Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Radeon R9 285X
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6500 XT |
| 93 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 285X . |
| 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) |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 285X |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 285X
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | Radeon R9 285X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 24 (Navi 24 XT) | vs | Tonga (Tonga XT) |
| Fab Process | 6 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 107 mm² | vs | 366 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,400 million | vs | 5,000 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 2200 MHz | vs | 1002 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | Radeon R9 285X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective | vs | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 3072 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | Radeon R9 285X | |
|---|
| TDP | 107 watts | vs | 200 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Jan 2022 | vs | UNRELEASED |
Radeon RX 6500 XT
90.08 GP/s
Radeon R9 285X
32.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
180.20 GT/s
Radeon R9 285X
128.30 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
144.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 285X
264.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
5765.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 285X
4104.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better