Home GPU comparison Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - Which is better?

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

42 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
VS
19 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, vs AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5060
vs
Radeon RX 6500 XT

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
142
94
84
58
84
46
33
20
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
60
46
27
16
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
96
67
46
19
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
65
55
40
19
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
38
29
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
51
45
29
19
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
37
28
21
10
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
36
33
19
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
69
61
36
18
Avg FPS
1080p High13660
1080p Ultra11446
1440p Ultra8530
4K Ultra4815
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
4786
Time Spy137014951
Solar Bay6321419979
Port Royal8595367
Fire Strike3761215577
Night Raid11162665281
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
53081
Background Blur209.1 frames/s130.3 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s70.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec1.59 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec2.21 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec2.02 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec0.65 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec223 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps7470.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
9578
G2D Mark1152810
DirectX 11199 fps90 fps
DirectX 1277 fps38 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s4502 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
52.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a360.9 fps
Car Chasen/a373.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a278.5 fps
T-Rexn/a1305.6 fps
ALU 2n/a1331.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a259.2 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a1300.5
Sources: GFXBench 5 [AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
n/a
Image Classification (SP)8362n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)22831n/a
Horizon Detection22375n/a
Face Detection (HP)41955n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)84685n/a
Text Classification (SP)3296n/a
Machine Translation (HP)5083n/a
Object Detection (SP)11023n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)38817n/a
Style Transfer (SP)155103n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
3702.71
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 January, 19, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 RDNA 2.0
Codename GB206-250 Navi 24
Price n/a 199

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 2310 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 2815 MHz
Shader Units 3840 1024
TMUs 120 64
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 30 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 30 16
Tensor Cores 120 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 1024 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 120 Gpix/sec 90 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 180 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 5.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x4
TGP 145 W 107 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 6 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 107 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 5 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 46.73 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2248 MHz
Bus 128 bit 64 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 18000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
448 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
143.9 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 n/a
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 the clear winner in this comparison.

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