Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 7900 GRE outperforms the cheaper 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 Radeon RX 7900 GRE is 554 days newer than the cheaper Radeon RX 6500 XT.
Advantages of Radeon RX 7900 GRE
- Performs up to 73% better in Far Cry 6 than Radeon RX 6500 XT - 163 vs 94 FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 16 vs 4 GB
Advantages of Radeon RX 6500 XT
- Up to 70% cheaper than Radeon RX 7900 GRE - £178.04 vs £601.92
- Up to 49% better value when playing Far Cry 6 than Radeon RX 7900 GRE - £1.89 vs £3.69 per FPS
- Consumes up to 59% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE - 107 vs 260 Watts
Far Cry 6
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Desktop • Jul 27th, 2023
FPS
163
100%
Value, £/FPS
£3.69/FPS
51%
Price, £
£601.92
29%
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Buy for £601.92 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 518 minutes ago
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
FPS
94
58%
Value, £/FPS
£1.89/FPS
100%
Price, £
£178.04
100%
Value Winner
Buy for £178.04 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 734 minutes ago
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With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Desktop • Jul 27th, 2023
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Jul 27th, 2023
Pixel Fillrate
431 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
718.4 GTexel/s
100%
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
90.08 GPixel/s
21%
Texel Fillrate
180.2 GTexel/s
25%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE | vs | Radeon RX 6500 XT |
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Jul 27th, 2023 | Release Date | Jan 19th, 2022 |
Navi III | Generation | Navi II |
Not Available | MSRP | $199 |
1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a |
2x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
16 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
GDDR6 | Type | GDDR6 |
256-bit | Bus | 64-bit |
576 GB/s | Bandwidth | 143.9 GB/s |
1500 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 2310 MHz |
2245 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 2815 MHz |
2250 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2248 MHz |