Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Radeon RX 580
Summary
Radeon RX 6500 XT
100%
Radeon RX 580
135%
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 580 . |
| 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 580 |
| 35% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX 580
The Radeon RX 580 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 580 | |
|---|
| 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 580 | |
|---|
| 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 580 | |
|---|
| TDP | 107 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Jan 2022 | vs | 1 Apr 2017 |
Radeon RX 6500 XT
90.08 GP/s
Radeon RX 580
40.50 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
180.20 GT/s
Radeon RX 580
182.30 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
144.00 GB/s
Radeon RX 580
256.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
5765.00 GFLOPs
Radeon RX 580
5834.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
40
Radeon RX 580
43
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
74
Radeon RX 580
86
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
17
Radeon RX 580
52
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
105
Radeon RX 580
87
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
64
Radeon RX 580
59
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
67
Radeon RX 580
63
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
21
Radeon RX 580
30
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
55
Radeon RX 580
64
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
13
Radeon RX 580
36
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
64
Radeon RX 580
55
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
40
Radeon RX 580
38
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
44
Radeon RX 580
46
FPS (higher is better)