Radeon RX 6500 XT vs R6 (Mullins)

Place in performance ranking	1154	204
Place by popularity	not in top-100	83
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	23.45
Architecture	GCN 1.1 (2014)	Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Mullins	Navi 24
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	29 April 2014 (10 years ago)	19 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$199
Current price	no data	$274 (1.4x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	128	1024
Core clock speed	500 MHz	2610 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2815 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	107 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	180.2

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R6 (Mullins) and Radeon RX 6500 XT compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	no data	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	no data	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	no data	8 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	18000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	143.9 GB/s
Shared memory	+	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	no data	1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	no data	+

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (FL 12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.6
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.2
Vulkan	no data	1.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R6 (Mullins) 0.64

RX 6500 XT 24.70
+3759%

RX 6500 XT outperforms R6 (Mullins) by 3759% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

R6 (Mullins) 2258

RX 6500 XT 91909
+3970%

RX 6500 XT outperforms R6 (Mullins) by 3970% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

R6 (Mullins) 20511

RX 6500 XT 356129
+1636%

RX 6500 XT outperforms R6 (Mullins) by 1636% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	1−2 −6000%	61 +6000%
1440p	0−1	32
4K	-0−1	17

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

1−2

−7100%

72
+7100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −4600%	45−50 +4600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −4900%	50−55 +4900%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −5300%	54 +5300%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −6400%	65−70 +6400%
Hitman 3	1−2 −4900%	50−55 +4900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −4300%	176 +4300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	3−4 −4167%	128 +4167%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −7300%	74 +7300%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −4600%	45−50 +4600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −4900%	50−55 +4900%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	34
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −6400%	65−70 +6400%
Hitman 3	0−1	23
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −4800%	95−100 +4800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3 −5250%	107 +5250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −4500%	92 +4500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −6900%	70−75 +6900%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −4600%	45−50 +4600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −4900%	50−55 +4900%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	30
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −4500%	92 +4500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3 −4050%	83 +4050%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −5300%	54 +5300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	25

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	30−35
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	17
Far Cry 5	1−2 −5600%	57 +5600%
Hitman 3	0−1	27−30
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −6500%	66 +6500%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2

−4000%

40−45
+4000%

4K
High Preset

Horizon Zero Dawn

0−1

27−30

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	14−16
Horizon Zero Dawn	0−1	32
Metro Exodus	0−1	20

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

21−24

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −5000%	51 +5000%
Battlefield 5	2−3 −3950%	80−85 +3950%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −5600%	55−60 +5600%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −5250%	100−110 +5250%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −3900%	80−85 +3900%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −6500%	65−70 +6500%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −4200%	43 +4200%
Battlefield 5	2−3 −3950%	80−85 +3950%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −5600%	55−60 +5600%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −5250%	100−110 +5250%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −4400%	45 +4400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −6500%	65−70 +6500%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	31
Far Cry 5	1−2 −5600%	55−60 +5600%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −5250%	100−110 +5250%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2

−6500%

65−70
+6500%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −4600%	45−50 +4600%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −5100%	50−55 +5100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	24−27
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	23
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −4800%	45−50 +4800%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −5600%	57 +5600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2 −5500%	56 +5500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	30−33
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	19

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	24−27
Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	18−20
Hitman 3	0−1	10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1	16
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	28

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	6
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	14−16
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	4
Far Cry 5	0−1	14−16
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	30−35
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	10