Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 6500 XT outperforms the cheaper Radeon RX 550 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Radeon RX 550 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Radeon RX 6500 XT is 1735 days newer than the cheaper Radeon RX 550.
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
- Performs up to 92% better in Fortnite than Radeon RX 550 - 71 vs 37 FPS
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 550 - 4 vs 2 GB
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 550
- Up to 63% cheaper than Radeon RX 6500 XT - €79.0 vs €212.0
- Up to 28% better value when playing Fortnite than Radeon RX 6500 XT - €2.14 vs €2.99 per FPS
- Consumes up to 53% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 50 vs 107 Watts
Fortnite
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
FPS
71
100%
Value, €/FPS
€2.99/FPS
71%
Price, €
€212
37%
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
90.08 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
180.2 GTexel/s
100%
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
Pixel Fillrate
18.93 GPixel/s
21%
Texel Fillrate
37.86 GTexel/s
21%
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT | vs | AMD Radeon RX 550 |
---|---|---|
Jan 19th, 2022 | Release Date | Apr 20th, 2017 |
Navi II | Generation | Polaris |
$199 | MSRP | $79 |
1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
1x 6-pin | Power Connectors | None |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 GB | Memory | 2 GB |
GDDR6 | Type | GDDR5 |
64-bit | Bus | 128-bit |
143.9 GB/s | Bandwidth | 112 GB/s |
2310 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1100 MHz |
2815 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1183 MHz |
2248 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1750 MHz |