AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

Specifications Benchmarks Synonyms

Specifications

Technical data

GPU

Architecture
RDNA 2
Based on
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Compute Units
16
Execution Units
16
GPU Chip
Navi 24
Ray Accelerators
16
Render Output Units
32
Shader
1024
Texture Units
64

Memory

Infinity Cache
16 MB
Memory Bandwidth
144 GB/s
Memory Bus
64 bit
Memory Data Rate
18 Gbps
Memory Size
8 GB
Memory Speed (legacy frequency label)
2250 MHz
Memory Type
GDDR6

Clock Speeds

Base Clock
2200 MHz
Boost Clock
2815 MHz
Game Clock
2650 MHz

Thermal Design

System Power Supply
400 W (System power requirement)
TDP
107 W
Typical Board Power
113 W

Connectivity

DisplayPort Version
1.4a
HDMI Version
HDMI 2.1 VRR and FRL
Max. Displays
2
PCIe Interface
PCIe 4.0 x4
Power Connectors
1x6-Pin

Featureset

DirectX
12.2
DLSS / FSR
No
Max. resolution
7680 × 4320
Raytracing
Yes

Supported Video Codecs

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

Additional data

Manufacturer
AMD
Official source
https://www.amd.com/en/products/graphics/desktops/radeon/6000-series/amd-radeon-rx-6500-xt.html
Process Technology
6 nm
Release date
2022-01-19
Verification scope
Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved.
Verified on
2026-09-30

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT GPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

2324 place

Manufacturer versions

Board specifications and benchmark results are specific to each version.

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB

Sapphire · 8 GB

SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX PURE 8GB

Sapphire · 8 GB

All models based on this GPU

Benchmarks

Performance tests GPU

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT with other graphics cards to understand the real speed of the GPU when processing content.

Tests include working with floating point, creating 3D models, mining cryptocurrencies.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Game frame rates

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

Benchmark FP32 is a 32-bit floating point calculation for the GPU which is required for 3D gaming

Higher values are better in this metric.

5.79 TFLOPS

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

10.42 TFLOPS

AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT

8.12 TFLOPS

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

All the benchmark results

Comparable benchmark results are required to suggest performance alternatives.

Base Clock is the base GPU frequency stated by the manufacturer for this model.

Boost Clock describes automatic frequency increases. Actual clock speed varies with workload, temperature and power limits; it is not a guarantee of manual overclocking.

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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT