GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G vs XFX Radeon RX 5500 XT Thicc II Pro. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G and XFX Radeon RX 5500 XT Thicc II Pro, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
• GPU Chip
  Navi 24 Navi 14 XTX
• Execution units
  16 22
• Shader
  1024 1408
• Render Output Units
  32 32
• Texture Units
  64 88

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

• Memory Size
  4 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  2.25 GHz 1.75 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  144 GB/s 224 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  64 bit 128 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G and XFX Radeon RX 5500 XT Thicc II Pro. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  2.200 GHz 1.607 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.815 GHz 1.845 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  2.610 GHz 1.717 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

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

• TDP
  107 W 130 W
• TDP (up)
  -- --
• Tjunction max
  110 °C --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 6-Pin 1 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G and XFX Radeon RX 5500 XT Thicc II Pro.

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

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  2 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.1 1x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  1x DP v1.4a 3x DP v1.4
• DVI Ports
  -- --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

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

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 12_1
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  No No
• LED
  No LED lighting No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Length
  192 mm 281 mm
• Height
  117 mm 145 mm
• Width
  38 mm 44 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU XFX Radeon RX 5500 XT Thicc II Pro and GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 4 PCIe 4.0 x 8
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q3/2019
• Release price
  -- --
• Structure size
  6 nm 7 nm
• Part-no
  GV-R65XTEAGLE-4GD RX-55XT8DFD6
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet