Radeon RX 6500 XT review

Radeon RX 6500 XT review

The Radeon RX 6500 XT has been officially released and is now available for purchase. Initially priced, the street price has now increased to around, making it one of the most expensive entry-level performance graphics cards in history. These cards come with 4GB of graphics memory, a 64-bit wide bus, and a small 16MB L3 Inifinity Cache. When connected to a PCIe Gen x4 link (3.0/4.0), the card performs at RX 570/580 levels for Full HD resolution. The Navi 24 GPU-based graphics cards are manufactured on a 6nm process and have a maximum of 4 GB of gddr6 memory, connected through a restricted 64-bit memory interface. The RX 6500 XT is expected to perform at the level of the RX 570 XT (Polaris) and GeForce GTX 1060, featuring 1024 stream processors. Multiple board partners have released their own versions and setups of the card.

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The Navi GPU 24 has been produced using TSMC’s 6 nm process, confirming previous rumors. This chipset is expected to be the final one in this generation. Additionally, it marks AMD’s debut in consumer products manufactured on a sub-7 nanometer node. With a chip area of around 107 square millimeters, Navi 24 has enough space to activate “up to 16” compute units simultaneously, resulting in a total of 1024 computational cores or shader processors. In comparison to Navi 23, which powers the Radeon RX 6600 series, Navi 24 is approximately half the size. The Navi 24 video cards are positioned as a budget-friendly entry point to AMD’s RDNA2 graphics architecture, although they come with a price tag of 199 USD, despite market indications suggesting 300 USD. Featuring a 16 MB Infinity Cache and up to 4 GB of GDDR6 RAM on a 64-bit memory bus, this GPU is optimized for affordable PCs and 1080p gaming experiences.

In this specific evaluation, we will examine the Fighter variant from Powercolor. Unlike the reference RX 6500 XT, this card features a half-height, single-slot design with a single fan, resembling the newly introduced RX 6400. Both cards are equipped with a single DisplayPort and HDMI port.