AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT, vs AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and AMD Radeon RX 5700 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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
84
46
33
20
130
72
58
38
The Witcher 3
60
46
27
16
116
95
66
32
Counter-Strike 2
96
67
46
19
184
128
91
49
Far Cry 6
65
55
40
19
102
86
66
35
Hogwarts Legacy
38
29
20
10
69
56
42
19
COD Modern Warfare 3
51
45
29
19
89
82
55
33
Ghost of Tsushima
37
28
21
10
74
58
43
23
Cyberpunk 2077
36
33
19
n/a
69
60
37
16
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
69
61
36
18
118
107
73
36
Avg FPS
1080p High60106
1080p Ultra4683
1440p Ultra3059
4K Ultra1531
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
4786
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
8593
Time Spy49519425
Solar Bay19979n/a
Port Royal367n/a
Fire Strike1557727535
Night Raid65281103141
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
53081
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
81739
Background Blur130.3 frames/s148 frames/s
Face Detection70.1 frames/s89.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.59 Gpix/sec3.52 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.21 Gpix/sec4.98 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.02 Gpix/sec4.11 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.65 Gpix/sec0.75 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching223 Gpix/sec295.8 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7470.5 fps10480.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
9578
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
16372
G2D Mark810921
DirectX 1190 fps117 fps
DirectX 1238 fps65 fps
GPU Compute4502 Ops/s7839 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
52.4 fps
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
117.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)360.9 fps695.6 fps
Car Chase373.9 fps606.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)278.5 fps496.2 fps
T-Rex1305.6 fps2407 fps
ALU 21331.2 fps3024.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2259.2 fps299.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1300.52576.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 19, 2022 July, 7, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture RDNA 2.0 RDNA 1.0
Codename Navi 24 Navi 10
Price 199 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 2310 MHz 1605 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2815 MHz 1905 MHz
Shader Units 1024 2560
TMUs 64 160
ROPs 32 64
Ray Tracing Cores 16 No
Tensor Cores No No
L1 cache 128 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 90 Gpix/sec 122 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 180 GTex/s 305 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.8 TFLOPS 9.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 107 W 225 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 6 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 107 mm² 251 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 10 billion
Transistor density 46.73 MTr/mm² 39.84 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2248 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 64 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 18000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
143.9 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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