Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Radeon RX 6800 XT
Summary
Radeon RX 6500 XT
100%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
460%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6500 XT |
| 193 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX 6800 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 6800 XT |
| 360% higher gaming performance. |
| 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) |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX 6800 XT
The Radeon RX 6800 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (14 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | Radeon RX 6800 XT | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 24 (Navi 24 XT) | vs | Navi 21 (Navi 21 XT) |
| Fab Process | 6 nm | vs | 7 nm |
| Die Size | 107 mm² | vs | 536 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,400 million | vs | 26,800 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | vs | 4608 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 72 |
| Core clock | 2200 MHz | vs | 1825 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 128 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 288 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | Radeon RX 6800 XT | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR6 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective | vs | 2000 MHz
16 Gbps effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 16384 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | Radeon RX 6800 XT | |
|---|
| TDP | 107 watts | vs | 300 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Jan 2022 | vs | 28 Oct 2020 |
Radeon RX 6500 XT
90.08 GP/s
Radeon RX 6800 XT
288.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
180.20 GT/s
Radeon RX 6800 XT
648.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
144.00 GB/s
Radeon RX 6800 XT
512.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
5765.00 GFLOPs
Radeon RX 6800 XT
20740.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
40
Radeon RX 6800 XT
172
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
74
Radeon RX 6800 XT
307
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
17
Radeon RX 6800 XT
111
FPS (higher is better)
Extreme Quality, Raytracing, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
23
Radeon RX 6800 XT
87
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
105
Radeon RX 6800 XT
251
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
64
Radeon RX 6800 XT
226
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
67
Radeon RX 6800 XT
205
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
21
Radeon RX 6800 XT
111
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality TAA, Bahrain, DirectX12, Windows 10 x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
55
Radeon RX 6800 XT
242
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
13
Radeon RX 6800 XT
111
FPS (higher is better)
Extreme Quality, Raytracing, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
10
Radeon RX 6800 XT
79
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
64
Radeon RX 6800 XT
203
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
40
Radeon RX 6800 XT
160
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
44
Radeon RX 6800 XT
150
FPS (higher is better)