Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Radeon RX 470
Summary
Radeon RX 6500 XT
100%
Radeon RX 470
111%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6500 XT |
| 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 470 |
| 11% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 (12 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | Radeon RX 470 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 24 (Navi 24 XT) | vs | Ellesmere (Ellesmere PRO) |
| Fab Process | 6 nm | vs | 14 nm |
| Die Size | 107 mm² | vs | 232 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,400 million | vs | 5,700 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 2200 MHz | vs | 926 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | Radeon RX 470 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective | vs | 1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | Radeon RX 470 | |
|---|
| TDP | 107 watts | vs | 120 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Jan 2022 | vs | 29 Jun 2016 |
Radeon RX 6500 XT
90.08 GP/s
Radeon RX 470
38.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
180.20 GT/s
Radeon RX 470
154.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
144.00 GB/s
Radeon RX 470
211.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
5765.00 GFLOPs
Radeon RX 470
4940.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
40
Radeon RX 470
37
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
74
Radeon RX 470
73
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
17
Radeon RX 470
44
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
105
Radeon RX 470
73
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
64
Radeon RX 470
48
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
67
Radeon RX 470
49
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
21
Radeon RX 470
24
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra high Quality, TAA, bahrain,DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
55
Radeon RX 470
52
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
13
Radeon RX 470
30
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
64
Radeon RX 470
46
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
40
Radeon RX 470
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
44
Radeon RX 470
36
FPS (higher is better)