Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

Prices and Stock
MSRP $199

MSI Gaming AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 64-bit 4GB GDDR6 DP/HDMI PCIe 4 Torx Twin Fans FreeSync DirectX 12 VR Ready OC Graphics Card (RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC)

PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX Gaming Graphics Card with 4GB GDDR6 Memory

Sapphire 11314-01-20G Pulse AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Gaming OC Graphics Card with 4GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 2

PowerColor Fighter AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 4GB GDDR6 Memory

Prices and Stock
MSRP $1099

PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory

Sapphire 11317-02-20G Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 2

AMD Radeon™ RX 6950 XT gddr6 Graphics Card

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6950 XT outperforms 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 6950 XT is 111 days newer than Radeon RX 6500 XT.

Advantages of Radeon RX 6500 XT

Up to 47% better value when playing Baldur's Gate 3 than Radeon RX 6950 XT - CA$7.41 vs CA$13.97 per FPS
Consumes up to 68% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT - 107 vs 335 Watts

Advantages of Radeon RX 6950 XT

Performs up to 106% better in Baldur's Gate 3 than Radeon RX 6500 XT - 111 vs 54 FPS
Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 16 vs 4 GB

This is a free version of Baldur's Gate 3.

Baldur's Gate 3

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

FPS

49%

Value, CA$/FPS

CA$7.41/FPS

100%

Price, CA$

CA$399.99

100%

Value Winner

MSI Gaming AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 64-bit 4GB GDDR6 DP/HDMI PCIe 4 Torx Twin Fans FreeSync DirectX 12 VR Ready OC Graphics Card (RX 6500 XT MECH 2X 4G OC)

Buy for CA$399.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 564 minutes ago

Radeon RX 6950 XT

Desktop • May 10th, 2022

FPS

111

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

CA$13.97/FPS

53%

Price, CA$

CA$1550.43

25%

FPS Winner

PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory

Buy for CA$1,550.43 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 564 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

Radeon RX 6950 XT

Desktop • May 10th, 2022

1920 x 1080

Ultra

FPS

158

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Very High

388

FPS

401

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

High

111

FPS

195

FPS

Rust

1920 x 1080

Maximum

161

FPS

229

FPS

World of Warcraft

1920 x 1080

Epic

FPS

189

FPS

Fortnite

Theoretical Performance

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

90.08 GPixel/s

30%

Texel Fillrate

180.2 GTexel/s

24%

Radeon RX 6950 XT

Desktop • May 10th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

295.7 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

739.2 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon RX 6500 XT	vs	Radeon RX 6950 XT
Jan 19th, 2022	Release Date	May 10th, 2022
Navi II	Generation	Navi II
$199	MSRP	$1099
1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
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	576 GB/s
2310 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1860 MHz
2815 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	2310 MHz
2248 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2250 MHz