amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 590
amd
Brand4GB GDDR6
Memory1024
Cores143.9 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
AMD Radeon RX 590
Radeon RX 590
$279 • Nov 2018
Radeon RX 6500 XT
$199 • Jan 2022
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 590 | AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 175 W | 107 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1545 MHz | 2815 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s | 143.9 GB/s |
| Process Size | 12nm | 6nm |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | RDNA 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 1024 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 16 |
| TMUs | 144 | 64 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 64-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 2248 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 49.44 GPixel/s | 90.08 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 256 GTexel/s | 143.9 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 7.119 GFLOPS | 5.765 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 1.00 MB |
| Die Size | 232 mm² | 107 mm² |
| Transistors | 5700 Million | 5400 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon RX 590
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon RX 590
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon RX 590
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon RX 590
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Game Benchmarks Comparison (3 benchmarks)
Scars Above
AMD Radeon RX 590 Wins!
Based on 3 benchmarks across 1 games
AMD Radeon RX 590
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
AMD • 4GB GDDR6
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