Radeon RX 6900 XT and Radeon RX 6500 XT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon RX 6900 XT vs Radeon RX 6500 XT
Radeon RX 6900 XT
27641
Radeon RX 6500 XT
9825
Radeon RX 6900 XT
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Architecture
Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Navi 21
Navi 24
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
December 2020
January 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x4
Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-pin
1x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
2250 MHz
2815 MHz
Core clock speed
1825 MHz
2610 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
7 nm
Number of transistors
26,800 million
5,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
5120
1024
Power consumption (TDP)
300 Watt
107 Watt
Texture fill rate
720.0
180.2
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
16 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
16000 MHz
18000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
512.0 GB/s
143.9 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL
2.1
2.2
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.6
Vulkan
1.2
1.3