Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Radeon RX 480
Summary
Radeon RX 6500 XT
100%
Radeon RX 480
124%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6500 XT |
| 43 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX 480 . |
| 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 480 |
| 24% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 480 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 24 (Navi 24 XT) | vs | Ellesmere (Ellesmere XT) |
| 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 | 2304 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 36 |
| Core clock | 2200 MHz | vs | 1120 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 144 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | Radeon RX 480 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective | vs | 2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | Radeon RX 480 | |
|---|
| TDP | 107 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Jan 2022 | vs | 29 Jun 2016 |
Radeon RX 6500 XT
90.08 GP/s
Radeon RX 480
40.50 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
180.20 GT/s
Radeon RX 480
182.30 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
144.00 GB/s
Radeon RX 480
256.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
5765.00 GFLOPs
Radeon RX 480
5834.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
40
Radeon RX 480
40
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
74
Radeon RX 480
81
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
17
Radeon RX 480
49
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
105
Radeon RX 480
81
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
64
Radeon RX 480
54
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
67
Radeon RX 480
53
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
21
Radeon RX 480
28
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
55
Radeon RX 480
59
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
13
Radeon RX 480
33
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
64
Radeon RX 480
52
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
40
Radeon RX 480
35
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
44
Radeon RX 480
41
FPS (higher is better)