Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce RTX 2060 Super

Radeon RX 6500 XT
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 19 Jan 2022
Radeon RX 6500 XT
GeForce RTX 2060 Super
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 9 Jul 2019
GeForce RTX 2060 Super

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    100%
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    267%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6500 XT

53 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 2060 Super .
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 RTX 2060 Super

167% higher gaming performance.
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)

GeForce RTX 2060 Super

HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 2060 Super

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (13 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 6500 XTGeForce RTX 2060 Super
GPU NameNavi 24 (Navi 24 XT)vsTU106 (TU106-410-A1)
Fab Process6 nmvs12 nm
Die Size107 mm²vs445 mm²
Transistors5,400 millionvs10,800 million
Shaders1024vs2176
Compute Units16vs34
Core clock2200 MHzvs1470 MHz
ROPs32vs64
TMUs64vs136

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 6500 XTGeForce RTX 2060 Super
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR6
Bus Width64 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective
vs1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs8192 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 6500 XTGeForce RTX 2060 Super
TDP107 wattsvs160 watts
Release Date19 Jan 2022vs9 Jul 2019

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    90.08 GP/s
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    105.60 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    180.20 GT/s
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    224.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    144.00 GB/s
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    448.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    5765.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    7181.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    40
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    50

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    74
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    155

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra High Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    17
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    88

FPS (higher is better)

Forza Horizon 5

Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    23
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    77

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    105
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    145

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
    64
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    105

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    67
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    126

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    55
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    98

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    13
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    66

FPS (higher is better)

Forza Horizon 5

Extreme Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    10
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    58

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    64
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    99

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 RTX 2060 Super
    71

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    44
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    90

FPS (higher is better)