NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 vs AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 $999
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT $199
10752 Shaders
16GB GDDR7
2617MHz
1024 Shaders
4GB GDDR6
2815MHz
Peak AI Performance
1.8 PFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
11.53 TFLOPS
FP16
FP32
56.28 TFLOPS
FP32
5.77 TFLOPS
FP16
56.28 TFLOPS
FP16
11.53 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.1-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
360W
TDP
107W
Power Connectors
-
1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
-

Peak AI Performance

  • 156.11x faster vs Radeon RX 6500 XT
  • 99% slower vs GeForce RTX 5080
GeForce RTX 5080 - 1.8 PFLOPS FP4 Tensor Sparse
x156.11
Radeon RX 6500 XT - 11.53 TFLOPS FP16
x1

FP32

  • 9.75x faster vs Radeon RX 6500 XT
  • 90% slower vs GeForce RTX 5080
GeForce RTX 5080 - 56.28 TFLOPS FP32
x9.75
Radeon RX 6500 XT - 5.77 TFLOPS FP32
x1

FP16

  • 4.88x faster vs Radeon RX 6500 XT
  • 80% slower vs GeForce RTX 5080
GeForce RTX 5080 - 56.28 TFLOPS FP16
x4.88
Radeon RX 6500 XT - 11.53 TFLOPS FP16
x1
  • 6.67x faster vs Radeon RX 6500 XT
  • 85% slower vs GeForce RTX 5080
GeForce RTX 5080 - 960GB/s
x6.67
Radeon RX 6500 XT - 144GB/s
x1
  • 236% higher vs Radeon RX 6500 XT
  • 70% lower vs GeForce RTX 5080
GeForce RTX 5080 - 360W
x3.36
Radeon RX 6500 XT - 107W
x1
  • 5.05x faster vs Radeon RX 6500 XT
  • 80% slower vs GeForce RTX 5080
GeForce RTX 5080 - GB6 OpenCL 256,140
x5.05
Radeon RX 6500 XT - GB6 OpenCL 50,755
x1
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 53,340
17%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 40,335
20%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal 90
15%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Blackwell
Architecture
RDNA 2
Family
GeForce 50
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Codename
NV193
GB203
Variant
GB203-400-A1
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
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
4NP
Fabrication Node
N6
Die Size
378 mm²
Die Size
107 mm²
Transistor Count
45.6 Billion
Transistor Count
5.4 Billion
Transistor Density
120.63M/mm²
Transistor Density
50.47M/mm²
Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
10752 Shaders
Shading Units
1024 Shaders
Texture Mapping Units
336 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
Render Output Units
112 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Tensor Cores
336 T-Cores
-
-
Ray-Tracing Cores
84 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
16 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
84 SMs
-
-
-
-
Compute Units
16 CUs
Graphics Processing Clusters
7 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
1 GPC
2300MHz Base
2617MHz
2610MHz Base
2815MHz
Peak AI Performance
1.8 PFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
11.53 TFLOPS
FP16
FP4
900.42 TFLOPS Tensor
1.8 PFLOPS Tensor Sparse
-
-
-
FP8
450.21 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
900.42 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
225.1 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
450.21 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
-
-
-
-
-
FP16
56.28 TFLOPS
225.1 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
450.21 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
112.55 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
225.1 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
11.53 TFLOPS
-
-
-
-
FP32
56.28 TFLOPS
FP32
5.77 TFLOPS
FP64
880 GFLOPS
FP64
360 GFLOPS
BF16
56.28 TFLOPS
112.55 TFLOPS Tensor
225.1 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
-
-
-
-
TF32
56.28 TFLOPS Tensor
112.55 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
-
-
-
INT8
450.21 TOPS Tensor
900.42 TOPS Tensor Sparse
-
-
-
INT32
56.28 TOPS
-
-
Ray Tracing
170.7 TOPS
-
-
Pixel Fillrate
293.104 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
90.08 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate
879.312 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
180.16 GTexel/s
-
-
L0
32KB/WGP
L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
-
L1
-
-
128KB/Array
L2
64MB Shared
L2
1MB Shared
-
-
-
L3
16MB Shared
0.42TB/s
16GB
GDDR7
4GB
GDDR6
Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Clock
2368MHz
Transfer Rate
30GT/s
Bandwidth
960GB/s
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
144GB/s
TDP
360W
TDP
107W
Temp
88°C Max
Temp
110°C Max
-
3x DisplayPort 2.1
1x HDMI 2.1
1x DisplayPort 1.4
-
1x HDMI 2.1
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
165Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
2
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
2x NVENC 9
No Encoders
-
Codec
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
AV1
-
-
-
-
Model
2x NVDEC 6
Model
VCN 3.0
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
-
VC-1
VP8
VP9
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
AV1
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
-
VP9
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
AV1
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_3
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.2
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.8
CUDA
12.8
-
-
PureVideo HD
VP13
VDPAU
Feature Set M
Shader Model
6.6
-
-
GFX
10.3
-
-
-
-
2x Fans
1x Fan
Power Connectors
-
1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
-
Slots Required
2.1
PCIe Version
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
4
-
-
-
-
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
Height
137 mm (5.39 in)
Width
304 mm (11.97 in)
Depth
42 mm (1.65 in)
Height
110 mm (4.33 in)
Width
190 mm (7.48 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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