ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB vs AMD Radeon RX 7600. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB and AMD Radeon RX 7600, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT AMD Radeon RX 7600
• Execution Units
  16 32
• GPU Chip
  Navi 24 Navi 33 XL
• Render Output Units
  32 64
• Shader
  1024 2048
• Texture Units
  64 128
• AI Accelerators
  - 64
• Architecture
  - RDNA 3
• Compute Units
  - 32
• Ray Accelerators
  - 32
• RT Cores
  - 32
• Streaming Multiprocessors
  - 32

Video memory capacity, type, bus width and bandwidth describe different properties. These values alone do not determine graphics performance.

• Memory Bandwidth
  144 GB/s 288 GB/s
• Memory Bus
  64 bit 128 bit
• Memory Size
  4 GB 8 GB
• Memory Speed (legacy frequency label)
  2250 MHz -
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Infinity Cache
  - 32 MB
• Memory Clock
  - 2250 MHz
• Memory Data Rate
  - 18 Gbps

Published GPU clock frequencies describe different operating modes. Clock speed alone does not determine graphics performance.

• Base Clock
  2200 MHz 1720 MHz
• Boost Clock
  2815 MHz 2655 MHz
• Game Clock
  2610 MHz 2250 MHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Graphics card power limits and recommended system power supply describe different specifications.

• Maximum Junction Temperature
  110 °C -
• TDP
  107 W 165 W (Reference)
• TDP (up)
  - -
• System Power Supply
  - 550 W (System power requirement)
• Typical Board Power
  - 165 W

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB and AMD Radeon RX 7600.

• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Fan 1
  1 x 100 mm 2 x 80 mm
• Fan 2
  - -
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  - -

Connectivity and connections.

• DisplayPort Ports
  1 × DisplayPort 1.4a 3 × DisplayPort 2.1
• DVI Ports
  - -
• HDCP Version
  2.3 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1 × HDMI 2.1 1 × HDMI 2.1a
• Max. Displays
  2 4
• PCIe Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 4.0 x8
• Power Connectors
  1 x 8-Pin 1x8-Pin
• USB-C Ports
  - -
• VGA Ports
  - -
• DisplayPort Version
  - Up to 2.1
• HDMI Version
  - 2.1

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• DirectX
  12_2 12_2 (Ultimate)
• DLSS / FSR
  No Yes
• LED
  No LED lighting No LED lighting
• Max. resolution
  7680 × 4320 7680 × 4320
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• AV1
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Height
  124 mm 115 mm
• Length
  179 mm 204 mm
• Slot Size
  2 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  385 g -
• Width
  40 mm -

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU AMD Radeon RX 7600 and ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT Challenger ITX 4GB.

• Documents
  data sheet data sheet
• Launch Price (historical)
  - 269 $ (Reference)
• Part Number
  RX6500XT CLI 4G -
• Process Technology
  6 nm 6 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q2/2023

• FP16 (theoretical)
  - 43.50 TFLOPS (2:1)
• FP32 (theoretical)
  - 21.75 TFLOPS
• FP64 (theoretical)
  - 679.7 GFLOPS (1:32)
• Pixel Rate
  - 169.9 GPixel/s
• Texture Rate
  - 339.8 GTexel/s