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RX 6500-XT

Average Bench: 50% (129th of 713)

Based on 9,683 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 743F Model: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

Whilst the drought in the GPU market continues, street prices for AMD cards are around 50% lower than comparable (based on headline average fps figures) Nvidia cards. Many experienced users simply have no interest in buying AMD cards, regardless of price. The combined market share for all of AMD’s RX 5000 and 6000 GPUs amongst PC gamers (Steam stats) is just 2.12% whilst Nvidia’s RTX 2060 alone accounts for 5.03%. AMD’s Neanderthal marketing tactics seem to have come back to haunt them. Their brazen domination of social media platforms including youtube and reddit resulted in millions of users purchasing sub standard products. Be wary of sponsored reviews with cherry picked games that showcase the wins and ignore the losses. Experienced gamers know all too well that headline average fps are worthless when they are accompanied with stutters, random crashes, excessive noise and a limited feature set. [Jan '22 GPUPro]

Poor: 42%Average: 50% Great: 56%

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Average average bench

The AMD RX 6500-XT averaged 49.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 60.1fps
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 109fps

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD RX 6500-XT is just 13.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD RX 6500-XT performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 73.2fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 121fps

Average Bench

(Based on 9,683 samples)
Rank 12950%
Min Avg Max
47.5 Lighting 60.1 68.3
52.7 Reflection 73.2 79.8
99.3 Parallax 121 136
49% 84.8 fps
Min Avg Max
83.8 MRender 109 118
56 Gravity 66.7 74.8
22.6 Splatting 30.9 34.5
52% 68.9 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
ASRock(1849 5226)
Ram: 4GB, Driver: 24.8.1
55.1% Above average
Lighting 66.7
Reflection 76.8
Parallax 127
54% 90.3 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 74
Splatting 33.4
56% 74.7 fps
Asus(1043 05DB) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 4GB, Driver: 24.9.1
55% Above average
Lighting 66.8
Reflection 77.6
Parallax 125
54% 89.9 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 74.3
Splatting 33.8
56% 74 fps
MSI(1462 5080) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 4GB, Driver: 24.8.1
55% Above average
Lighting 66.7
Reflection 75.6
Parallax 138
54% 93.4 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 74.1
Splatting 32.8
56% 74.4 fps
ASRock(1849 5237) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 24.10.24
54.1% Above average
Lighting 65.8
Reflection 75.4
Parallax 127
54% 89.5 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 71.9
Splatting 32.5
55% 72.9 fps
ASRock(1849 5226)
Ram: 4GB, Driver: 24.7.1
52.8% Above average
Lighting 65
Reflection 75.4
Parallax 132
53% 90.8 fps
MRender 102
Gravity 72.1
Splatting 32.9
52% 68.8 fps
PowerColor(148C 2415)
Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.20.27.09
51.6% Above average
Lighting 63.3
Reflection 74.7
Parallax 120
52% 86.1 fps
MRender 103
Gravity 68.4
Splatting 32.3
52% 68 fps
XFX(1EAE 6401)
Ram: 4GB, Driver: 24.9.1
50% Above average
Lighting 58.5
Reflection 77
Parallax 138
48% 91.1 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 70.3
Splatting 31.8
55% 72.3 fps
ASRock(1849 5226)
Ram: 4GB, Driver: 24.9.1
48.3% Average
Lighting 57.8
Reflection 68.7
Parallax 110
47% 78.7 fps
MRender 103
Gravity 66.4
Splatting 31.1
51% 66.9 fps
Gigabyte(1458 2401)
Ram: 4GB, Driver: 23.12.1
44.7% Average
Lighting 58.2
Reflection 66.8
Parallax 114
47% 79.7 fps
MRender 100
Gravity 65.3
Splatting 0.7
39% 55.5 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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PowerColor(148C 2415) 17% 50% ± 3%
PowerColor RX 6500 XT 4GB
AXRX 6500XT 4GBD6-DH/OC
MSI(1462 5080) 13% 49% ± 5%
ASRock(1849 5226) 13% 50% ± 4%
ASRock RX 6500 XT 4GB Phantom Gaming D OC
‎RX6500XT PGD 4GO
Sapphire(1DA2 E457) 10% 49% ± 4%
Sapphire RX 6500 XT 4GB Pulse
‎11314-01-20G
EbayUS $18023 mins
Asus(1043 05DB) 10% 50% ± 5%
XFX(1EAE 6401) 9% 50% ± 5%
XFX RX 6500 XT 4GB Speedster QICK210
‎RX-65XT4DBDQ
EbayUS $13923 mins
Gigabyte(1458 2401) 8% 51% ± 5%
Gigabyte RX 6500 XT 4GB Gaming OC
GV-R65XTGAMING OC-4GD
AmazonUS $33016 mins
Gigabyte(1458 2402) 6% 49% ± 4%
Gigabyte RX 6500 XT 4GB Eagle
GV-R65XTEAGLE-4GD
AmazonUS $26016 mins
Asus(1043 05D9) 5% 52% ± 4%
Asus RX 6500 XT 4GB TUF Gaming OC
TUF-RX6500XT-O4G-GAMING
AMD(1002 0E46) 4% 50% ± 2%
Legend(17AA E460) 4% 54% ± 3%
Device(1ED3 0E46) 0% 51% ± 0%
ASRock(1849 5227) 0% 47% ± 0%
ASRock RX 6500 XT 4GB Challenger ITX
RX6500XT CLI 4G
AmazonUS $14016 mins
ASRock(1849 5237) 0% 51% ± 0%
Sapphire(1DA2 F457) 0% 53% ± 0%
Dell(1028 5081) 0% 54% ± 0%
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Gaming 55%
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Desktop
Desktop 101%
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Workstation 50%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B550M DS3H

