Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce GTX 680MX Mac Edition
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 260 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 62 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 49.58 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 16.32 |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | GK104 | Navi 24 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 23 October 2012 (12 years ago) | 19 January 2022 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $199 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1536 | 1024 |
| Core clock speed | 719 MHz | 2610 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2815 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,540 million | 5,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 122 Watt | 107 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 92.03 | 180.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.209 TFLOPS | 5.765 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | 64 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 16 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 2248 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 160.0 GB/s | 143.9 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 3.0 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 October 2012 | 19 January 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 122 Watt | 107 Watt |
RX 6500 XT has an age advantage of 9 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 14% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 680MX Mac Edition and Radeon RX 6500 XT. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 680MX Mac Edition is a notebook graphics card while Radeon RX 6500 XT is a desktop one.
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