Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Radeon R9 FURY X

Radeon RX 6500 XT
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 19 Jan 2022
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Radeon R9 FURY X
Memory: 4096Mb HBMDESKTOP
Release date: 24 Jun 2015
Radeon R9 FURY X

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    101%
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6500 XT

168 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 FURY X .
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 Radeon R9 FURY X

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon RX 6500 XTRadeon R9 FURY X
GPU NameNavi 24 (Navi 24 XT)vsFiji (Fiji XT C8)
Fab Process6 nmvs28 nm
Die Size107 mm²vs596 mm²
Transistors5,400 millionvs8,900 million
Shaders1024vs4096
Compute Units16vs64
Core clock2200 MHzvs1050 MHz
ROPs32vs64
TMUs64vs256

Memory Configuration

Radeon RX 6500 XTRadeon R9 FURY X
Memory TypeGDDR6vsHBM
Bus Width64 bitvs4096 bit
Memory Speed2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective
vs500 MHz
1000 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

Radeon RX 6500 XTRadeon R9 FURY X
TDP107 wattsvs275 watts
Release Date19 Jan 2022vs24 Jun 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    90.08 GP/s
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    67.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    180.20 GT/s
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    268.80 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    144.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    512.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    5765.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    8602.00 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
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    56

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    67
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    63

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
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    39

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    44
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    53

FPS (higher is better)