AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 540

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT $199
AMD Radeon RX 540
1024 Shaders
4GB GDDR6
2815MHz
512 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1219MHz
FP32
5.77 TFLOPS
FP32
1.25 TFLOPS
FP16
11.53 TFLOPS
FP16
1.25 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
107W
TDP
Unknown
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL 53,340
17%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 40,335
20%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT Metal 90
15%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
RDNA 2
Architecture
GCN 4
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Family
Radeon RX 500
Codename
Beige Goby
Navi 24
Variant
Navi 24 XT
Codename
Lexa
Polaris 12
Variant
Polaris 12 XL
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/19/2022
Release Date
4/18/2017
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
GlobalFoundries
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Fabrication Node
N6
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Fabrication Node
14LPP
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Die Size
107 mm²
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Die Size
103 mm²
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Transistor Count
5.4 Billion
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Transistor Count
2.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
50.47M/mm²
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Transistor Density
21.36M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
1024 Shaders
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Shading Units
512 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
32 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
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Ray-Tracing Cores
16 RT-Cores
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Compute Units
16 CUs
Compute Units
8 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
1 GPC
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2610MHz Base
2815MHz
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1124MHz Base
1219MHz
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FP16
11.53 TFLOPS
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FP16
1.25 TFLOPS
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FP32
5.77 TFLOPS
FP32
1.25 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.36 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.08 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
90.08 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
19.504 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
180.16 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
39.008 GTexel/s
L0
32KB/WGP
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L1
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128KB/Array
L1
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16KB/CU
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L2
1MB Shared
L2
512KB Shared
L3
16MB Shared
0.42TB/s
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4GB
GDDR6
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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
144GB/s
Clock
1500MHz
Transfer Rate
6GT/s
Bandwidth
96GB/s
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TDP
107W
TDP
Unknown
Temp
110°C Max
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1x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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1x DVI-D Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
5120x2880
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
2
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
No Encoders
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Model
VCE 3.4
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Codec
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
VCN 3.0
Model
UVD 6.3
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.2
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.6
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GFX
10.3
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Shader Model
6.7
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GFX
8
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
4
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
8
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
190 mm (7.48 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
145 mm (5.71 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
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