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Radeon RX 6500

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Release date ≈ Q3 2022.

Average Bench: 36.6% (154th of 715)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Device: 1002 743F Model: AMD Radeon RX 6500
Poor: 35%Average: 36.6% Great: 38%

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Poor average bench

The AMD Radeon RX 6500 averaged 63.4% 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) 42.8fps
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 84.7fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Radeon RX 6500 is just 2.96%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the AMD Radeon RX 6500 performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 58.3fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 80.2fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Rank 15436.6%
Min Avg Max
39.9 Lighting 42.8 46
56.8 Reflection 58.3 62.1
75 Parallax 80.2 83.8
34.8% 60.4 fps
Min Avg Max
80.3 MRender 84.7 87.8
45.2 Gravity 48.9 51.3
22.9 Splatting 24.5 26.9
39.9% 52.7 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Dell(1028 0041) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 4GB, Driver: 24.2.1
37% Below average
Lighting 42.8
Reflection 58.4
Parallax 82.5
35% 61.2 fps
MRender 86.2
Gravity 51.4
Splatting 25.4
41% 54.3 fps
Dell(1028 0041) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.20.20.04
36.8% Below average
Lighting 43.5
Reflection 58.1
Parallax 78.9
36% 60.2 fps
MRender 83.6
Gravity 47.4
Splatting 25.4
40% 52.1 fps
Dell(1028 0041) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 4GB, Driver: 24.2.1
36.7% Below average
Lighting 43
Reflection 57.8
Parallax 78.2
35% 59.7 fps
MRender 84.6
Gravity 48.2
Splatting 24.9
40% 52.6 fps
Dell(1028 0041) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.20.20.04
35.5% Below average
Lighting 41.1
Reflection 57
Parallax 79.7
34% 59.3 fps
MRender 84.3
Gravity 47.5
Splatting 24.1
39% 52 fps
Dell(1028 0041) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 4GB, Driver: 24.4.1
35.4% Below average
Lighting 40.7
Reflection 57.8
Parallax 78
33% 58.8 fps
MRender 85.9
Gravity 47.8
Splatting 23.8
40% 52.5 fps
Dell(1028 0041) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 4GB, Driver: 24.1.1
34.7% Below average
Lighting 39.9
Reflection 57.3
Parallax 79.5
32% 58.9 fps
MRender 87.1
Gravity 46.4
Splatting 21.6
39% 51.7 fps
Dell(1028 0041) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 4GB, Driver: 23.10.24.03
34.6% Below average
Lighting 39.9
Reflection 58.8
Parallax 75.8
32% 58.2 fps
MRender 82.3
Gravity 45.6
Splatting 25
39% 51 fps
Dell(1028 0041) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.20.20.04
34.4% Below average
Lighting 39.5
Reflection 58.7
Parallax 74.3
32% 57.5 fps
MRender 81
Gravity 46.9
Splatting 25.3
39% 51.1 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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Dell(1028 0041) 84% 36% ± 1%
Dell(1028 0042) 12% 37% ± 1%
PowerColor(148C 2416) 4% 36% ± 0%
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Gaming
Gaming 13%
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Desktop
Desktop 74%
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Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk

Disqualified System: bin bin

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples2,038x
Core i7-2600Intel  $184Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,578x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples939x
GPU
Radeon RX 6500AMDBench 37%, 25 samples1x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples826x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples457x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples427x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples518x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples379x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples298x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $325

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