GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT Gaming OC vs PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT Gaming OC $170
PowerColor Radeon RX 6800 Red Dragon $550
1024 Shaders
4GB GDDR6
2825MHz
3840 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
2170MHz
FP32
5.79 TFLOPS
FP32
16.67 TFLOPS
FP16
11.57 TFLOPS
FP16
33.33 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.7-Slots
TDP
107W
TDP
250W
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 131,670
43%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal 136,110
76%
GB5 Vulkan 40,335
20%
GB5 Vulkan 97,920
48%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT Metal 75
13%
OCT Metal 320
54%
Manufacturer
GIGABYTE
Manufacturer
PowerColor
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
RDNA 2
Architecture
RDNA 2
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Codename
Beige Goby
Navi 24
Variant
Navi 24 XT
Codename
Sienna Cichlid
Navi 21
Variant
Navi 21 XL
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/19/2022
Release Date
11/18/2020
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
520 mm²
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Transistor Count
5.4 Billion
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Transistor Count
26.8 Billion
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Transistor Density
50.47M/mm²
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Transistor Density
51.56M/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
96 ROPs
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-
-
-
Ray-Tracing Cores
16 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
60 RT-Cores
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-
-
-
Compute Units
16 CUs
Compute Units
60 CUs
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-
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Graphics Processing Clusters
1 GPC
Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
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-
2610MHz Base
2825MHz
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-
1850MHz Base
2170MHz
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FP16
11.57 TFLOPS
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FP16
33.33 TFLOPS
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-
-
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-
-
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FP32
5.79 TFLOPS
FP32
16.67 TFLOPS
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-
-
-
FP64
0.36 TFLOPS
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FP64
1.04 TFLOPS
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pixel Fillrate
90.4 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
208.32 GPixel/s
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-
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Texture Fillrate
180.8 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
520.8 GTexel/s
L0
32KB/WGP
L0
32KB/WGP
L1
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-
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128KB/Array
L1
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128KB/Array
L2
1MB Shared
L2
4MB Shared
L3
16MB Shared
0.42TB/s
L3
128MB Shared
1.66TB/s
4GB
GDDR6
-
16GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
64Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
144GB/s
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
16GT/s
Bandwidth
512GB/s
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TDP
107W
TDP
250W
Temp
110°C Max
Temp
110°C Max
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1x DisplayPort 1.4
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-
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1x HDMI 2.1
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-
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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-
-
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1x HDMI 2.1
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-
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
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
2
Multi Monitor Support
4
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
No Encoders
-
Model
VCN 3.0
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Codec
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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-
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Model
VCN 3.0
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
-
-
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)
-
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
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.6
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-
GFX
10.3
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-
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Shader Model
6.5
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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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1x 6-Pin
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-
-
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Power Connectors
-
-
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2x 8-Pin
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-
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
4
Slots Required
2.7
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
Height
114 mm (4.49 in)
Width
282 mm (11.1 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
Height
135 mm (5.31 in)
Width
310 mm (12.2 in)
Depth
54 mm (2.13 in)
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