Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Radeon RX 460
Summary
Radeon RX 6500 XT
224%
Radeon RX 460
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6500 XT |
| 124% 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 Radeon RX 460 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | Radeon RX 460 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 24 (Navi 24 XT) | vs | Baffin (Baffin PRO) |
| Fab Process | 6 nm | vs | 14 nm |
| Die Size | 107 mm² | vs | 123 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,400 million | vs | 3,000 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | vs | 896 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 14 |
| Core clock | 2200 MHz | vs | 1090 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | Radeon RX 460 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective | vs | 1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | Radeon RX 460 | |
|---|
| TDP | 107 watts | vs | 75 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Jan 2022 | vs | 29 Jun 2016 |
Radeon RX 6500 XT
90.08 GP/s
Radeon RX 460
19.20 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
180.20 GT/s
Radeon RX 460
67.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
144.00 GB/s
Radeon RX 460
112.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
5765.00 GFLOPs
Radeon RX 460
2150.40 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
67
Radeon RX 460
28
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
44
Radeon RX 460
21
FPS (higher is better)