Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Radeon R5 230 outperforms the more expensive Radeon RX 6500 XT on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Radeon R5 230 is 2848 days older than the more expensive Radeon RX 6500 XT.
Advantages of AMD Radeon R5 230
- Performs up to 13% better in Minecraft than Radeon RX 6500 XT - 671 vs 594 FPS
- Up to 90% cheaper than Radeon RX 6500 XT - €30.65 vs €295.9
- Up to 90% better value when playing Minecraft than Radeon RX 6500 XT - €0.05 vs €0.5 per FPS
- Consumes up to 82% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 19 vs 107 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R5 230 - 4 vs 1 GB
Minecraft
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Desktop • Apr 3rd, 2014
FPS
671
100%
Value, €/FPS
€0.05/FPS
100%
Price, €
€30.65
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for €30.65 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 11388 minutes ago
Buy for €295.9 on Amazon
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Updated 11174 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Desktop • Apr 3rd, 2014
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
90.08 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
180.2 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon R5 230 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT |
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Apr 3rd, 2014 | Release Date | Jan 19th, 2022 |
Volcanic Islands | Generation | Navi II |
Not Available | MSRP | $199 |
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a |
None | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
1 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
DDR3 | Type | GDDR6 |
64-bit | Bus | 64-bit |
10.67 GB/s | Bandwidth | 143.9 GB/s |
625 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 2310 MHz |
Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 2815 MHz |
667 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2248 MHz |