GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT· REL 2022

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

AMD · RDNA 2 · RX 6000MSRP $199

The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is AMD’s entry-level RDNA 2 card aimed at 1080p mainstream. It scores 26/100 on our 1440p gaming index. 4 GB of VRAM is tight for 4K but fine at 1080p / 1440p. Ray tracing works but expect to lean on upscaling for higher resolutions. Supports FSR 2 for upscaling.

26/100

1440p gaming index

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CORE SPECS

VRAM
4 GB
VRAM BANDWIDTH
144 GB/s
BASE CLOCK
2310 MHz
BOOST CLOCK
2815 MHz
TDP
107 W
FP32
5.8 TFLOPS
RAY TRACING TIER
2 / 5
DLSS / FSR
FSR 2

PERFORMANCE INDEX

1080p gaming
32/100
1440p gaming
26/100
4K gaming
27/100
Productivity
19/100
AI / compute
21/100

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