AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs AMD Radeon VII

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT $199
AMD Radeon VII $699
1024 Shaders
4GB GDDR6
2815MHz
3840 Shaders
16GB HBM2
1800MHz
FP32
5.77 TFLOPS
FP32
13.82 TFLOPS
FP16
11.53 TFLOPS
FP16
27.65 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
107W
TDP
300W
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
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2x 8-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 5
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Family
Radeon RX Vega
Codename
Beige Goby
Navi 24
Variant
Navi 24 XT
Codename
Moonshot
Vega 20
Variant
Vega 20 XT
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/19/2022
Release Date
2/7/2019
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
N6
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Fabrication Node
N7
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Die Size
107 mm²
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Die Size
331 mm²
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Transistor Count
5.4 Billion
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Transistor Count
13.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
50.47M/mm²
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Transistor Density
39.97M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
1024 Shaders
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Shading Units
3840 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
240 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
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Ray-Tracing Cores
16 RT-Cores
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Compute Units
16 CUs
Compute Units
60 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
1 GPC
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2610MHz Base
2815MHz
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1400MHz Base
1800MHz
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FP16
11.53 TFLOPS
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FP16
27.65 TFLOPS
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FP32
5.77 TFLOPS
FP32
13.82 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.36 TFLOPS
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FP64
3.46 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
90.08 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
115.2 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
180.16 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
432 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
4MB Shared
L3
16MB Shared
0.42TB/s
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4GB
GDDR6
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16GB
HBM2
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Bus Width
64Bit
Bus Width
4096Bit
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
144GB/s
Clock
1000MHz
Transfer Rate
2GT/s
Bandwidth
1024GB/s
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TDP
107W
TDP
300W
Temp
110°C Max
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1x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
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 4.1
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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 7.2
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_1
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
9
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1x Fan
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3x Fans
Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
-
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2x 8-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
16
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
125 mm (4.92 in)
Width
280 mm (11.02 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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