vs 200 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	812 vs 727

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000

6.2x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15967 vs 9568
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 105171 vs 48536
2.2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 10685 vs 4917

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	15967 vs 9568
Geekbench - OpenCL	105171 vs 48536
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	10685 vs 4917

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

812

727

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9568

15967

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

48536

105171

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4917

10685

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000
PassMark - G2D Mark	812	727
PassMark - G3D Mark	9568	15967
Geekbench - OpenCL	48536	105171
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4917	10685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		226.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4161.764
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		25.476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		118.544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1106.12
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		19811
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		19811
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3358

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Turing
Code name	Navi 24	TU104
Launch date	19 Jan 2022	13 August 2018
Place in performance rating	164	162
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,299
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2815 MHz	1815 MHz
Compute units	16
Core clock speed	2310 MHz	1620 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	12 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
Pixel fill rate	90.08 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	180.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	107 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	13,600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a	3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
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 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	143.9 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit
Memory clock speed	2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6