Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Radeon RX Vega 56
Summary
Radeon RX 6500 XT
250%
Radeon RX Vega 56
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 6500 XT |
| 150% higher gaming performance. |
| 103 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX Vega 56 . |
| 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 Vega 56 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 (9 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | Radeon RX Vega 56 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Navi 24 (Navi 24 XT) | vs | Vega 10 (Vega 10 XL) |
| Fab Process | 6 nm | vs | 14 nm |
| Die Size | 107 mm² | vs | 484 mm² |
| Transistors | 5,400 million | vs | 12,500 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | vs | 3584 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 56 |
| Core clock | 2200 MHz | vs | 1156 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 224 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | Radeon RX Vega 56 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | HBM2 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 2048 bit |
| Memory Speed | 2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective | vs | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 6500 XT | | Radeon RX Vega 56 | |
|---|
| TDP | 107 watts | vs | 210 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Jan 2022 | vs | 8 Aug 2017 |
Radeon RX 6500 XT
90.08 GP/s
Radeon RX Vega 56
94.14 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
180.20 GT/s
Radeon RX Vega 56
329.50 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
144.00 GB/s
Radeon RX Vega 56
409.60 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon RX 6500 XT
5765.00 GFLOPs
Radeon RX Vega 56
10544.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
40
Radeon RX Vega 56
57
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
17
Radeon RX Vega 56
1
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
105
Radeon RX Vega 56
139
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
64
Radeon RX Vega 56
81
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
67
Radeon RX Vega 56
90
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
21
Radeon RX Vega 56
45
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
Radeon RX 6500 XT
64
Radeon RX Vega 56
88
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
Radeon RX 6500 XT
40
Radeon RX Vega 56
54
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
Radeon RX 6500 XT
44
Radeon RX Vega 56
67
FPS (higher is better)