GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT GAMING OC 4G vs AMD Radeon RX 590. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT GAMING OC 4G and AMD Radeon RX 590, chip, information processing units.

• GPU Chip
  Navi 24 Polaris 30
• 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 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT GAMING OC 4G and AMD Radeon RX 590. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  2.200 GHz 1.469 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.825 GHz 1.545 GHz

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

• TDP
  107 W 225 W

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

• 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 590 and GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT GAMING OC 4G.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 4 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q4/2018
• Structure size
  6 nm 14 nm