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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
AMD's budget RDNA 2 card from January 2022: 1,024 stream processors, 4GB of GDDR6 on a 64-bit bus and 16MB of Infinity Cache. At its $199 launch price it offered strong performance per watt at 1080p, though the narrow bus and small VRAM pool limit it beyond that resolution.
Pros
- Extremely low 107W power draw runs from a single 6-pin connector
- 16MB of Infinity Cache and 18Gbps memory help offset the narrow 64-bit bus
- Compact dual-slot reference design suits small-form-factor builds
- Official $199 launch price undercut most contemporary 1080p rivals
Cons
- Only 4GB of VRAM and a 64-bit bus limit it to 1080p in modern titles
- PCIe 4.0 x4 host interface loses noticeable performance on older PCIe 3.0 motherboards
- No hardware H.264/HEVC video encode and no AV1 decode support
- Ray accelerator hardware is present but too weak for practical ray-traced gaming
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
General
- Announced
- 2022
- Architecture
- RDNA 2
- Process
- 6 nm
- TDP
- 107 W
- Power connector
- 1x 6-pin
Cores & Clocks
- Shading units
- 1,024
- RT cores
- 16
- Base clock
- 2,650 MHz
- Boost clock
- 2,815 MHz
Memory
- VRAM
- 4 GB
- VRAM type
- GDDR6
- Bus width
- 64 bit
- Bandwidth
- 144 GB/s
Benchmarks
- 3DMark Time Spy
- 4,918Bottom 17%
- PassMark G3D
- 9,617Bottom 12%
Features
- Upscaling
- FSR 3
Quick answers
Is the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT good in 2026?
The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT earns an Inno Score of 38.7/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. AMD's budget RDNA 2 card from January 2022: 1,024 stream processors, 4GB of GDDR6 on a 64-bit bus and 16MB of Infinity Cache. At its $199 launch price it offered strong performance per watt at 1080p, though the narrow bus and small VRAM pool limit it beyond that resolution.
What are the key specs of the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT?
VRAM: 4 GB · Boost clock: 2,815 MHz · TDP: 107 W · 3DMark Time Spy: 4,918
What are the closest alternatives to the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, Intel Arc A380, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
