[ RADEON ]
Graphics Cards
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Overall Score
19/100
Key Technical Specifications
Graphics (GPU)
RDNA 2.0
[ EXPERT VERDICT · SUMMARY ]
Radeon RX 6500 XT is an engineering-tested graphics cards achieving an overall rating of 19/100. It is positioned for balanced everyday compute and power efficiency.
Benchmark Performance Scores
Normalized 0–100 Scale
Efficiency
Rating: Average
61/100
Gaming
Rating: Poor
16/100
Detailed Technical Specifications
3D Mark
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Fire Strike | 15575 |
| Night Raid | 65355 |
| Port Royal | 368 |
| Solar Bay | 20010 |
| Time Spy | 4942 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 8990 |
API
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| DLSS | No |
| DirectX | 12 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a |
| OpenCL | 2.2 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| Vulkan | 1.3 |
Games
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| 1080p High | 60 |
| 1080p Ultra | 45 |
| 1440p Ultra | 30 |
| 4K Ultra | 15 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 54423318 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 95674418 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 363018- |
| Far Cry 6 | 64544016 |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 84463322 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 39292110 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 36282112 |
| Margin of Error | Low |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 70613619 |
| The Witcher 3 | 60502814 |
GeekBench 6 ML
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Backend | DirectML |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 19707 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 14844 |
| Framework | ONNX |
| Image Classification (SP) | 3867 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 5136 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 11758 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 2665 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 4251 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 42787 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 101802 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 1986 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| API | OpenCL |
| Background Blur | 130.3 img/sec |
| Edge Detection | 2.21 Gpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 70.1 img/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.65 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 2.02 Gpixels/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 1.59 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 7470.5 FPS |
| Stereo Matching | 223 Gpixels/sec |
General
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 |
| Build | Discrete |
| Case | Desktop |
| GPU Codename | Navi 24 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $199 |
| Nvidia Equivalent | -GeForce RTX 3050 |
| Purpose | Gaming |
| Recommended CPU | -Intel Core i5 12400or above |
| Released | January 19, 2022 |
| Segment | Mid-range |
| Vendor | Amd |
Graphics Processing Unit
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Base Clock | 2310 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2815 MHz |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 1024KB shared |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 16 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 32 |
| Shading Units | 1024 |
| Tensor Cores | No |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 64 |
Memory
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Bus | 64-bit |
| ECC | No |
| Effective Memory Speed | 18000 Mbps |
| Memory Clock | 2248 MHz |
| Memory Size | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 |
Passmark Graphics
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| DirectX 11 | 90 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 38 FPS |
| G2D Mark | 816 |
| GPU Compute | 4305 Ops/s |
Physical
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Die Size | 107 mm² |
| Fabrication Process | 6 nm |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Manufacturing | TSMC |
| TGP | 107 W |
| Transistor Count | 5 billion |
| Transistor Density | 46.73 MTr/mm² |
Raw Performance
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Pixel Fill Rate | 90 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 180 GTexel/s |
Strengths & Limitations
Key Advantages
- Comprehensive positive benchmark metrics recorded.
Key Considerations
- No major hardware limitations flagged during benchmark run.
Direct Competitors & Alternatives
NVIDIA
Nvidia RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell
98/100
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GEFORCE
GeForce RTX 5090
96/100
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GeForce RTX 4090
89/100
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AMD
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
85/100
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Methodology, Provenance & Verification
Score version 2026.1 · Data verified 2026-08-26 · Source: official manufacturer datasheets and standardized reproducible benchmark suites (Geekbench 6, Cinebench R24, 3DMark).