Radeon RX 6500 XT Overview
Summary
Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.
The Radeon RX 6500 XT is a graphics card released by AMD on 19 Jan 2022. The graphics card houses the Navi 24 die, based on the AMD_RDNA_2_0 architecture which packs 5,400 million transistors on a 6 nm, 107 mm2 die.
Radeon RX 6500 XT pros and cons |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Infinity Cache allows to deliver up to 3.25x the effective memory bandwidth |
| Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR) |
Compared to similar performing cards
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| Radeon RX 6500 XT | Radeon RX 570 | Radeon RX 480 | Radeon R9 Nano | Radeon R9 FURY |
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| Shader units | 1024 | 2048 | 2304 | 4096 | 3584 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 | 32 | 64 | 64 |
| Graphics processor | Navi 24 | Ellesmere | Ellesmere | Fiji | Fiji |
| Process size | 6 nm | 14 nm | 14 nm | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Memory | 4096 Mb GDDR6 (2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective) | 4096 Mb GDDR5 (1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective) | 8192 Mb GDDR5 (2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective) | 4096 Mb HBM (500 MHz
1000 MHz effective) | 4096 Mb HBM (500 MHz
1000 MHz effective) |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 256 bit | 256 bit | 4096 bit | 4096 bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 144.00 Gb/s | 211.20 Gb/s | 256.00 Gb/s | 512.00 Gb/s | 512.00 Gb/s |
| Release date | 19 Jan 2022 | 1 Apr 2017 | 29 Jun 2016 | 27 Aug 2015 | 10 Jul 2015 |
Hitman III
Radeon RX 6500 XT
105
Radeon RX 480
81
Radeon RX 570
78
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman III
Radeon RX 6500 XT
64
Radeon RX 480
52
Radeon RX 570
50
FPS (higher is better)
Assassins Creed: Valhalla
Radeon RX 6500 XT
40
Radeon RX 480
40
Radeon RX 570
39
FPS (higher is better)
Assassins Creed: Valhalla
Radeon RX 480
28
Radeon RX 570
27
Radeon RX 6500 XT
21
FPS (higher is better)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Radeon RX 6500 XT
64
Radeon RX 480
54
Radeon RX 570
52
Radeon R9 FURY
51
FPS (higher is better)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Radeon RX 6500 XT
40
Radeon R9 FURY
36
Radeon RX 480
35
Radeon R9 Nano
35
Radeon RX 570
34
FPS (higher is better)
Far Cry 6
Radeon RX 480
33
Radeon RX 570
32
Radeon RX 6500 XT
13
FPS (higher is better)