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Base Clock
Boost Clock
AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $199
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MSRP in USD: $199
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Boost Clock
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Same as Founder's Edition
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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $229
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MSRP in USD: $229
Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Radeon RX 6500 XT outperforms the more expensive Radeon RX 480 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Radeon RX 6500 XT is 2030 days newer than the more expensive Radeon RX 480.
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
- Performs up to 10% better in Need For Speed Unbound than Radeon RX 480 - 68 vs 62 FPS
- Up to 53% cheaper than Radeon RX 480 - $139.99 vs $299.0
- Up to 57% better value when playing Need For Speed Unbound than Radeon RX 480 - $2.06 vs $4.82 per FPS
- Consumes up to 29% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 480 - 107 vs 150 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 480
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 8 vs 4 GB
Need For Speed Unbound
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
FPS
68
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.06/FPS
100%
Price, $
$139.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Sapphire 11314-01-20G Pulse AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Gaming OC Graphics Card with 4GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 2
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Radeon RX 480
Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016
FPS
62
91.17647058823529%
Value, $/FPS
$4.82/FPS
42.738589211618255%
Price, $
$299
46%
Sapphire Radeon Nitro Rx 480 8GB GDDR5 Dual HDMI/DVI-D/Dual DP OC w/Back Plate (UEFI) PCI-E Graphics Card Graphic Cards 11260-20-20G
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Radeon RX 480
Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016
Theoretical Performance
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
90.08 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
180.2 GTexel/s
98.8480526604498%
Radeon RX 480
Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016
Pixel Fillrate
40.51 GPixel/s
44.97113676731794%
Texel Fillrate
182.3 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT | vs | AMD Radeon RX 480 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 19th, 2022 | Release Date | Jun 29th, 2016 |
| Navi II | Generation | Arctic Islands |
$199 | MSRP | $229 |
| 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a | Outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| 1x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
| GDDR6 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 64-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 143.9 GB/s | Bandwidth | 256 GB/s |
2310 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1120 MHz |
2815 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1266 MHz |
2248 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |
Builds Using Radeon RX 6500 XT or Radeon RX 480
Need For Speed Unbound, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
35 FPS
$24.29/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Ryzen 3 3100
8 GB, 480 GB SSD
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47 FPS
$19.15/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Ryzen 5 5600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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46 FPS
$20.22/FPS
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45 FPS
$17.11/FPS
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