GPU Comparison
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
VS
GEFORCE
RTX 6000D
CORE STATE
GB202
VRAM
84 GB
CLOCK SPEED
2430 MHz
TDP
600 W
BUS WIDTH
448 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Blackwell 2.0
PROCESS
5 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2025
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
passmark_directx_10
passmark_directx_11
passmark_directx_12
passmark_directx_9
passmark_g2d
passmark_g3d
passmark_gpu_compute
Analysis: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs NVIDIA RTX 6000D
When gaming capability is so evenly comparable, the matchup between RX 6500 XT from AMD and RTX 6000 by NVIDIA grows particularly interesting. Both graphics cards exchange wins across multiple titles. The overall result is one of impressive balance. Not one emerges as a obvious winner. This selection rests on personal needs.
To summarize, this analysis between RX 6500 XT from AMD and RTX 6000 by NVIDIA ends in a practical stalemate. Benchmark variations are small and questionable to affect everyday experience. Direct your decision on availability, ecosystem considerations, and personal capability needs. The two are solid picks. The tie is genuine.
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
RX 6500 XT
RTX 6000D
Core Specs
Shading Units
1,024
19,968
+1850.0%
Shaders
1,024
19,968
+1850.0%
TMUs
64
624
+875.0%
ROPs
32
192
+500.0%
Compute Units
16
—
SM Count
—
156
Clocks
Base Clock
2310 MHz
1590 MHz
Boost Clock
2815 MHz
2430 MHz
Game Clock
2610 MHz
—
Memory Clock
2248 MHz
18 Gbps effective
1750 MHz
28 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
4 GB
84 GB
VRAM (MB)
4,096
86,016
+2000.0%
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR7
Memory Bus
64 bit
448 bit
Bandwidth
143.9 GB/s
1.57 TB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
128 KB per Array
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
1024 KB
128 MB
L3 Cache
16 MB
—
L0 Cache
32 KB per WGP
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Performance
Pixel Rate
90.08 GPixel/s
466.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
180.2 GTexel/s
1,516.3 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
5.765 TFLOPS
97.04 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
360.3 GFLOPS (1:16)
1.516 TFLOPS (1:64)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
11.53 TFLOPS (2:1)
97.04 TFLOPS (1:1)
AI/RT
RT Cores
16
156
+875.0%
Tensor Cores
—
624
Power
TDP
107 W
600 W
TDP (W)
107
600
+460.7%
Suggested PSU
300 W
1000 W
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 16-pin
Architecture
Architecture
RDNA 2.0
Blackwell 2.0
GPU Name
Navi 24
GB202
Generation
Navi II
(RX 6000)
Blackwell PRO W
(x000)
Process Size
6 nm
5 nm
Transistors
5,400 million
92,200 million
Die Size
107 mm²
750 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Density
50.5M / mm²
122.9M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Vulkan
1.4
1.4
OpenCL
2.2
3.0
CUDA
—
12.0
Shader Model
6.8
6.8
Physical
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
Length
—
304 mm
12 inches
Height
—
137 mm
5.4 inches
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.11x DisplayPort 1.4a
4x DisplayPort 2.1b
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x4
PCIe 5.0 x16
Other
Launch Price
199 USD
8,565 USD
Production
End-of-life
Active
Predecessor
Navi
Workstation Ada
Successor
Navi III
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