Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 6500 XT outperforms the cheaper Radeon RX 590 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Radeon RX 590 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Radeon RX 6500 XT is 1161 days newer than the cheaper Radeon RX 590.
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
- Performs up to 1% better in Far Cry 6 than Radeon RX 590 - 90 vs 89 FPS
- Consumes up to 39% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 590 - 107 vs 175 Watts
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 590
- Up to 25% cheaper than Radeon RX 6500 XT - $87.74 vs $116.83
- Up to 24% better value when playing Far Cry 6 than Radeon RX 6500 XT - $1.09 vs $1.44 per FPS
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 8 vs 4 GB
Far Cry 6
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
FPS
90
100%
Value, €/FPS
€1.44/FPS
75%
Price, €
€129.68
75%
FPS Winner
Buy for €129.68 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 12355 minutes ago
Desktop • Nov 15th, 2018
FPS
89
98%
Value, €/FPS
€1.09/FPS
100%
Price, €
€97.39
100%
Value Winner
Buy for €97.39 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 12574 minutes ago
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Desktop • Nov 15th, 2018
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
90.08 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
180.2 GTexel/s
80%
Desktop • Nov 15th, 2018
Pixel Fillrate
49.44 GPixel/s
54%
Texel Fillrate
222.5 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT | vs | AMD Radeon RX 590 |
---|---|---|
Jan 19th, 2022 | Release Date | Nov 15th, 2018 |
Navi II | Generation | Polaris |
$199 | MSRP | $279 |
1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a | Outputs | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
1x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
GDDR6 | Type | GDDR5 |
64-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
143.9 GB/s | Bandwidth | 256 GB/s |
2310 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1469 MHz |
2815 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1545 MHz |
2248 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2000 MHz |