AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 4GB Specs, Benchmarks & Pricing

The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT was released in January 2022 as an entry-level gaming GPU based on the RDNA 2 architecture (Navi 24 XT die). It features 16 compute units with 1,024 stream processors and only 4GB of GDDR6 memory with 144 GB/s bandwidth on a narrow 64-bit bus. The card includes 16 ray tracing acceleration cores and 16MB of Infinity Cache. Built on TSMC's 6nm process (the only RX 6000 series card on 6nm) with a compact 107 mm² die containing 5.4 billion transistors, it delivers 5.77 TFLOPS of FP32 performance at a boost clock of 2,815 MHz. With a TDP of 107W and single 6-pin power connector, the RX 6500 XT was designed as an affordable entry point to modern gaming. However, it has notable limitations: only 4GB VRAM limits modern game compatibility, PCIe 4.0 x4 interface causes significant performance loss on older PCIe 3.0 systems, and it lacks hardware video encoding and AV1 decoding. Originally designed for laptops, the desktop version received criticism for these limitations.

  • Release Date: January 19, 2022
  • MSRP: $199 USD
  • GPU Architecture: RDNA 2
  • Hardware-Accelerated GEMM Operations:
    FP64 FP32 TF32 BF16 FP16 FP8 FP4 INT8 INT4
  • CUDA Compute Capability : n/a

Considerations

  • Lower FP32 compute performance compared to other GPUs
  • Lower FP16 compute performance compared to other GPUs
  • Below average FurMark (GL) (4K) performance
  • Below average FurMark (GL) (1440p) performance

Specifications for AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

SpecificationPerformance Ranking
FP32 TFLOPs
2nd @ 5.77 TFLOPs
FP16 TFLOPs
4th @ 11.54 TFLOPs
Tensor Core CountData not available
Memory Capacity (GB)
2nd @ 4 GB
Memory Bandwidth (GB/s)
2nd @ 144 GB/s
Int8 TOPsData not available
FP8 TFLOPsData not available
FP4 TFLOPsData not available

Gaming Benchmarks for AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

Rankings based on 685,845 real-world benchmark results from OpenBenchmarking.org

BenchmarkPerformance Ranking
FurMark (GL) (4K)
2nd @ 17 FPS
FurMark (GL) (1440p)
4th @ 53 FPS
FurMark (GL) (1080p)
4th @ 84 FPS
FurMark (VK) (1080p)
4th @ 77 FPS
Quake II RTX (1080p)
13th @ 19 FPS

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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Price History

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Product Identifiers

Manufacturer Part Numbers (1)
AMD OPN
215-135000006
Available from 7 Partners (9 products)
Sapphire
PULSE AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 4G GDDR6
11314-01-20G(model number)
ASUS
Dual AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT OC Edition 4GB GDDR6
DUAL-RX6500XT-O4G(model number)
TUF Gaming Radeon RX 6500 XT OC Edition 4GB GDDR6
TUF-RX6500XT-O4G-GAMING(model number)
PowerColor
Fighter AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT OC 4GB GDDR6
AXRX 6500 XT 4GBD6-DH/OC(model number)
ASRock
Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming D 4GB OC
RX6500XT PGD 4GO(model number)
XFX
Speedster QICK 210 AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Core Gaming Graphics Card 4GB GDDR6
RX-65XT4DBDQ(model number)
MSI
Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC
R6500XTM2X4C(part number)
Gigabyte
Radeon RX 6500 XT GAMING OC 4G
GV-R65XTGAMING OC-4GD(model number)
Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4G
GV-R65XTEAGLE-4GD(model number)

References

Notes

  1. FP32 TFLOPS calculated as 1,024 stream processors × 2,815 MHz boost clock × 2 ops/cycle / 1,000,000 = 5.77 TFLOPS
  2. FP16 performance is 11.54 TFLOPS calculated at 2:1 ratio to FP32, which is standard for RDNA 2 architecture
  3. Memory bandwidth of 144 GB/s calculated as 64-bit bus × 18 Gbps effective / 8
  4. RDNA 2 architecture does not include dedicated AI accelerators or tensor cores (added in RDNA 3), so tensorCoreCount is null
  5. supportedHardwareOperations is an empty array: RDNA 2 has no matrix/tensor-core (GEMM-accelerated) hardware path of any kind. Per AMD's own RDNA architecture technology page, the generational feature-comparison table's "AI Accelerators" row is blank for both the "RDNA" and "RDNA 2" columns and first shows "1st Gen" at "RDNA 3" -- confirmed independently by Wikipedia's RDNA 2 article, which makes no mention of AI accelerators or matrix-multiply hardware. RDNA 2's ray accelerator is a distinct fixed-function ray-intersection unit, unrelated to matrix/GEMM support. Sources: https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/rdna.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDNA_2
  6. fp8TFLOPS and fp4TFLOPS are left null and intentionally NOT listed in unverifiedSpecs: this is a confirmed hardware negative rather than a research gap. RDNA 2 predates AMD's AI Accelerators/WMMA matrix engines entirely (introduced in RDNA 3), so no FP8 or FP4 matrix throughput exists on this architecture to report.
  7. RDNA 2 CUs execute INT8 and INT4 operations via standard ALU/dot-product instructions, not a dedicated matrix or tensor core -- RDNA 2 predates AMD's AI Accelerators (WMMA), which were introduced in RDNA 3. AMD does not publish INT8 TOPS for consumer RDNA 2 GPUs, so int8TOPS is null. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDNA_2, https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/rdna.html
  8. The 16MB Infinity Cache helps compensate for the limited memory bandwidth
  9. Built on TSMC 6nm process (not 7nm like other RX 6000 cards) with 107 mm² die size containing 5.4 billion transistors
  10. Uses PCIe 4.0 x4 interface which significantly limits performance on PCIe 3.0 systems
  11. Only 4GB VRAM is a notable limitation for modern games at higher texture settings
  12. Lacks hardware video encoder (VCN encoder) and AV1 decode support
  13. Originally designed as a laptop GPU (Navi 24) and adapted for desktop use
  14. MSRP of $199 USD verified from multiple sources including Tom's Hardware, NotebookCheck, and PC Gamer at launch on January 19, 2022
  15. AMD Ordering Part Number (OPN) 215-135000006 sourced from MIT ProcessorDB and verified across multiple TechPowerUp GPU Database entries for RX 6500 XT variants
  16. Sapphire PULSE model number 11314-01-20G sourced from TechPowerUp GPU Database
  17. ASUS DUAL model number DUAL-RX6500XT-O4G sourced from TechPowerUp GPU Database and ASUS official product page
  18. ASUS TUF Gaming model number TUF-RX6500XT-O4G-GAMING sourced from ASUS official product page and Newegg
  19. PowerColor Fighter model number AXRX 6500 XT 4GBD6-DH/OC sourced from TechPowerUp GPU Database
  20. ASRock Phantom Gaming D model number RX6500XT PGD 4GO sourced from TechPowerUp GPU Database
  21. XFX Speedster QICK 210 model number RX-65XT4DBDQ sourced from TechPowerUp GPU Database
  22. MSI MECH 2X part number R6500XTM2X4C sourced from B&H Photo, MSI official product page, and multiple retailers
  23. Gigabyte GAMING OC model number GV-R65XTGAMING OC-4GD sourced from Gigabyte official product page and Amazon
  24. Gigabyte EAGLE model number GV-R65XTEAGLE-4GD sourced from Gigabyte official product page and Newegg
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