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GeForce RTX 3090 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

GeForce RTX 3090 vs Radeon RX 6500 XT: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3090

24 GB GDDR6X | 384-bit

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition Graphics Card

Buy for £1,565.5 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 6495 minutes ago

vs

Radeon RX 6500 XT

4 GB GDDR6 | 64-bit

Asrock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming 4GB OC GDDR6 Graphics Card, RDNA2, AMD FidelityFX, 1024 Streams, 2820MHz Boost

Buy for £170.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 6495 minutes ago

FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3090

24 GB GDDR6X | 384-bit

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition Graphics Card

Buy for £1,565.5 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 6495 minutes ago

vs

Radeon RX 6500 XT

4 GB GDDR6 | 64-bit

Asrock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming 4GB OC GDDR6 Graphics Card, RDNA2, AMD FidelityFX, 1024 Streams, 2820MHz Boost

Buy for £170.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 6495 minutes ago

Prices and Stock
MSRP $1499

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition Graphics Card

Palit GeForce RTX 3090 GameRock 24GB GDDR6X Graphics Card with ARGB SYNC, Angel ARGB, 10496 Core, 1395 MHz GPU, 1740 MHz Boost, 3 x DisplayPort, HDMI, Dual BIOS, 0-dB Tech, NED3090019SB-1021G

Prices and Stock
MSRP $199

Asrock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming 4GB OC GDDR6 Graphics Card, RDNA2, AMD FidelityFX, 1024 Streams, 2820MHz Boost

ASUS Dual AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT OC Edition 4GB GDDR6 Gaming Graphics Card (AMD RDNA 2, PCIe 4.0, 4GB GDDR6

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

MSI AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT MECH 2X OC 4GB Open Box Graphics Card

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3090 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 GeForce RTX 3090 is 505 days older than Radeon RX 6500 XT.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3090

Performs up to 119% better in Mass Effect: Andromeda than Radeon RX 6500 XT - 217 vs 99 FPS
Up to 500% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 24 vs 4 GB

Advantages of Radeon RX 6500 XT

Up to 76% better value when playing Mass Effect: Andromeda than GeForce RTX 3090 - £1.73 vs £7.21 per FPS
Consumes up to 69% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 - 107 vs 350 Watts

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Mass Effect: Andromeda

Mass Effect: Andromeda

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

GeForce RTX 3090

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

FPS

217

100%

Value, £/FPS

£7.21/FPS

24%

Price, £

£1565.5

10%

FPS Winner

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition Graphics Card

Buy for £1,565.5 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 6495 minutes ago

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

FPS

99

46%

Value, £/FPS

£1.73/FPS

100%

Price, £

£170.99

100%

Value Winner

Asrock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming 4GB OC GDDR6 Graphics Card, RDNA2, AMD FidelityFX, 1024 Streams, 2820MHz Boost

Buy for £170.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 6495 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

GeForce RTX 3090

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

499

FPS

382

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

Counter-Strike 2

180

FPS

73

FPS

Fortnite

Fortnite

886

FPS

624

FPS

Valorant

Valorant

400

FPS

388

FPS

League of Legends

League of Legends

155

FPS

99

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V

Theoretical Performance

GeForce RTX 3090

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

Pixel Fillrate

189.8 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

556 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

90.08 GPixel/s

47%

Texel Fillrate

180.2 GTexel/s

32%

GeForce RTX 3090	vs	Radeon RX 6500 XT
Sep 1st, 2020	Release Date	Jan 19th, 2022
GeForce 30	Generation	Navi II
$1499	MSRP	$199
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 12-pin	Power Connectors	1x 6-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
24 GB	Memory	4 GB
GDDR6X	Type	GDDR6
384-bit	Bus	64-bit
936.2 GB/s	Bandwidth	143.9 GB/s
1395 MHz	Base Clock Speed	2310 MHz
1695 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	2815 MHz
1219 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2248 MHz

PCs Using GeForce RTX 3090 or Radeon RX 6500 XT

With selected game settings

Veno Scorp Gaming PC Image

Veno Scorp Gaming PC

185 FPS

£19.51/FPS

GeForce RTX 3090

Ryzen 9 3900X

16 GB, 1 TB HDD

Buy on Amazon

£3,610

In Stock

Veno Scorp Gaming PC Image

Veno Scorp Gaming PC

185 FPS

£19/FPS

GeForce RTX 3090

Ryzen 9 3900X

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

£3,515

In Stock

Veno Scorp Gaming PC Image

Veno Scorp Gaming PC

185 FPS

£19.65/FPS

GeForce RTX 3090

Ryzen 9 3900X

16 GB, 2 TB HDD

Buy on Amazon

£3,635

In Stock

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GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

GeForce RTX 3060

£254.99

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

GeForce RTX 3050

£159.99

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

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£658.99

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

GeForce RTX 4060

£254.99

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

Radeon RX 7600 XT

£307.99

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£1,565.5

£199.55

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

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£469.99

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

£141.3

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

Radeon RX 7700 XT

£438.99

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

£244.34

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

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£1,151.3

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£1,565.5

£89.99

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

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£68.99

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

£146.76

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

GeForce RTX 4070

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

£1,932.14

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

Radeon RX 6600 XT

£694.35

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

GeForce RTX 4090

£3,500

Radeon RX 6500 XT

£170.99

GeForce RTX 3060

£254.99

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

£480.12

Radeon RX 6500 XT

£170.99

GeForce RTX 3050

£159.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

£170.99

Radeon RX 7900 XT

£658.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

£170.99

GeForce RTX 4060

£254.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

£170.99

Radeon RX 7600 XT

£307.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

£170.99

£199.55

Radeon RX 6500 XT

£170.99

Radeon RX 7800 XT

£469.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

£170.99

£141.3

Radeon RX 6500 XT

£170.99

Radeon RX 7700 XT

£438.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

£170.99

£244.34

Radeon RX 6500 XT

£170.99

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

£1,151.3

Radeon RX 6500 XT

£170.99

£89.99

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

£50.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

£170.99

GeForce GT 1030

£68.99

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

£605.36

Radeon RX 6500 XT

£170.99

£146.76

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

Radeon RX 6750 XT

£333.96

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

£409

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

£369.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

£170.99

GeForce RTX 4070

Radeon RX 6500 XT

£170.99

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

£1,932.14

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

£599.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

£170.99

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

Radeon RX 6500 XT

£170.99

Radeon RX 6600 XT

£694.35

Radeon RX 6500 XT

£170.99

GeForce RTX 4090

£3,500

Radeon RX 6500 XT

£170.99

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

£480.12

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

£63.56

Radeon RX 6500 XT

£170.99

£50.99

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

GeForce RTX 3070

£618.21

Radeon RX 6500 XT

£170.99

£605.36

Radeon RX 6500 XT

£170.99

Radeon RX 6750 XT

£333.96

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

GeForce RTX 2060

£209.99

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

£2,300

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER

£799.98

Radeon RX 6500 XT

£170.99

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

£409

Radeon RX 6500 XT

£170.99

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

£369.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

£170.99

GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

£599.99

Radeon RX 6500 XT

£170.99

£63.56

Radeon RX 6500 XT

£170.99

GeForce RTX 3070

£618.21

GeForce RTX 3090

£1,565.5

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

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