AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT vs AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT $199
4096 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
2970MHz
1024 Shaders
4GB GDDR6
2815MHz
FP32
48.66 TFLOPS
FP32
5.77 TFLOPS
FP16
97.32 TFLOPS
FP16
11.53 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.5-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
260W
TDP
107W
Power Connectors
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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 90
15%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
RDNA 4
Architecture
RDNA 2
Family
Radeon RX 9000
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Codename
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Navi 48
Variant
Navi 48 XT
Codename
Beige Goby
Navi 24
Variant
Navi 24 XT
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/6/2025
Release Date
1/19/2022
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC Memory Cache Die
Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
N4
N6 Memory Cache Die
Fabrication Node
N6
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Die Size
200 mm²
4x 38 mm² Memory Cache Die
Die Size
107 mm²
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Transistor Count
29 Billion
4x 2.1 Billion Memory Cache Die
Transistor Count
5.4 Billion
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Transistor Density
145.00M/mm²
54.64M/mm² Memory Cache Die
Transistor Density
50.47M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
4096 Shaders
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Shading Units
1024 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
256 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
Render Output Units
96 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Tensor Cores
128 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
64 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
16 RT-Cores
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Compute Units
64 CUs
Compute Units
16 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
1 GPC
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2400MHz Base
2970MHz
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2610MHz Base
2815MHz
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FP16
97.32 TFLOPS
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FP16
11.53 TFLOPS
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FP32
48.66 TFLOPS
FP32
5.77 TFLOPS
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FP64
1.52 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.36 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
285.12 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
90.08 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
760.32 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
180.16 GTexel/s
L0
64KB/WGP
L0
32KB/WGP
L1
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256KB/Array
L1
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128KB/Array
L2
6MB Shared
L2
1MB Shared
L3
64MB Shared
2.25TB/s
L3
16MB Shared
0.42TB/s
16GB
GDDR6
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4GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Clock
2438MHz
Transfer Rate
19.5GT/s
Bandwidth
624GB/s
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
144GB/s
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TDP
260W
TDP
107W
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Temp
110°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 2.1
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1x HDMI 2.1
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1x DisplayPort 1.4
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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
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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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
6.8
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GFX
12
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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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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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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
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
50 mm (1.97 in)
Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
190 mm (7.48 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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