Radeon RX 6500 XT vs TU117

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance rankingnot rated204
Place by popularitynot in top-10083
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data23.29
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
GPU code nameTU117Navi 24
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release dateno data19 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$199
Current price$39 $274 (1.4x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores10241024
Core clock speedno data2610 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2815 MHz
Number of transistors4,700 million5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data107 Watt
Texture fill rateno data180.2

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x4
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data8 GB
Memory bus widthno data64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data18000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data143.9 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMIno data+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

NVENC6th Genno data
PureVideo HDVP10no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.2
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA7.5no data

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 12 nm 7 nm

We couldn't decide between TU117 and Radeon RX 6500 XT. We've got no test results to judge.


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