Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce GTX 1650

Radeon RX 6500 XT
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 19 Jan 2022
Radeon RX 6500 XT
GeForce GTX 1650
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 30 Apr 2019
GeForce GTX 1650

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    139%
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6500 XT

39% higher gaming performance.
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
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 GeForce GTX 1650

Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)

Radeon RX 6500 XT

HWBench recommends Radeon RX 6500 XT

The Radeon RX 6500 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 6500 XTGeForce GTX 1650
GPU NameNavi 24 (Navi 24 XT)vsTU107 ()
Fab Process6 nmvs12 nm
Die Size107 mm²vs0 mm²
Transistors5,400 millionvsunknown
Shaders1024vs896
Compute Units16vs14
Core clock2200 MHzvs1485 MHz
ROPs32vs32
TMUs64vs56

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 6500 XTGeForce GTX 1650
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
Bus Width64 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective
vs2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 6500 XTGeForce GTX 1650
TDP107 wattsvs0 watts
Release Date19 Jan 2022vs30 Apr 2019

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    90.08 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    53.28 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    180.20 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    93.24 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    144.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    128.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    5765.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    2984.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    64
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    42

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    67
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    51

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    40
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    27

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    44
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    35

FPS (higher is better)