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Graphics card overview

Radeon RX 6500 XT

AMD

Radeon RX 6500 XT

4096 Mb GDDR6 Released 19 Jan 2022 DESKTOP
Radeon RX 6500 XT

Core configuration

GPUNavi 24
ArchitectureAMD_RDNA_2_0
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs1024 : 64 : 32
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance5765.00 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size4096 Mb
Memory Bus Width64 bit
Memory Speed2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective
Memory Bandwidth144.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon RX 6500 XT is a graphics card released by AMD on 19 Jan 2022. The graphics card houses the Navi 24 die, based on the AMD_RDNA_2_0 architecture which packs 5,400 million transistors on a 6 nm, 107 mm² die.

Radeon RX 6500 XT pros and cons

  • 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)

Specifications

Compared to similar performing cards
Radeon RX 6500 XT Radeon RX 6500 XT Radeon RX 570 Radeon RX 570 Compare Radeon RX 480 Radeon RX 480 Compare Radeon R9 Nano Radeon R9 Nano Compare Radeon R9 FURY Radeon R9 FURY Compare
Shader units 1024 2048 2304 4096 3584
ROPs 32 32 32 64 64
Graphics processor Navi 24 Ellesmere Ellesmere Fiji Fiji
Process size 6 nm 14 nm 14 nm 28 nm 28 nm
Memory 4096 Mb GDDR6 (2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective)		 4096 Mb GDDR5 (1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective)		 8192 Mb GDDR5 (2000 MHz
8000 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb HBM (500 MHz
1000 MHz effective)		 4096 Mb HBM (500 MHz
1000 MHz effective)
Memory bus width 64 bit 256 bit 256 bit 4096 bit 4096 bit
Memory bandwidth 144.00 Gb/s 211.20 Gb/s 256.00 Gb/s 512.00 Gb/s 512.00 Gb/s
Release date 19 Jan 2022 1 Apr 2017 29 Jun 2016 27 Aug 2015 10 Jul 2015

Benchmarks

Hitman III

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT 105
  • Radeon RX 480 81
  • Radeon RX 570 78

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT 64
  • Radeon RX 480 52
  • Radeon RX 570 50

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT 40
  • Radeon RX 480 40
  • Radeon RX 570 39

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

  • Radeon RX 480 28
  • Radeon RX 570 27
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT 21

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT 64
  • Radeon RX 480 54
  • Radeon RX 570 52
  • Radeon R9 FURY 51

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

  • Radeon RX 6500 XT 40
  • Radeon R9 FURY 36
  • Radeon RX 480 35
  • Radeon R9 Nano 35
  • Radeon RX 570 34

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

  • Radeon RX 480 33
  • Radeon RX 570 32
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT 13

FPS (higher is better)