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $113Bench 96%, 383,420 samples1,752x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,374x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD  $139Bench 86%, 5,183 samples935x
GPU
RX 6500-XTAMD  $139Bench 50%, 9,683 samples1x
SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $75Bench 251%, 262,559 samples194x
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples174x
SNVS500G 500GBKingstonBench 186%, 34,043 samples140x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples427x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples273x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples229x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 112% - Outstanding Total price: $369

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 Comments

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USA-User
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10,000

Good (edit your comment) Add link

3 days ago.

Struggles to run some games, isnt recognized by others tolerable for some things but can't run vr

Comment 

AMD should be embarrassed about this... unless the real reason for it's pitiful existence is so that team red cheerleaders can point at this and pretend to have an unbiased opinion worth listening to, in which case, it's a job well done!—Jan '22

Comment 

AMD are great at selling junk. They pee in the well with fake comments, glorified cheerleaders on youtube and paid magazine reviews. My POS PC still crashes randomly. Everybody needs to call the rats out instead of letting them get away with it.—May '22

Comment 

lol - advanced marketing devices.—May '22

GBR-User
Avatar level
5,876

Liked

3 days ago.

Comment 

Not worth it as cards from 5 years ago preform better than this potato.—Jan '22

CAN-User
Avatar level
5,050

Disliked

5 months ago.

Comment 

Literally just an rx 480 on 6nm, except it's priced the same as it was 6 years ago. Garbage for everything except strictly gaming, so this might be a good card for desperate gamers out there who need a gpu (not an upgrade!).—Jan '22

ROU-User
Avatar level
4,703

Excellent

2 months ago.

It's the best low budget card on the market one can buy new (it's the only one).

POL-User
Avatar level
4,642

Terrible

9 months ago.

Brand new AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT, performing as a GTX 1650S, hoped to see better performance, the culture of work is excellent, temps also fine, but hurted for having only 4GB VRAM. For budget gamer playing 1080p it is good choice, but if you want strong GPU performance, avoid it. And I think that this card is slightly overpriced. For now, affordable as a new product assuming you got already PCIe 4.0 motherboard and CPU with Resizable Bar support. Otherwise, you won't be satisfied with this GPU for current price and it's crippled performance.

UKR-User
Avatar level
3,611

Liked

10 months ago.

Comment 

Short Review: My card doesn't even work, display drivers malfunction on Windows 10+11, Radeon Software makes it worse somehow Long Review: As someone with an OEM PC, I can't upgrade my 400w PSU since it's shaped rectangularly or fit most GPUs because the case is small, so I looked for a GPU that could possibly fit AND demand a lower amount of power. I thought this card would be my saving grace, as the performance is better than my older card as well (an OEM version of the RX 580 4GB, side note it performed more like a 570). Of course, though, this card was too good to be true. The display drivers are fudged up and I can't fix it with my minor technological skills so I gotta send this shyte back.—Apr '22

AUT-User
Avatar level
2,769

Excellent

2 years ago.

It reeks of OEM cards. Still really impressive what performance you can get with a shoestring as a memory bus.

DNK-User
Avatar level
2,248

Excellent

6 days ago.

It's so bad that miners won't get it, and strong enough to run most games respectably, especially if you don't care about triple A games. Don't compare it to flagship cards, if only just for the price/performance vs what gpu scalpers want for stronger cards.

GPUPro
Avatar level
1,641

Good

2 years ago.

FPSKing
Avatar level
476

Good

2 years ago.

Sham product release, crafted to give AMD’s social media army a fake punch bag to beat on. The guys at AMD marketing must be on fire.

ZxOmenGuyxZ
Avatar level
76

Poor

14 months ago.

Very poor at its time (actually it's terrible), but for $150 currently it's a bit better but still bad nonetheless.

MWilliams321
Avatar level
2

Terrible

2 years ago.

Awful don't buy this card it's worst than cards released half a decade ago

Dat_Flying_Pig
Avatar level
2

Average

21 months ago.

Needs more VRAM

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