Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Radeon RX 5600 XT
Summary
Radeon RX 6500 XT
100%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
211%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6500 XT |
| 73 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX 5600 XT . |
| 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 5600 XT |
| 111% higher gaming performance. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX 5600 XT
The Radeon RX 5600 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (12 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | Radeon RX 5600 XT | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 24 (Navi 24 XT) | vs | Navi 12 (Navi 12 XT) |
| Fab Process | 6 nm | vs | 7 nm |
| Die Size | 107 mm² | vs | 0 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,400 million | vs | unknown |
| Shaders | 1024 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 32 |
| Core clock | 2200 MHz | vs | 1605 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | Radeon RX 5600 XT | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR6 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective | vs | 1500 MHz
12000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 6144 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | Radeon RX 5600 XT | |
|---|
| TDP | 107 watts | vs | 180 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Jan 2022 | vs | UNRELEASED |
Radeon RX 6500 XT
90.08 GP/s
Radeon RX 5600 XT
121.90 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
180.20 GT/s
Radeon RX 5600 XT
243.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
144.00 GB/s
Radeon RX 5600 XT
288.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
5765.00 GFLOPs
Radeon RX 5600 XT
7803.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
40
Radeon RX 5600 XT
64
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
74
Radeon RX 5600 XT
127
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
17
Radeon RX 5600 XT
76
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
105
Radeon RX 5600 XT
147
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
64
Radeon RX 5600 XT
89
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
67
Radeon RX 5600 XT
95
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
21
Radeon RX 5600 XT
49
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
55
Radeon RX 5600 XT
102
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
13
Radeon RX 5600 XT
61
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
64
Radeon RX 5600 XT
101
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
40
Radeon RX 5600 XT
59
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
44
Radeon RX 5600 XT
63
FPS (higher is better)