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Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Radeon RX 580

Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Radeon RX 580: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

FPS Winner

Radeon RX 6500 XT

4 GB GDDR6 | 64-bit

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

Buy for £178.04 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 183 minutes ago

vs

Radeon RX 580

8 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo
XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition OC 8 GB GDDR5 3xDP/HDMI/DVI-D Graphics Card - Black

Buy for £143.05 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 184 minutes ago

FPS Winner

Radeon RX 6500 XT

4 GB GDDR6 | 64-bit

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

Buy for £178.04 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 183 minutes ago

vs

Radeon RX 580

8 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo
XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition OC 8 GB GDDR5 3xDP/HDMI/DVI-D Graphics Card - Black

Buy for £143.05 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 184 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6500 XT outperforms the cheaper Radeon RX 580 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Radeon RX 580 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Radeon RX 6500 XT is 1737 days newer than the cheaper Radeon RX 580.

Advantages of Radeon RX 6500 XT

  • Performs up to 6% better in Battlefield 2042 than Radeon RX 580 - 75 vs 71 FPS
  • Consumes up to 42% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 580 - 107 vs 185 Watts

Advantages of Radeon RX 580

  • Up to 20% cheaper than Radeon RX 6500 XT - £143.05 vs £178.04
  • Up to 15% better value when playing Battlefield 2042 than Radeon RX 6500 XT - £2.01 vs £2.37 per FPS
  • Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 8 vs 4 GB
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Battlefield 2042

Battlefield 2042

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Logo
Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022


FPS

75

100%

Value, £/FPS

£2.37/FPS

85%

Price, £

£178.04

80%

FPS Winner

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

Buy for £178.04 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 183 minutes ago

AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo
Radeon RX 580

Desktop • Apr 18th, 2017


FPS

71

95%

Value, £/FPS

£2.01/FPS

100%

Price, £

£143.05

100%

Value Winner

XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition OC 8 GB GDDR5 3xDP/HDMI/DVI-D Graphics Card - Black

Buy for £143.05 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 184 minutes ago

Trending Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Logo
Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022

AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo
Radeon RX 580

Desktop • Apr 18th, 2017

Theoretical Performance

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Logo
Radeon RX 6500 XT

Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022


Pixel Fillrate

90.08 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

180.2 GTexel/s

93%

AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo
Radeon RX 580

Desktop • Apr 18th, 2017


Pixel Fillrate

42.88 GPixel/s

48%

Texel Fillrate

193 GTexel/s

100%

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Logo

Radeon RX 6500 XT

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AMD Radeon RX 580 Logo

Radeon RX 580

Jan 19th, 2022
Release DateApr 18th, 2017
Navi IIGenerationPolaris
$199
MSRP$229
1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4aOutputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 8-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
4 GBMemory
8 GB
GDDR6TypeGDDR5
64-bitBus256-bit
143.9 GB/sBandwidth
256 GB/s
2310 MHz
Base Clock Speed1257 MHz
2815 MHz
Boost Clock Speed1340 MHz
2248 MHz
Memory Clock Speed2000 MHz

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