Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Radeon RX 590
Summary
Radeon RX 6500 XT
100%
Radeon RX 590
158%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6500 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 590 |
| 58% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 590
The Radeon RX 590 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (10 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | Radeon RX 590 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 24 (Navi 24 XT) | vs | Polaris 30 (Polaris 30 XTX) |
| Fab Process | 6 nm | vs | 12 nm |
| Die Size | 107 mm² | vs | 244 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,400 million | vs | 5,700 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | vs | 2304 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 36 |
| Core clock | 2200 MHz | vs | 1257 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 144 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | Radeon RX 590 | |
|---|
| 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 590 | |
|---|
| TDP | 107 watts | vs | 0 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Jan 2022 | vs | UNRELEASED |
Radeon RX 6500 XT
90.08 GP/s
Radeon RX 590
49.44 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
180.20 GT/s
Radeon RX 590
222.50 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
144.00 GB/s
Radeon RX 590
256.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
5765.00 GFLOPs
Radeon RX 590
7119.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
40
Radeon RX 590
46
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
74
Radeon RX 590
96
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
17
Radeon RX 590
58
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
105
Radeon RX 590
93
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
64
Radeon RX 590
63
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
21
Radeon RX 590
34
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
55
Radeon RX 590
72
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
13
Radeon RX 590
41
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
64
Radeon RX 590
62
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
40
Radeon RX 590
43
FPS (higher is better)