AMD Radeon RX 6500M vs AMD Radeon RX 590

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6500M and AMD Radeon RX 590 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 6500M

AMD Radeon RX 590

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6500M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 36% higher core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1469 MHz
Around 55% higher boost clock speed: 2400 MHz vs 1545 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 12 nm
3.5x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 175 Watt

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 15 November 2018
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1469 MHz
Boost clock speed	2400 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 175 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 590

Around 45% higher texture fill rate: 222.48 GTexel/s vs 153.6 GTexel/s
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 795 vs 406
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9453 vs 7861
Around 21% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 46540 vs 38559

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	222.48 GTexel/s vs 153.6 GTexel/s
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	795 vs 406
PassMark - G3D Mark	9453 vs 7861
Geekbench - OpenCL	46540 vs 38559

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6500M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 590

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

406

795

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7861

9453

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

38559

46540

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6500M	AMD Radeon RX 590
PassMark - G2D Mark	406	795
PassMark - G3D Mark	7861	9453
Geekbench - OpenCL	38559	46540
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		137.469
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2083.862
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		12.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		139.477
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		762.142
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4761

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6500M	AMD Radeon RX 590
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	GCN 4.0
Code name	Navi 24	Polaris 30
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	15 November 2018
Place in performance rating	267	260
Design		Radeon RX 500 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$279
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2400 MHz	1545 MHz
Compute units	16	36
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	1469 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	307.2 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	9.830 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.915 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024
Pixel fill rate	76.80 GPixel/s	49.54 GP/s
Texture fill rate	153.6 GTexel/s	222.48 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	175 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	5,700 million
Floating-point performance		7.1 TFLOPs
Render output units		32
Stream Processors		2304
Texture Units		144
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Length		241 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s	256 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	8000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support