AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 580. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and AMD Radeon RX 580, chip, information processing units.

• GPU Chip
  Navi 24 Polaris 20 XT
• Execution units
  16 36
• Shader
  1024 2304
• Render Output Units
  32 32
• Texture Units
  64 144

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  4 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR5
• Memory Speed
  2.25 GHz 2 GHz

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and AMD Radeon RX 580. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  2.200 GHz 1.257 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.815 GHz 1.340 GHz

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  107 W 185 W

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

• Max. Displays
  2 4
• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12.2 12
• Raytracing
  Yes No
• DLSS / FSR
  No No

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU AMD Radeon RX 580 and AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT.

• Manufacturer
  AMD AMD
• Architecture
  RDNA 2 GCN 4
• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 4 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Structure size
  6 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q4/2017