AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 6500M

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and AMD Radeon RX 6500M
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
69
40
28
16
The Witcher 3
60
46
27
16
46
40
22
13
Counter-Strike 2
96
67
46
19
71
48
34
14
Far Cry 6
65
55
40
19
53
47
31
16
Hogwarts Legacy
38
29
20
10
31
23
18
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
51
45
29
19
44
39
27
16
Ghost of Tsushima
37
28
21
10
31
21
14
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
36
33
19
n/a
28
28
14
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
69
61
36
18
57
48
29
15
Avg FPS
1080p High6048
1080p Ultra4637
1440p Ultra3024
4K Ultra1513
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
4786
AMD Radeon RX 6500M
3952
Time Spy49514119
Solar Bay1997914971
Port Royal367233
Fire Strike1557713012
Night Raid6528146517
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
53081
AMD Radeon RX 6500M
46706
Background Blur130.3 frames/s112.4 frames/s
Face Detection70.1 frames/s61.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.59 Gpix/sec1.49 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.21 Gpix/sec2.01 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.02 Gpix/sec1.81 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.65 Gpix/sec0.58 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching223 Gpix/sec183 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7470.5 fps6313.2 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
9578
AMD Radeon RX 6500M
7566
G2D Mark810388
DirectX 1190 fps71 fps
DirectX 1238 fps34 fps
GPU Compute4502 Ops/s2714 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
52.4 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6500M
47.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)360.9 fps321.3 fps
Car Chase373.9 fps313.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)278.5 fps246.9 fps
T-Rex1305.6 fps1072.1 fps
ALU 21331.2 fps1137.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2259.2 fps254.5 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1300.51048.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 19, 2022 January, 4, 2022
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture RDNA 2.0 RDNA 2.0
Codename Navi 24 Navi 24
Price 199 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 2310 MHz 2000 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2815 MHz 2190 MHz
Shader Units 1024 1024
TMUs 64 64
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units n/a 16
Ray Tracing Cores 16 16
Tensor Cores No n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 1000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 90 Gpix/sec 70 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 180 GTex/s 140 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.8 TFLOPS 4.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 4.0 x4
TGP 107 W 50 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 6 nm 6 nm
Transistor Size 107 mm² 107 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 5.4 billion
Transistor density 46.73 MTr/mm² 50.47 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2248 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 64 bit 64 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 18000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
143.9 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 6500M
128 GB/s

API

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

Results

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