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£170.99
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Same as Founder's Edition
Prices and StockMSRP $270
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MSRP $270
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MSRP $199
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£276.95
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Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 6500 XT outperforms Radeon HD 7870 XT on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 6500 XT is 3348 days newer than Radeon HD 7870 XT.
Advantages of Radeon RX 6500 XT
- Performs up to 88% better in Red Dead Redemption 2 than Radeon HD 7870 XT - 32 vs 17 FPS
- Consumes up to 42% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT - 107 vs 185 Watts
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT - 4 vs 2 GB
Red Dead Redemption 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Highest
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
FPS
32
100%
Value, £/FPS
£5.34/FPS
100%
Price, £
£170.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Asrock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming 4GB OC GDDR6 Graphics Card, RDNA2, AMD FidelityFX, 1024 Streams, 2820MHz Boost
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Highest
Radeon HD 7870 XT
Desktop • Nov 19th, 2012
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Theoretical Performance
Radeon HD 7870 XT
Desktop • Nov 19th, 2012
Pixel Fillrate
31.2 GPixel/s
35%
Texel Fillrate
93.6 GTexel/s
52%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
90.08 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
180.2 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon HD 7870 XT | vs | Radeon RX 6500 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 19th, 2012 | Release Date | Jan 19th, 2022 |
| Southern Islands | Generation | Navi II |
| $270 | MSRP | $199 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| 2x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 64-bit |
192 GB/s | Bandwidth | 143.9 GB/s |
| 925 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 2310 MHz |
| 975 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 2815 MHz |
| 1500 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2248 MHz |
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