Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

Prices and Stock
MSRP $199

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

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

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

Prices and Stock

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GAMING X TRIO 8GD6X Gaming Graphics Card - 8GB GDDR6X, 1845MHz, PCI Express Gen 4, 256-bit, 3x DP v 1.4a, HDMI 2.1 (Supports 4K)

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming OC D6X 8G Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, 8GB 256-bit GDDR6X, GV-N306TXGAMING OC-8GD Video Card

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X 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 3060 Ti GDDR6X is 273 days newer than Radeon RX 6500 XT.

Advantages of Radeon RX 6500 XT

Up to 57% better value when playing Death Stranding than GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X - £2.86 vs £6.64 per FPS
Consumes up to 52% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X - 107 vs 225 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

Performs up to 51% better in Death Stranding than Radeon RX 6500 XT - 146 vs 97 FPS
Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 8 vs 4 GB

This is a free version of Death Stranding.

Death Stranding

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

FPS

66%

Value, £/FPS

£2.86/FPS

100%

Price, £

£276.95

100%

Value Winner

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

Buy for £276.95 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 216 minutes ago

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2022

FPS

146

100%

Value, £/FPS

£6.64/FPS

43%

Price, £

£969.97

28%

FPS Winner

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GAMING X TRIO 8GD6X Gaming Graphics Card - 8GB GDDR6X, 1845MHz, PCI Express Gen 4, 256-bit, 3x DP v 1.4a, HDMI 2.1 (Supports 4K)

Buy for £969.97 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 216 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2022

1920 x 1080

Very High

441

FPS

382

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

1920 x 1080

Ultra

131

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Very High

394

FPS

388

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Ultra

503

FPS

376

FPS

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

1920 x 1080

High

769

FPS

624

FPS

Valorant

Theoretical Performance

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

90.08 GPixel/s

68%

Texel Fillrate

180.2 GTexel/s

71%

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

133.2 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

253.1 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon RX 6500 XT	vs	GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X
Jan 19th, 2022	Release Date	Oct 19th, 2022
Navi II	Generation	GeForce 30
$199	MSRP	Not Available
1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin	Power Connectors	1x 12-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
4 GB	Memory	8 GB
GDDR6	Type	GDDR6X
64-bit	Bus	256-bit
143.9 GB/s	Bandwidth	608.3 GB/s
2310 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1410 MHz
2815 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	1665 MHz
2248 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1188 MHz