GPU Comparison

AMD

RADEON

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

CORE STATE Navi 24

VRAM 4 GB

CLOCK SPEED 2815 MHz

TDP 107 W

BUS WIDTH 64 bit

ARCHITECTURE RDNA 2.0

PROCESS 6 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2022

Intel

GPU

Arc A310

CORE STATE DG2-128

VRAM 4 GB

CLOCK SPEED 1750 MHz

TDP 30 W

BUS WIDTH 64 bit

ARCHITECTURE Xe-HPG

PROCESS 6 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2022

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12

235

N/A

geekbench_opencl

48,289

30,607

geekbench_vulkan

54,724

28,964

passmark_directx_10

passmark_directx_11

passmark_directx_12

passmark_directx_9

108

passmark_g2d

815

625

passmark_g3d

9,608

5,433

passmark_gpu_compute

4,456

2,157

Analysis: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Intel Arc A310

Gaming performance benchmarks between RX 6500 XT from AMD and Radeon Arc A310 indicate a definite champion. RX 6500 XT from AMD delivers substantially stronger frame rates throughout recent games. This memory benefit and design upgrades result into visibly smoother gameplay experiences. Benchmark figures confirms this conclusion. Gamers demanding top-tier frame rates will take note.

This VRAM benefit of RX 6500 XT from AMD gets progressively relevant at higher detail settings. Demanding gaming consumes considerable graphics memory, and RX 6500 XT from AMD offers extra headroom. This translates into improved frame rates in VRAM-hungry scenarios. Future releases can only need extra graphics memory. The edge widens over time.

Radeon Arc A310 shouldn't be written off completely, but the gaming deficit versus RX 6500 XT from AMD is difficult to dismiss. In budget-conscious buyers, Radeon Arc A310 may nonetheless represent sense when the lesser asking price adjusts for its reduced frame rates. However, for raw visual performance, RX 6500 XT from AMD represents the clear winner. The verdict is straightforward. Performance hunters will move toward RX 6500 XT from AMD.

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

RX 6500 XT

A310

Core Specs

Shading Units

1,024

768 -25.0%

Shaders

1,024

768 -25.0%

TMUs

32 -50.0%

ROPs

16 -50.0%

Compute Units

—

Execution Units

—

Clocks

Base Clock

2310 MHz

1750 MHz

Boost Clock

2815 MHz

1750 MHz

Game Clock

2610 MHz

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Memory Clock

2248 MHz 18 Gbps effective

1937 MHz 15.5 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size

4 GB

VRAM (MB)

4,096

4,096 0.0%

Memory Type

GDDR6

Memory Bus

64 bit

Bandwidth

143.9 GB/s

124.0 GB/s

Cache

L1 Cache

128 KB per Array

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L2 Cache

1024 KB

4 MB

L3 Cache

16 MB

—

L0 Cache

32 KB per WGP

—

Performance

Pixel Rate

90.08 GPixel/s

28.00 GPixel/s

Texture Rate

180.2 GTexel/s

56.00 GTexel/s

FP32 (TFLOPS)

5.765 TFLOPS

2.688 TFLOPS

FP64 (TFLOPS)

360.3 GFLOPS (1:16)

672.0 GFLOPS (1:4)

FP16 (TFLOPS)

11.53 TFLOPS (2:1)

5.376 TFLOPS (2:1)

AI/RT

RT Cores

6 -62.5%

XMX Cores

—

Power

TDP

107 W

30 W

TDP (W)

107

30 -72.0%

Suggested PSU

300 W

200 W

Power Connectors

1x 6-pin

None

Architecture

RDNA 2.0

Xe-HPG

GPU Name

Navi 24

DG2-128

Generation

Navi II (RX 6000)

Alchemist (Arc 3)

Process Size

6 nm

Transistors

5,400 million

7,200 million

Die Size

107 mm²

157 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

Density

50.5M / mm²

45.9M / mm²

API Support

DirectX

12 Ultimate (12_2)

OpenGL

4.6

Vulkan

1.4

OpenCL

2.2

3.0

Shader Model

6.8

6.6

Physical

Slot Width

Dual-slot

Single-slot

Outputs

1x HDMI 2.11x DisplayPort 1.4a

4x mini-DisplayPort 2.0

Bus Interface

PCIe 4.0 x4

PCIe 4.0 x8

Other

Launch Price

199 USD

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Production

End-of-life

Predecessor

Navi

Xe Graphics

Successor

Navi III

Battlemage

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