AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT Gaming OC

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX $999
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT Gaming OC $170
6144 Shaders
24GB GDDR6
2500MHz
1024 Shaders
4GB GDDR6
2825MHz
FP32
61.44 TFLOPS
FP32
5.79 TFLOPS
FP16
122.88 TFLOPS
FP16
11.57 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.5-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
355W
TDP
107W
Power Connectors
-
2x 8-Pin
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-
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 53,340
17%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 40,335
20%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
OCT Metal 75
13%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
GIGABYTE
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
RDNA 3
Architecture
RDNA 2
Family
Radeon RX 7000
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Codename
Plum Bonito
Navi 31
Variant
Navi 31 XTX
Codename
Beige Goby
Navi 24
Variant
Navi 24 XT
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
12/13/2022
Release Date
1/19/2022
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC Memory Cache Die
Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
N5
N6 Memory Cache Die
Fabrication Node
N6
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Die Size
304 mm²
6x 38 mm² Memory Cache Die
Die Size
107 mm²
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Transistor Count
45.4 Billion
6x 2.1 Billion Memory Cache Die
Transistor Count
5.4 Billion
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Transistor Density
149.17M/mm²
54.64M/mm² Memory Cache Die
Transistor Density
50.47M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
6144 Shaders
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Shading Units
1024 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
384 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
Render Output Units
192 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Tensor Cores
192 T-Cores
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-
Ray-Tracing Cores
96 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
16 RT-Cores
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-
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-
Compute Units
96 CUs
Compute Units
16 CUs
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-
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-
Graphics Processing Clusters
1 GPC
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-
1900MHz Base
2500MHz
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-
2610MHz Base
2825MHz
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FP16
122.88 TFLOPS
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FP16
11.57 TFLOPS
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FP32
61.44 TFLOPS
FP32
5.79 TFLOPS
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-
-
-
FP64
1.92 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.36 TFLOPS
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-
-
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Pixel Fillrate
480 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
90.4 GPixel/s
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-
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Texture Fillrate
960 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
180.8 GTexel/s
L0
64KB/WGP
L0
32KB/WGP
L1
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-
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256KB/Array
L1
-
-
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128KB/Array
L2
6MB Shared
L2
1MB Shared
L3
96MB Shared
3.5TB/s
L3
16MB Shared
0.42TB/s
24GB
GDDR6
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4GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
384Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Clock
2500MHz
Transfer Rate
20GT/s
Bandwidth
960GB/s
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
144GB/s
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TDP
355W
TDP
107W
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-
Temp
110°C Max
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2x DisplayPort 2.1
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1x HDMI 2.1
1x USB-C + DP
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1x DisplayPort 1.4
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-
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1x HDMI 2.1
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-
Max Resolution
15360x8640
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
165Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
2
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
VCN 4.0
No Encoders
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Codec
-
-
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Model
VCN 4.0
Model
VCN 3.0
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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VP9
-
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
-
AV1
-
-
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.2
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.2
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.7
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-
GFX
11
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Shader Model
6.6
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GFX
10.3
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3x Fans
-
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3x Fans
Power Connectors
-
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2x 8-Pin
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-
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Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
2.5
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
4
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
Height
135 mm (5.31 in)
Width
287 mm (11.3 in)
Depth
51 mm (2.01 in)
Height
114 mm (4.49 in)
Width
282 mm (11.1 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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