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Base Clock
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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $199
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MSRP in USD: $199
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Same as Founder's Edition
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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $999
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MSRP in USD: $999
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Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 6900 XT outperforms the cheaper Radeon RX 6500 XT on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Radeon RX 6500 XT is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Radeon RX 6900 XT is 448 days older than the cheaper Radeon RX 6500 XT.
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
- Up to 75% cheaper than Radeon RX 6900 XT - $139.99 vs $549.0
- Up to 24% better value when playing ARK: Survival Evolved than Radeon RX 6900 XT - $3.5 vs $4.61 per FPS
- Consumes up to 64% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT - 107 vs 300 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
- Performs up to 198% better in ARK: Survival Evolved than Radeon RX 6500 XT - 119 vs 40 FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 16 vs 4 GB
ARK: Survival Evolved
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
FPS
40
33.61344537815126%
Value, $/FPS
$3.5/FPS
100%
Price, $
$139.99
100%
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 6900 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
FPS
119
100%
Value, $/FPS
$4.61/FPS
75.92190889370933%
Price, $
$549
25%
FPS Winner
GIGABYTE PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon™ RX 6900 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA™ 2, Raytracing, PCI Express 4.0, HDMI 2.1, AMD Infinity Cache
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Radeon RX 6900 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Theoretical Performance
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
90.08 GPixel/s
31.277777777777775%
Texel Fillrate
180.2 GTexel/s
25.027777777777775%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020
Pixel Fillrate
288 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
720 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT | vs | AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT |
|---|---|---|
Jan 19th, 2022 | Release Date | Oct 28th, 2020 |
| Navi II | Generation | Navi II |
$199 | MSRP | $999 |
| 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C |
| 1x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 GB | Memory | 16 GB |
| GDDR6 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 64-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 143.9 GB/s | Bandwidth | 512 GB/s |
2310 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1825 MHz |
2815 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 2250 MHz |
2248 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |
Builds Using Radeon RX 6500 XT or Radeon RX 6900 XT
ARK: Survival Evolved, 1920 x 1080, Epic
26 FPS
$32.69/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Ryzen 3 3100
8 GB, 480 GB SSD
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31 FPS
$29.03/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Ryzen 5 5600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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112 FPS
$18.75/FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
Ryzen 9 5900X
64 GB, 1 TB SSD + 6 TB HDD
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$28.32/FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
Core i9-11900KF
32 GB, N/A Storage
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112 FPS
$21.34/FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
Ryzen 9 5950X
64 GB, 1 TB SSD + 6 TB HDD
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112 FPS
$32.13/FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$3,599
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30 FPS
$31/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Core i5-11400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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30 FPS
$25.67/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Ryzen 5 5600G
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$59.71/FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
Ryzen 7 5800X
64 GB, 4 TB SSD
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$28.21/FPS
Radeon RX 6900 XT
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 2 TB SSD + 6 TB HDD
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