Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Radeon R9 Nano
Summary
Radeon RX 6500 XT
112%
Radeon R9 Nano
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6500 XT |
| 12% higher gaming performance. |
| 68 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 Nano . |
| 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 Nano |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 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).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | Radeon R9 Nano | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 24 (Navi 24 XT) | vs | Fiji (Fiji XT CA) |
| Fab Process | 6 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 107 mm² | vs | 596 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,400 million | vs | 8,900 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | vs | 4096 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 64 |
| Core clock | 2200 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 256 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | Radeon R9 Nano | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | HBM |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 4096 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective | vs | 500 MHz
1000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | Radeon R9 Nano | |
|---|
| TDP | 107 watts | vs | 175 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Jan 2022 | vs | 27 Aug 2015 |
Radeon RX 6500 XT
90.08 GP/s
Radeon R9 Nano
64.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
180.20 GT/s
Radeon R9 Nano
256.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
144.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 Nano
512.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
5765.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 Nano
8192.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Highest Details, Pure hair, HBAO+, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
64
Radeon R9 Nano
50
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
67
Radeon R9 Nano
58
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
40
Radeon R9 Nano
35
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
44
Radeon R9 Nano
47
FPS (higher is better)