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Key Differences
In short — Radeon RX 6500 XT outperforms Radeon HD 7990 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Radeon RX 6500 XT is 3192 days newer than Radeon HD 7990.
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
- Performs up to 18% better in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order than Radeon HD 7990 - 87 vs 74 FPS
- Consumes up to 71% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7990 - 107 vs 375 Watts
- Up to 33% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7990 - 4 vs 3 GB
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
FPS
87
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.84/FPS
100%
Price, $
$159.79
100%
FPS and Value Winner
PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT ITX Gaming Graphics Card with 4GB GDDR6 Memory
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Radeon HD 7990
Desktop • Apr 24th, 2013
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Theoretical Performance
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
90.08 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
180.2 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon HD 7990 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 24th, 2013 | Release Date | Jan 19th, 2022 |
| Southern Islands | Generation | Navi II |
| $999 | MSRP | $199 |
| 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| 2x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 3 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 384-bit | Bus | 64-bit |
288 GB/s | Bandwidth | 143.9 GB/s |
| 950 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 2310 MHz |
| 1000 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 2815 MHz |
| 1500 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2248 MHz |
Builds Using Radeon HD 7990 or Radeon RX 6500 XT
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, 1920 x 1080, Epic
73 FPS
$6.16/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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$12.5/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
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74 FPS
$12.57/FPS
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Ryzen 5 5600
16 GB, N/A Storage
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73 FPS
$12.05/FPS
Radeon RX 6500 XT
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16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$879.99
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